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1. One-Stop Tool Shop
Company: Aviapool
Product: Founded in 2013, Aviapool is focused solely on tooling. The ISO 9001.2015-certified company has warehouses located at its Ada, Michigan headquarters, and Exeter, UK, sales office. Aviapool offers tools for purchase and rental, as well as calibration services and consignment sales for unneeded tooling inventory. It also will try to source any tool not already in stock. According to the company, new tools are regularly being added to its inventory so that its ability to source tooling is constantly expanding.
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2. Precision Tool Specialist
Company: Pan American Tool Corporation
Product: Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Pan American Tool Corp. supplies aerospace, aviation and manufacturing sectors with precision, high performance tooling products. The company maintains an extensive inventory that it says is in stock and ready to ship. It can also special order and manufacture custom tooling for a global clientele. Among Pan American Tool’s offerings is a full line of industry-standard precision tools, including Nova Pneumatic Tools, NAS 965 Type D drills, NAS 907 Type J drills, and carbide and double margin drills. Other products supplied by the company include insert bits, reamers, countersinks and carbide burs.
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3. Faster Tool Retrieval
Company: Sonic
Product: Auburn, Alabama-based Sonic supplies tools to any aviation service and repair business. According to the company, its unique Sonic Foam System storage solution facilitates quick tool retrieval and replacement. Sonic says the system enables as much as 20% faster retrieval and return, and reduces misplaced tools by 80%. Under its “No Lost Tools” guarantee, Sonic will replace up to $250 in hand tools on any of its pre-configured, complete tool kits for one calendar year after purchase or ship date. Sonic recently announced a new 263-piece intermediate tool set with a specially designed mobile case for traveling aviation technicians.
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4. Patented Pliers
Company: Vampire Tools
Product: Vampire Tools manufactures and distributes Vampliers, a family of patented pliers for the maintenance and repair needs of a broad range of customers and industries. The company says Vampliers’ technology provides superior grip and cutting capabilities compared to traditional pliers, making them especially useful for aerospace and defense professional mechanics. For example, Vampliers Long Nose and 8-in. Pro Linesman tools are specially designed to extract small-sized stripped, damaged, rusted and stuck screws and fasteners in confined areas and hard to reach spaces. The Irvine, California-based company has announced that it will be releasing its new vPlus plier featuring a larger and stronger body frame, longer side wire cutter blade and greater cutting capacity.
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5. Pneumatic Power Tools And Grinders
Company: Alloy Coating Supply
Product: Although Houston-headquartered Alloy Coating Supply specializes in high velocity oxygen fuel and plasma spray equipment, it is also a distributor and key repair center for Dynabrade power tools, including a line of pneumatic power tool products, used by the aviation, automotive and other industries. For clients performing in-house grinding and polishing, the company offers diamond abrasives to achieve precise, final finishes. The company is now offering die grinders for the aerospace industry, and it is currently in the final stages of AS9120 certification.
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