What is this???

[chad.minnicks]

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[chad.minnicks]

It's a clutched screwdriver, but can't read anything as far as the name brand, or its purpose. Because of this I can't look it up...


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[bczygan]

http://www.jbtooltech.com.au/index.php/product-range/markets/automotive/pneumatic/screwdrivers/uryu-cusion-clutch-straight-type-screwdrivers-us-series-detail

http://www.jbtooltech.com.au/images/pdfs/US-LT%20Cushion%20type%20screwdriver%20brochure.pdf

http://www.jbtooltech.com.au/images/pdfs/US-3.5%2006-04-14.pdf

Is that quick enough?

Bill

 

[Shiftless]

The Japanese characters read...
Caution: Please read safety instructions before use.

I can't read Japanese but my son who is visiting from Japan does.

 

[chad.minnicks]

Thank you, so I still don't know it's use. Maybe someone who knows will tell me.


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[chad.minnicks]

Thanks bczygan!! That's what I needed!!


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[Jason280]

I would imagine its used in general fabrication/assembly, and probably has a preset torque value to minimize over-torquing screws. Watch some of the "How Its Made" shows on Youtube, and you see these in use a lot.

 

[jjjrmx5]

Used in fabrication/assembly where repetitive tasks are the norm.
We have a few for certain jobs but in mfg. they are very common.

You set them or buy them pre-set to a certain torque and just screw away. Quick and within spec screw after screw.

 

[Caman]

What the heck is up with that quick release ******? It doesn't look like it's threaded in at all but a pipe is shoved into its thru hole?

 

[Milton Shaw]

Used in assembly work on assembly line and usually used with it on a counterbalance so that the operator doesn't get ergonomic injuries from its weight.

 

[Outlawmws]

What the heck is up with that quick release ******? It doesn't look like it's threaded in at all but a pipe is shoved into its thru hole?

It looks like the brass coupler is 1/8" pipe instead of 1/4" and someone may have tapped the inside of that bigger coupler for a 1/8" pipe.

 

[ssik101]

Used in assembly work on assembly line and usually used with it on a counterbalance so that the operator doesn't get ergonomic injuries from its weight.

I don't think it is really used on assembly lines. It could be, but most assembly lines don't have need for a reverse. Then again, they might not have had a comparable screwdriver without the reverse.

 

[2oolhound]

Read bczygan's first link. "Not for critical torque applications". It's just a light duty screwdriver for basic tasks. Think ratcheting screwdriver with an air line and power.

 

[larry_g]

I don't think it is really used on assembly lines. It could be, but most assembly lines don't have need for a reverse. Then again, they might not have had a comparable screwdriver without the reverse.

Think about somebody that sits at a rebuild or repair station that has to open a item held together with screws, repair, reassemble. I used to support lots of Uryu screwdrivers. Lots of them with push to start, just push it into the screw and it would start and run to the torque limit.

http://www.uryu.co.jp/english/webook/flash2.html

lg
no neat sig line

 

[rsanter]

Air powered screwdriver
Used in factories for production assembly.
A place I used to work had hundreds of these and used the **** out of them.
Odds are it was a five finger discount from someone's work as I have never seen then used for repair shops or at home

Some of them will spin when you pull the trigger and some of them won't spin unless the trigger is pulled and the bit has pressure on it.

Some of them have a torque setting so they can be adjusted to the specific job they are assigned

Bob