WHAT Does industrial Tools mean ???

[On any Sunday]

Please forgive me , but i keep seeing the word INDUSTRIAL being used ...as in ...Proto industrial tools....I used to be a chevy mechanic and bought tools off the tool truck , but 20 years ago that word industrial wasnt used much ...Thanks fellas

 

[Dave455]

It can mean the type of tool, e.g. a wrench that’s well made from good quality steel, but has a simpler finish such as black oxide, might be termed an industrial tool. Snap On “Industrial Finish” wrenches are an example.

It can also mean a manufacturer that makes high quality tools, but sells direct to bigger “Industrial” customers, or through distributors, rather than from a tool truck. Proto is actually a great example, you can pretty much buy the tools anywhere (no doubt direct and at a discount if you buy enough) but they are very similar to Mac, that are sold from tool trucks, with a lifetime warranty, at higher price. Similar tools, different business model.

 

[dwcon1431]

Please forgive me , but i keep seeing the word INDUSTRIAL being used ...as in ...Proto industrial tools....I used to be a chevy mechanic and bought tools off the tool truck , but 20 years ago that word industrial wasnt used much ...Thanks fellas

It's a catch phrase that insinuates better quality, especially in a industrial shop invironment.

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[bushmechanic]

Technically, it should mean a tool meant for use in a specific industry.

In reality, it means whatever the hell they want it to mean.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Technically, it should mean a tool meant for use in a specific industry.

In reality, it means whatever the hell they want it to mean.

Kinda this. It's marketing.



Usually they're fewer frills tools, with a focus on durability and getting the job done. Proto comes to mind for beefy tools almost designed with abuse in mind, as does Wright.

 

[Negen]

Also industrial tools are not marketed all that much. For example my company is only allowed to order things from companies that are "approved" they must pay various fees to various government agencies both state and federal to get approved. Pretty much leaves us with Grainger for tools. Grainger tools we get are either some cheap Taiwan stuff or proto. Not much of a choice. Some power tools that have cables for example are required to have bright orange or yellow cords and must be grounded. Sometimes the same tool can be found in a consumer product but without the ground or orange cord.

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[pi_guy]

Snap on has an industrial catalog.
Most of the time they are in black or flat finish, to direct the employees away from steal the shinny tools syndrome.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Basically like the finish and what the tool was made for like industrial could be like an assembly line or a factory of some type. That’s always what I have been told. But they work good for mechanic work too.


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[Ign]

GMC. We are "professional grade"

Uh huh

 

[American Locomotive]

In some cases it means nothing.

In some cases, it means "simpler" tools. Tools made with more "old school" designs and methods, lower-end finishes (black oxide, unpolished chrome plating, etc..), less bells and whistles. So basically good strong tools, but maybe not the lightest, most attractive, or most modern.

In other cases it means: It's the same thing (or even worse), but costs 30% more just because it's sold in an industrial catalog. One of my favorite examples were the "Energizer Industrial" batteries we used to buy at work for the operator's flashlights. I pulled up the datasheet - the "Energizer Industrial" were basically exactly the same as the standard Energizer - maybe even a bit worse. Just sold in a different package, and marked up to absurd amounts by industrial supply houses.

 

[Sevenhills1952]

To me, modern language is full of b.s. like this:
---------OLD------------------------------------NEW-----------

"Used" "Pre-owned"
Used. New to me
One of one. One off
Farmer. Red neck
Heavy duty. Industrial
Added charge. Convenience fee
Hold few minutes Hold a second
I'm here to help. Here to get money
It had problems New & improved
Easy assembly. Bag of 300 screws
Order by person. Order online
Real food. Non GMO
sugar. Fructose syrup
Real food. Organic
Snore when sleep. cpap machine
Work & walk. Gym & scooter

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[Sevenhills1952]

To me, modern language is full of b.s. like this:
---------OLD------------------------------------NEW-----------

"Used" "Pre-owned"
Used. New to me
One of one. One off
Farmer. Red neck
Heavy duty. Industrial
Added charge. Convenience fee
Hold few minutes Hold a second
I'm here to help. Here to get money
It had problems New & improved
Easy assembly. Bag of 300 screws
Order by person. Order online
Real food. Non GMO
sugar. Fructose syrup
Real food. Organic
Snore when sleep. cpap machine
Work & walk. Gym & scooter




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[Rickster]

I thought industrial was referring to the tools finish as non-chrome but rather a silver or black finish.

 

[Sevenhills1952]

Even that fouled up
Should be:

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[iSpark]

I always took "industrial" in regard to tools to mean, it could stand up to the day in and day out of heavy use in a production or adverse environment. In other words, it worked, when cheap consumer versions would fail after 2 uses.

 

[Renegade1LI]

As a GC we buy tools specific to the application, for instance we have a tool just for tapping water mains, a hydraulic wrench for torquing large bolt assemblies, a wrench just for tightening no hub fittings, a tone wrench for structural bolts. These are all tools you would normally buy from an industrial supplier, I could go on but their are a lot industrial tools that a home owner or week end mechanic wouldn't have or really need.

 

[larry_g]

You might want to consider , "What does an automotive tool mean?" Most of the people working in the auto repair business have to provide their own and want to show of a bit of bling plus all the automotive specific tools. In industry many of the tools are supplied to the workers, are consumable, may be quite large comparatively, and depending on the industry the finish and materials may be specified in the manufacture of the tool.

I worked in industry and had industrial salesmen call on me. from snap-on we could get the chrome tools that you get off the truck, black finish, black oxide, and a couple more I don't remember. In industry pin locks are specified on impact tools. Snap-on had tool catalogs aimed at the electronics industry with lot of tools that were not in truck catalog.

So having worked as both an auto mechanic and an industrial mechanic I can say a lot of the tools for handling bolts and nuts are mostly the same. The finish on the wrench may be different but the wrench is the same material and quality. A lot of the tools used in different industries do not show up on the forums here because we on this forum are mostly auto related and if it is not auto then it is foreign.

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no neat sig line

 

[justanengineer]

As mentioned above, it means tools built for industry as opposed to tools built for service/repair. Complete sets are usually pretty rare bc they’re rarely sold privately, just to businesses, and have features meant for manufacturing assembly not repair. I recently started collecting the older SO Industrial hand tools with the black oxide finish bc years ago my father had quite a bit of that in the shop from his time in industry. New they were about half the price of the same chrome.


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