I see Aircat makes both. Can someone tell me the difference? Pros/cons.
please explain twin hammer vs twin clutch impacts
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The way i understand it is for automotive type work twin hammer is preferable unless you like shearing smaller bolts.
Its like hitting a wrench a few thousand times a minute with a hammer, it works on smaller and larger bolts equally well.
On their lowest setting torque is very low and can be further reduced by a variable trigger.
Clutch types are more for industrial use and mostly large nuts and bolts.
These produce a lot of torque right out of the gate, even on the lowest setting it can be considerable.
The force of the impacts is much lighter than a twin hammer, these rely more on torque.
You find most cordless impacts like the IR W7150 use a pin clutch mechanism it goes a long way in compensating for the weaker battery powered motors.
When connected to a powerful air motor they become bold shearing monsters, not what you want to remove rusted exhaust manifold to pipe nuts, you want to hammer them loose.
I have tried pin clutch guns over the years and don't like them, they hindered more than helped a lot of the time by just breaking the head or stud off. You cant beat a good twin hammer for automotive work.
Its like hitting a wrench a few thousand times a minute with a hammer, it works on smaller and larger bolts equally well.
On their lowest setting torque is very low and can be further reduced by a variable trigger.
Clutch types are more for industrial use and mostly large nuts and bolts.
These produce a lot of torque right out of the gate, even on the lowest setting it can be considerable.
The force of the impacts is much lighter than a twin hammer, these rely more on torque.
You find most cordless impacts like the IR W7150 use a pin clutch mechanism it goes a long way in compensating for the weaker battery powered motors.
When connected to a powerful air motor they become bold shearing monsters, not what you want to remove rusted exhaust manifold to pipe nuts, you want to hammer them loose.
I have tried pin clutch guns over the years and don't like them, they hindered more than helped a lot of the time by just breaking the head or stud off. You cant beat a good twin hammer for automotive work.
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