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FastLUBE AG: Miracle Lubricant for Damaged Bolt Threads

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Eliminate Galling and Teflon Tape with FASTORQ’s Amazing Lubricant
FastLUBE AG Lube

Wouldn’t life be great if you could snap your fingers every time you came across damaged threads on a bolt and make them work like new?

Fantasy is now reality with the miracle lubricant FastLUBE AG!

Like magic, FastLUBE AG reforms stainless steel damaged threads to nearly their original shape and makes mating surfaces smooth and even once ...

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May the Fastest Tool Win!

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How Tool Speed in Subsea Environments Affects Production

SpinTORQ with ROV

It’s not hard to understand that in most cases faster is better. Faster grocery checkout is better. Faster internet service is better. Faster subsea tools are better.

Sadly, when it comes to subsea maintenance, fast is not the term most people would use. When maintenance is slow, subsea production takes ...

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Striking New Catalog and Videos Premier at Fastorq.com

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How do you know FASTORQ tools are actually tough, innovative and fast? Just stop by www.fastorq.com and see them in action.

With all of the improvements in technology, customers demand more information before making a purchase than ever before. The days of reading a short product description with, and sometimes without, a photo are long gone.

FASTORQ recently answered customer’s demands by providing an exciting new, 32-page product catalog (http://www.fastorq.com/wp-content/uploads/Final%20Cat%20Flipbook/2013-FASTORQ-Product-Line.html). It contains ...

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How Tight is Tight?

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By Bill Washington

When answering this question, it is important to understand what happens when we tighten a bolt.  The bolt acts as a heavy spring that clamps two or more pieces together. When we turn a nut we stretch the bolt.  Stretch or elongation provides clamping force. Not enough clamping force allows the nut to vibrate loose causing leaks. Too much clamping force causes gasket damage, bolt galling, flange ...

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