The Kromer 8228-05 (legacy number 7228-05) is a zero-gravity tool balancer for tools weighing 11.5-14.3 lb - for example die grinders or medium nutrunners - and works equally with any other tool or fixture in that weight range. Constant retraction force means the tool floats weightless and stays exactly where the operator leaves it across the full 5.2 ft of cable travel, rather than being pulled back to a start position.

The 8228 is Kromer's lightest industrial balancer frame - impact-resistant plastic housing and drum, with simplified load setting. A cable wedge sets working cable length anywhere within the cable's total length, without changing the balancer's cable extension range. A manual lock system is available as an option on this type.

Specifications:

• Capacity: 11.5-14.3 lb (5.2-6.5 kg), infinitely adjustable
• Cable travel: 5.2 ft (1,600 mm)
• Unit weight: 3.1 lb (1.4 kg)
• Kromer item no. 8228 0000 05
• High-strength steel cable
• Simplified load setting
• Safe suspension with freely rotating and swivelling screw-type spring hook
• Housing of very impact-resistant and abrasion-resistant plastic
• Cable drum of high-strength, abrasion-resistant plastic
• High-strength special suspension spring
• Infinitely adjustable cable stop buffer
• Cable wedge allows infinite adjustment of cable length
• Screw-type spring hook for load suspension
• Option: manual lock system

Safety:

• Closed unit; rigid, impact-resistant design
• Electrically insulated suspension via screw-type spring hook (freely rotating and swivelling)
• Includes safety chain as fall protection
• Mechanism for locking the cable drum
• Includes ferrule for securing the cable end
• Spring fracture safeguard (fitted from 3.0 kg load capacity)
• GS-certified

Use only within the load range shown on the rating plate. Not for use as a crane or hoist.

Made in Germany by Kromer (Gottenheim), a manufacturer certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. CE and DIN 15112 compliant.

Lighter tool? 7228-04 (8.4-11.5 lb). Washdown or food-industry line? See the rust-free Kromer balancers. Need the tool pulled back out of the way when released instead of held where you leave it? See tool retractors. Browse all zero-gravity balancers. Supported in the USA by Tool Balancers USA.