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In the Lab: We’re going to need a bigger scale

Jason Benford 1 minute(s) to read January 24, 2022

Tune in as Jason Benford, Atlas Copco’s Tightening Services Lab Manager, returns to bathroom scale bolting experiments!

This time around, Jason has an even stronger scale and he’s seeing how much tension force a small bolt can generate before something breaks. The results? The tiny M3 bolt was able to generate nearly 1,200 pounds of force before it breaks in tension! That’s a lot!

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