Weighing only 8 lb, battery operated tool can serve as drill, wrench, screw driver, grinder or thread tapper; it was developed for Air Force Research and Technology Div's Aero Propulsion Laboratory by space engineers at Martin Co and tool designers of Black and Decker Mfg Co; one significant feature of new tool is its very low reactive torque; weightless astronauts in space would be sent spinning by uncontrolled reactive torque loads; space power tool boasts 96% less reactive torque than comparable power wrench; at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, it was tested in "Zero-G Flying Simulator"; tool has also been tested in Martin altitude chamber under simulated conditions of space 520,000 ft above earth; 2 of 3 features making this tool possible are new.


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    Title :

    Space tool corrals bucking torque


    Additional title:

    Iron Age


    Published in:

    Iron Age ; 193 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1964


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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