Operating in more than 30 countries globally, Enerpac is one of Australasia’s longest established and most trusted names in extreme force technology, including 700 bar high pressure hydraulics, which pack more power into smaller and more easily handled tools.

Already established for 50 years down under as a leader in hydraulic lifting - and noted for its nationwide safety courses for its lifting cylinders - Enerpac has extended its brand into new pumping, bolting, pipeline, pre-stressing and post-tensioning technologies.

Enerpac national bolting manager Pat Molloy said “The latest Enerpac technologies now comprise complete families of advanced bolting and fastening technologies to handle the toughest jobs encountered by the mining, gas, petroleum and contracting industries, onshore and offshore.

“These are tools designed to get the job done faster, more precisely, with greater portability, less energy usage and optimum reliability. They consign to the dark ages the slow, clumsy and hazardous manual fastening methods that were common up until a few years ago.”

The new wave of technology includes versatile square and hexagonal drive torque wrenches including W and S rigid steel types with outstanding power to weight ratios. The W low profile hexagonal wrenches for low clearance bolting applications weigh from only 1.4 - 5 kg yet have terrific and precisely repeatable torque from 2,712 - 20,337 Nm, while the versatile S series of double-acting square drive wrenches extends from 2.7 - 31 kg with outputs of 1,898 - 34,437 Nm.

A full range of top quality sockets precision crafted in world class ISO 9001 certified facilities is also available, as well as precise and time-saving hydraulic nut families that are particularly useful in applications requiring critical tolerances, multiple bolting tasks and high levels of repeatability.

Powerful bolt tensioners and highly portable torque multipliers are available to provide from 1,015 - 10,845 Nm of force for tightening and loosening of nuts, bolts and stubborn or corroded fasteners requiring high torque.

Enerpac can supply portable nut splitters, plus efficient flange splitting and flange alignment tools purpose-built to take manual labour out of the job while safeguarding the integrity of pipelines and flanged machinery – as well as the safety of the person working on them.

Tough, reliable energy-efficient electric pumps are available, including the new-generation Z-class electric pump and air pump that have fewer moving parts for less friction, more reliability and reduced energy needs.

In addition, Enerpac can provide rugged workhorse pump and valving combinations, custom engineered to particular applications such as the ZU4908JE double-acting pump that can be coupled with compact and powerful Enerpac post-tensioning tools for mono strand construction applications common on resource and infrastructure development sites.

Mr Molloy said “BHP, RIO, CSR, Queensland Bulk Handling, petroleum companies and energy utilities are among the early adopters of these easy-to-use tools, which are designed to replace laborious, inaccurate and often hazardous bolting and unbolting methods, such as flogging wrenches.

“They are brilliant for high-repetition tasks and have already halved the time taken for some maintenance jobs, demonstrating their effectiveness on machinery and infrastructure ranging from trucks and bulldozers to pipelines, turbines and milling trains,” he said.

The new Enerpac torque wrenches – complemented by Enerpac’s advanced pumping technology and more than 50 years of application expertise – are designed for maximum durability, reliability and safety, with rigid steel design and outstanding power to weight ratios.

The nimble W wrenches’ small nose radius measurements of 31 - 87.5 mm enable them to fit readily into tight spaces with their hexagon range from 36 - 115 mm, while S models offer from 25 - 63.5 mm with square drive range from three-quarters to two-and-a-half inches.

Enerpac stocks Australasia’s biggest selection of 700 bar cylinders, in hundreds of models with capacities from 5 - 1,000 tonnes for compact high-pressure power in lifting, pushing, pulling, bending and holding applications.

Enerpac’s largest range ever of time and cost-saving precision tools also includes new families of aluminium cylinders weighing half their steel equivalents, the new Extreme Products are designed for maximum corrosion and temperature resistance and the new generation ZE and ZU electric pumps have fewer moving parts that save power while extending reliability and serviceability even on remote sites with variable electricity supplies.

Innovations in the Enerpac E325a industrial catalogue range from its highly portable families of professional bolting equipment through to computerised synchronous lifting systems that one person can operate from up to a kilometre away to lift giant weights, including bridges, turbines, draglines and drilling platforms.