Need advice for quality tools (industrial)

[petethekiller]

I am an Manufacturing Engineer at Terex in OKC, OK. We are pretty much a large fab shop manufacturing Genie Telehandlers (boom lift) and overhead cranes. We currently have purchased several manufactures of pneumatic tools (grinders mostly) and I have yet to find one that will hold together for 2 months. We have bought Chicago Pneumatic, IR, Snap On (junk for the money), and a few other various brands. I am currently buying Chicago Pneumatic tool because they are the least expensive and last as long as the Snap On tools. Though that sounds great, our life expectancy is a matter of weeks in some and is come cases less.

I would like your opinions on a quality tool I can look into and test.

Any help here would be great...

Thanks

 

[Monte]

Atlas Copco, Suhner, Pferd, Biax, Dotco, ATA, Mannesmann Demag, Fiam


Also: How much did you spend for your IR grinder ? They offer several qualities...

 

[trackwelder]

What style grinder and wheels are you using? We use mostly hydraulic powered tools at work.

 

[53chevy5]

Do they get oiled enough?

 

[jallyn]

dryer, a good filter, and oiler? hard to believe if you don't give your tools air that has been dried, filtered, and oiled they would fail so quickly.

 

[woody 73]

Dotco & Cleco are top of the line industrial air tools but they come at a high cost I don't own them but even used ones come at a high price.

https://www.excelairtool.com/dotcocleco

If your systems are over worked that also will shorten any good tool like the above members have pointed out.

 

[amolaver]

How are the tools failing? If they are all failing the same way, likely some issue with the air supply (wet, not enough air, to much psi, etc) or they aren't getting enough lube (unlikely but possibly too much lube also). Just straight up abuse if you're getting fractured castings.

ahm