{"product_id":"tool-balancer-tecna-9346l-4-5","title":"Tool Balancer TECNA 9346L\/4,5 (1.1 to 4.4 lb, 14.8ft)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe TECNA 9346L\/4,5 is a long-reach industrial spring tool retractor - a retractor tool balancer for tools weighing 1.1-4.4 lb, for example electric screwdrivers or small drivers - and it works equally with any other tool in that weight range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCable travel is 14.8 ft (4,500 mm) and capacity is adjustable across 1.1-4.4 lb (0.5-2 kg). It is a retractor, so when you let go the tool returns to its rest position, clear of the work, rather than staying where you leave it. A spring drum inside winds the cable in and carries the tool's weight, which is why retractors like this are also called spring balancers. Hanging the tool takes its weight off the operator's arm, which cuts fatigue on repetitive assembly-line work, and keeps the tool, and its hose or cable, off the bench and off the floor, so they last longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the long-reach version: 14.8 ft (4,500 mm) of cable travel against 8.2 ft on the standard \u003ca href=\"\/products\/balancer-tecna-9346l\"\u003eTECNA 9346L\u003c\/a\u003e, for stations where the tool has to come a long way down from a high mounting point. Capacity is the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis model has an automatic ratchet lock. It stops the cable rewinding so you can work without it pulling back on the tool - inside a vehicle body, for example. Let the tool rise slowly to lock it; to release, pull down slightly and let it rise quickly. Let it rise at a sensible speed and it will not lock when you do not want it to. The lock can be disabled by tightening a screw, if you would rather not have it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not need the ratchet lock? The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9336l-4-5\"\u003eTECNA 9336L\/4,5\u003c\/a\u003e is this same retractor without it, at the same capacity and cable travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize it on the total hanging weight - the tool, its accessories and the length of hose or cable the balancer lifts - which has to sit inside the capacity range. Electric, pneumatic and hydraulic tools all suspend the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapacity: 1.1-4.4 lb (0.5-2 kg), adjustable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCable travel: 14.8 ft (4,500 mm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmbient temperature: 41 to 140 F (5 to 60 C)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStainless steel cable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRugged cast aluminium body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdjustable capacity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafety suspension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAutomatic ratchet lock to stop cable rewinding, can be disabled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdjustable stroke limiting device\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCable guide in antifriction material\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInert spring drum assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolyamide thimble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 tool never comes to rest above the operator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in Italy, to DIN 15112. Breaking load is guaranteed at a minimum of five times the declared maximum load on every sensitive part. Every production lot is sample-tested too: a static test at 1.25 times the maximum rated load held for ten minutes at full stroke, and a dynamic test at 1.1 times maximum load run for an hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther long-reach models in the same series: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9346-4-5-4-4-to-8-8lb-8-2ft\"\u003e9346\/4,5 (4.4-8.8 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9347-4-5-8-8-to-13-2lb-8-2ft\"\u003e9347\/4,5 (8.8-13.2 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9348-4-5-13-2-to-17-6ft-8-2ft\"\u003e9348\/4,5 (13.2-17.6 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9349-4-5-17-6-to-22lb-8-2ft\"\u003e9349\/4,5 (17.6-22 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9350-4-5-22-to-31lb-8-2ft\"\u003e9350\/4,5 (22-31 lb)\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse all \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tool-retractors-with-a-lock\"\u003etool retractors with a ratchet lock\u003c\/a\u003e. If you need the load to stay where you leave it instead of returning to rest, that is a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/zero-gravity-balancers\"\u003ezero-gravity balancer\u003c\/a\u003e, not a retractor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupported in the USA by Tool Balancers USA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TECNA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850790735937,"sku":"9346L\/4,5","price":259.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/8374\/3809\/products\/Tecna-Spring-Tool-Balancer-9336LNY-9336NY_b9c71585-982a-4520-94eb-8524d0d8a7ac.png?v=1650524490","url":"https:\/\/toolbalancersusa.com\/products\/tool-balancer-tecna-9346l-4-5","provider":"www.toolbalancersusa.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}