The TECNA 9426OD is an outdoor zero-gravity tool balancer for loads weighing 353-397 lb, built for equipment that works outside or in unheated areas - EV charging points, fleet and forklift charging, airport ground support, car wash hose management. Rust-free, and rated for indoor and outdoor use from -40 to 140 F (-40 to +60 C).

Zero-gravity means the load stays wherever you leave it instead of returning to a rest position - let go at mid-height and the tool simply hangs there, weightless to the operator. Cable travel is 8.2 ft (2,500 mm) and capacity is adjustable across 353-397 lb (160-180 kg), set with a worm screw.

It has a manual lock to hold the load at any height. Only operate the lock with the load hanging.

A centrifugal safety device locks the drum if it ever turns faster than the danger limit - a load coming unhooked, or a cable breaking. If it trips, discharge the drum spring immediately and completely and have the balancer inspected.

What makes it the outdoor version is rust-free materials inside the housing and out. The ribbed, sealed aluminium alloy housing is powder-coated, so it resists oxidation and chemical corrosion. The exterior and interior parts are rustproof and stainless steel, the wire rope is stainless steel throughout, and so are the screw-lock carabiner and the thimble.

Specifications:

• Capacity: 353-397 lb (160-180 kg), adjustable by worm screw
• Cable travel: 8.2 ft (2,500 mm)
• Rust-free: rustproof and stainless steel exterior and interior materials
• Operating temperature: -40 to 140 F (-40 to +60 C)
• Powder-coated, ribbed and sealed aluminium alloy housing, resistant to oxidation and chemical corrosion
• Stainless steel wire rope
• Stainless steel screw-lock carabiner
• Unit weight: 95.2 lb (43.2 kg)
• Safety suspension
• Manual lock to hold the load at any height
• Safety device against load dropping due to spring breakage
• Centrifugal safety device
• Upper rotary suspension with safety hook
• Adjustable stroke limiting device
• Taper drum rotating on ball bearings
• Cable guide in antifriction material
• Rotary upper hook with ball bearing
• Lining-up upper hook
• Visible cable for inspection
• Inert spring drum assembly
• Stainless steel thimble

If the drum spring ever breaks, a safety device blocks the balancer so the load cannot fall. If it trips, do not try to free it - have the balancer serviced.

Options for this model: Option B1, a reinforced lock and unlock control worked from floor level (7190000022), is available for this model - ask us when you order.

The structure you hang it from has to be stronger than five times the balancer weight plus the maximum load - and if several balancers share one structure, five times the total of all of them, each on its own independent connection point. Always connect the safety suspension to a separate support, and set the stroke limiter so the load never comes to rest above the operator.

Other capacities in the 9422OD-9426OD series: 9422OD (220-265 lb), 9423OD (265-309 lb), 9424OD (287-331 lb), 9425OD (309-353 lb).

If you need the tool to return to a rest position when you let go instead of staying put, you want an outdoor retractor rather than a zero-gravity balancer. The outdoor range covers both.

Not working outdoors? The TECNA 9426 is the same balancer in the standard build, at the same capacity and cable travel.

Supported in the USA by Tool Balancers USA.