Erector Benefits
What erectors tell us is this - "If we're going to get inspected seriously, DTI's are the preferred method."
What they mean by this is that if they know the steel inspectors are really going to enforce the specified procedures for calibrated wrench or turn-of-nut, or field test twist-off bolts in their weathered condition "as-installed", it's just easier for them to put a DTI on the bolt, snug the joint, "squash" the DTI's, and get on with the next connection. Once an erector has squashed the DTI, no one can say that he or she has not done the job correctly. There's no torque wrench inspection, and no arguments about torque inspection values and how to interpret them.
With SQUIRTER® DTIs, erectors now go fast. SQUIRTER® DTIs are now LOVED by erectors, whereas regular non-squirting DTI's have sometimes given them heartache.
Erectors tell us they save more in time costs than the SQUIRTER® DTIs cost, and consequently erection firms are coming directly to Applied Bolting and requesting that we help them get SQUIRTER® DTIs approved for use on their projects, EVEN WHEN NO DTI'S HAD BEEN SPECIFIED.
Dick Construction, V&M Erectors, Wood Hopkins Erectors, Babcock Wilcox Construction Company, Fluor Daniel Constructors, Bechtel Construction Company, are just a few.
