There is a global web of pipelines transporting a variety of products including Oil, Gas and Fuel. In the United States alone, there are 3.2 million kilometres of pipelines carrying natural gas and hazardous liquids. The PHMSA recently announced new…
A REAL WORLD-WIDE WEB There is an actual, physical world-wide web encircling our planet. A massive network of pipelines transporting oil, gas and various other fuels and chemicals across and between countries. For the sake of this article we will…
Following the meteoric rise of Torq-Comm over the last year to market leader in the industrial bolting data collection sector, few will be surprised to learn that the organization has taken another massive step towards global customer support. CEO, Paul…
A Sobering Lesson In Verifying Bolt Load If anybody ever doubted that verifying the correct residual load in each and every bolt is key critical in industrial bolting applications, read on. On December 24th 2015 a three-year-old wind turbine collapsed…
High Level of Safety Concerns By September 12th, BP Alaska had reported 27 separate safety incidents this year, many of which were at Prudhoe Bay, the largest oil and gas field in the state. With the memory of the Deepwater…
As the Torq-Comm global distribution network continues to grow, a major step forward has been taken on the European mainland. Following the recent appointment of Danish company EP Tools AS to cover Denmark and Sweden and Belgian company 1st Bolting…
At first glance, farming and industrial bolting have nothing to do with each other but farming is actually a great analogy for data collection and storage during industrial bolting operations. In the past, crops were gathered by hand which took…
For many years, industrial bolting, in particular, hydraulic torque tools and IT couldn’t have been further apart. It is only relatively recently that this industry has recognised the potential benefits of the use of IT. In the recent past, tables,…
Torq-Comm is pleased to announce that Hytorc China Group has become our exclusive OEM distributor in China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Mongolia. We are very excited that the Commander XT product line will contribute to Hytorc's H.E.L.P. program, as well as assist in basic industrial…