02-08-15, 12:10 PM
Quote:A torque wrench is only as good as the last time it was calibrated which should be Annually.
All depends on what you are doing.
I doubt I'll ever calibrate mine. It's not gonna get that much use. It will be religiously wound back to zero when it is not in use. In short buy a good one, treat it with respect, look after it and it'll last you a life time.
On the other hand at my work annual calibrations are not acceptable. We don't use wrenches with scale markings, only a range mark. Each wrench is set before and after use on a torque wrench analyser. It's the torque wrench analysers that get calibrated every year.