It makes gasket removal fast and easy. The flanges are separated smoothly and evenly without damage to flange faces and eliminates danger from flying wedges and sparks caused by hammer blows. This flange jack is ideal for hard to reach locations.
What is spreader tool?
A spreader is a hydraulic tool that is designed with two arms that come together in a narrow tip, and that uses hydraulic pressure to separate or spread the arms.
What is a flange spreader tool?
Mathey Dearman Flange Spreaders separate flanges safely and easily without hammering. The Spreader, which attaches to the flange holes, spreads the flange faces without damaging flange sealing surfaces. The wedge action of the Spreader widens the gap between flanges up to 1 1/4” (32 mm).
What is flange boss?
Flange Boss flange spreaders actuate mechanically, pneumatically or hydraulically. The rotating Cam-Wedge design with versatile hex drive attaches to the flanges through the bolt holes, securing flange spreaders to piping so it cannot slip out. Flange Boss spreaders are available with 25,000 lbs.
What is a hydraulic spreader?
A hydraulic spreader looks like two large metal fingers pressed together. They come together into a narrow tip at the end that can be inserted into narrow spaces. The tool then uses hydraulic power to spread the fingers, pushing apart the metal panels. These are frequently used to pop a whole door off of a vehicle.Jul 31, 2019
Why are they called the Jaws of Life?
This tool was invented in the year 1972, and one of the inventors, Mike Brick, gave it the nickname jaws of life because it had the ability to save people from the jaws of death, meaning to save people from almost certain death.