The latest offering from Universal Tool – the UT8897RS Series .9 HP rivet shaver with .0005″ adjustable microstop attachment. Tool can be purchased with your choice of 1/4″; 5/16″; 3/8″; 7/16″; 1/2″; 9/16″ 5/8″ ID standard skirts. Also available in straight-handle version as well. Here are some of great features of this new tool series:
– Precision .0005″ cutter adjustability for precise shaving depth.
– Uses standard 1/4″-28 threaded rivet shaver cutters
– Reverse-threaded skirts keep vibration from affecting shaving depth repeatability.
– Ported throttle valve results in excellent feathering characteristics and speed control.
– Soft touch coating provides operator comfort.
Check out this tool on our website at: https://innovativetooling.plesk2.tms.thomasnet.io/product/ut8897rs-1-2-0005-adjustable-rivet-shaver-with-1-2-skirt/.
Also check out the tool video below on how to adjust the shaving depth and change skirts:
There is a new angle sander and die grinder series that has gone “back to the future”. The new Raptor Series angle sander and die grinders from Universal Tool has refined and updated the design of the old Cyclone Series grinders/sanders formerly manufactured by IR®, so there is a tremendous amount of parts interchangeability. Yet, there are new upgrades for safety and durability such as the re-designed lock-off throttle and the brass throttle button and bushing assembly designed to guard against leaks around the throttle valve. Click here to view this tool on our website.
This powerful .4 HP tool uses precision Erickson-style collets found in the original Cyclone series grinders, but also used in Dotco®, Desoutter®, and other angle sanders on the market. The teasing throttle provides complete operator-responsive control of the tool spindle output rpm at any moment. Rpm options are 12K and 20K in the angle sander and 25K in the straight grinder. It also has the option of varying the exhaust from front to rear with a simple reversal of the flow ring behind the exhaust deflector.
Innovative Tooling Services (Wylie-Estill, Ltd.) was awarded a GSA Schedule contract Friday Sept. 13th 2013. Many fastener installation and hole preparation tools and noses are on our contract, and we especially look forward to dealing with our military maintenance community across the globe! Also check out the modular drilling attachments, rivet squeezers, Huck guns, Hi-Shear tools and offset drilling equipment to access hard-to-reach-areas include in the contract.
Be sure to look for Contract # GS-21F-183AA. Be sure to check out our website at http://innovativetooling.plesk2.tms.thomasnet.io/.
Introducing the ITPFABF! This is an excellent tool for the quick surface preparation required before the installation of Clickbond® or other adhesive bonded fastener. Only takes a few seconds to prep each hole!
This tool features adjustable guide rods which allow for use on various material thicknesses. There is an optional adjustable timer control with an automatic retract, and the tool is available with different hole guide diameters. Longer offset lengths are available which allow further reach into the material. The L-type attachment has 180° of rotation adjustment available.
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Also, see below for a video of this tool in action:
The G84-LS is a powerful, rugged, compact split riveter designed for ergonomic, high-speed and reliable operation.
Adapters are available for mounting most Cherry and Huck nose assemblies, and it will install 1/8″ through 1/4″ diameter aircraft structural fasteners such as lockbolts, blind bolts, and blind rivets. See the specific fasteners this tool will install and pricing by clicking this link.
This tool may be configured for comfortable left-hand, right-hand, inline, or pistol-grip operation. This allows for superior ergonomics and greater accessibility in obstructed fastener installation applications.
Please call Innovative Tooling Services if you have any questions about this tool or would like to see an on-site demonstration!
Boeing officially launched the Boeing 787-10 at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday. The manufacturer is going ahead with the development of the aircraft on the back of firm commitments for 102 from five different customers. The first 787-10 is to be delivered in 2018.
Among the customers launching the program are Air Lease Corporation (30 aircraft), United Airlines (20), British Airways (12), Singapore Airlines (30) and GECAS (ten). All of the orders are new commitments except ten of the 20 United aircraft, which have been rolled over from a previous 787 order and converted into the larger version.
The 787-10 is a 18 ft. stretch of the -9 allowing room for around 40 additional seats. Boeing says it will offer room for around 300-330 passengers. The aircraft will have a range of 7,000 naut. mi.
“The 787-10 will be the most efficient jetliner in history,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner said at the launch event in Paris. “The 787-10 is 25% more efficient than airplanes of its size today and more than 10% better than anything being offered by the competition for the future.”
Innovative Tooling Services, a tool vendor for the B787 program, has high-strength hex keys to assist in the installation of hi-lites in composite structures such as found on the Boeing 787. Click here for more information about our high-strength hex keys!
According to Boeing, final assembly and flight tests of the aircraft are both to begin in 2017 with first delivery scheduled for 2018.
“The 787-10 will be one of the most powerful wide-body aircraft for decades ahead,” ALC Chairman/CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy said. In his opinion, the aircraft will benefit from operational and development experience gained on the -8 and the -9.
Boeing managed to overcome Hazy’s initial concerns about range by increasing it to 7,000 naut. mi. Hazy said that was addressed by introducing a slightly higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 553,000 pounds. Some reinforcements in the wing to body attachment area and on the landing gear were needed to accommodate the increased weight. Engine thrust will also be slightly higher than originally planned. “The range covers 97% of the wide-body city pairs of the world,” Hazy pointed out. Its range will be around 1,500 naut. mi. than the -9.
The ALC CEO believes that a lot of 777-200s and Airbus A340s will be replaced by the aircraft.
– from Aviation Week Magazine
The Huck Models 245 & 255 rivet guns have similar fastener capacities and use the same noses. They both use the same noses that fit the old and obsolete Huck 353 rivet gun. Their operations are both similar to other hand-held pneudralic huck guns. Click here for more information on the Huck 245 rivet gun. Click here for more information on the Huck 255 rivet gun.
For more information, please click here to see the Huck guns section on our website.
From Aviation Week Magazine May 24, 2013
Comac will miss a target to fly its C919 158-seat narrowbody airliner in 2014, industry sources familiar with the Chinese program tell Aviation Week.
The first flight now is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015, says one industry source with detailed knowledge of the program.
According to the new plan, Comac will roll out the aircraft in December 2014, says the source.The manufacturer still is aiming to achieve its target of a first delivery in 2016—but only just. The specific aim is now December of that year.
The first flight has been delayed by up to a year from a previous, unannounced target of June 2014.
Program managers had scheduled at least two years for flight testing. They now have about 18 months for testing, closer to the time allocated for flight tests by Western manufacturers.
The C919’s new schedule more closely matches the timetable for its engine. The CFM Leap-1C engine is due to be certified in June 2015, although the Civil Aviation Administration of China could permit C919 flight testing before the engine is certified.
The first Leap-1C should go into testing in the fall of this year, or at least no later than the fourth quarter.
Comac, a government agency registered as a company, made the decision to reschedule months ago, say three industry sources.
The delay is no surprise. The C919, launched in 2008, began to miss schedule targets as early as the supplier selection and contracting stage.
Perhaps they might have had a smoother ramp-up had they contacted Innovative Tooling Services with our wide selection of Huck, Cherry and Allfast rivet guns! Give us a call today if you need some fastener installation tooling assistance.
Come check out Innovative Tooling Services selection of Huck rivet guns in stock. Featured Huck gun today is the Huck Model 2012 rivet gun. Pulls a variety of Huck blind fasteners up to 3/16″ diameter. Click here for more information on the fasteners and nose assemblies used with this tool!
Huck 244 Rivet Gun
The Huck 244 Rivet gun can accept all noses that the older Model 352 accepted. Lightweight and priced right at Innovative Tooling Services. Come check it out here.