Up Close: Mac Tools R.B.R.T. Socket Set

Sept. 3, 2024
Designed to prevent damaging new fasteners and remove damaged fasteners that are rounded up to 80 percent.

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Application

Used in all types of repairs or maintenance as it pertains to removing, loosening, and tightening fasteners. Mac Tools R.B.R.T. Sockets are designed to prevent damaging new fasteners and remove damaged fasteners that are rounded up to 80 percent.     

Origin

It is common in the industry to come across fasteners that have been damaged, rusted (corrosion), or over-tightened (rounded). With that, many companies are putting their own type of anti-slip or gripping technology into their products. Mac Tools aims to give their customers the best-in-class socket for rounded bolt prevention and rounded bolt removal technology (R.B.R.T.).    

Features and benefits

Designed to tighten or loosen new and damaged fasteners that are rounded up to 80 percent. This saves the technician from a timely extraction process to remove a rounded fastener, which would reduce productivity and require costly specialized extracting tools.

Manufacturing/engineering specifications

Made of steel in Taiwan. Designed to remove damaged fasteners that are rounded up to 80 percent. Weight varies depending on the set.

Information provided by Mac Tools.

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