Non-Sparking and Low-Vibration, Grinding and Cutting Tools
The leading spark free, cold cutting, safety tools in the industry
Imagine the next time you have to grind or cut metal in an EX Area... Wouldn’t it be nice to just open the tool case, attach the required tool head, do the job and sweep up the cuttings? That’s exactly what you will be able to do with our Specialty Tools! There are many situations where traditional grinding and cutting tools are totally unsuitable. For instance in EX Areas, you would be putting everyone’s life on the line – not to mention risking the very existence of your facility!
Habitats are one alternative, but even for minor jobs their use is time-consuming and expensive. By the time you’ve acquired the necessary Hot Work Permit, have the habitat in place, and have carried out the work – you would probably rather not have to total up the time spent, and all the costs incurred.
Specialty Tools Canada offers a better way. All our tools are classifed as Cold Work, which allows you to do the job quickly. No shutdown or slowdown in production. No need for committee work or frustrating delays.
Just get the job done. Safely. Quickly. Cheaply.
Specialty Tools are the only EX certifed tools of their type. No equivalent tools are available around the world!
Advantages at a Glance
When safety is your number 1 issue and when you would like to reduce your operational costs, then you should really consider using these ground breaking tools, as they will give you the following advantages:
HSE Advantages:
- Spark free ! – eliminates danger of explosion
- Creates no heat (average between 30° C … 60 ° C grinding steel)
- Low noise (< 85 dBA; ordinary grinding is rated 110-125 dBA)
- Low vibration (average < 2.5 m/s)
- Increased safety, reduced time, reduced operational costs
- Minimal dust – metal debris is large and dense
- No sharp splinters – virtually eliminating secondary damage
- Particles are concentrated in the work area, not spread to the nearby environment
- No toxic gases released when grinding through polyurethane coating
- No release of hydrocarbon gases
Applications for all branches of industry
- Offshore platforms
- Oil and gas refineries
- Engineering and contracting companies
- Chemical and pharmaceutical plants
- Maritime sector
- Aircraft industry
- Railway sector
- Power companies
- Mining
- Remote sites
- Repairs to military equipment
The story behind Safety Tools Allmet, the company who invented these unique sparkless grinding tools/cutting systems.
Well over a decade ago, Reidar Olsen was inspecting a large tank prior to renewing its surface treatment. He discovered that the surface was riddled with minute corrosion points.
The reason was simple: sparks from the grinding and welding operations that had been carried out a mere week previously had burned through the protective coating, exposing the steel underneath.
Reidar Olsen, founder and CEO of Safety Tools Allmet, was convinced he could find a better solution. After ten years’ development, he introduced a radical new grinding tool – which produces neither sparks nor heat. Where the unique grinding head has removed even a quarter inch of steel, you can place your thumb; it’s not even lukewarm!
That is the story behind Safety Tools Allmet. Since then a wide range of unique tools, including cutting discs, have been introduced. We would like to tell you more. What is far more interesting, however, are the new ways of working these tools have opened up for the company’s customers...