ELORA TOOL CATALOGUE

134 03 If ELORA customers want to get the full benefit of an ELORA ratchet, they really need sockets of the same high quality. As you would expect, the manufacture of these sockets is subject to the same stringent quality requirements and ELORA sockets are also hot forged. This creates a microscopic fibre- like structure in the metal with no interruptions (in contrast to cold-formed tools) which always runs parallel to the outer shape. Unwanted stresses in the tool are thus kept to an absolute minimum. At the same time, this increases the tool’s durability and tensile strength by a considerable degree – these are product benefits that pay for themselves, especially when you are applying full loadings, and enable long service lives. STAGES IN THE PRODUCTION OF A SOCKET One advantage of hot forging: the uninterrupted fibre-like structure The disadvantage of cold-forming: interrupted fibres