950 ft-lbs of maximum torque; 1,300 ft-lbs of torque to loose.
Twin Clutch Mechanism: A powerful 1/2-inch impact wrench that is better than anything else in its class.
patented quiet-tuned exhaust system cuts the noise level to 86 dBA.
Impact Wrench: It comes with an ergonomic handle for the user’s best comfort.
AirCat Line: The most important improvements in pneumatic power tools have been made by the AirCat Line.
Make sure your toolbox is up-to-date now. Inside AIRCAT’s Nitrocat 1250-K, there is a lot of power and new technology. 1,000 blows per minute, the speed of a 1/2″ with 3/4″ power. The machine-gun-like rapid blasts will get the job done quickly and with a lot of power. The 1250-K is built with a hard-hitting twin-clutch mechanism that’s built for high torque performance, which is why it was made. AIRCAT makes top-of-the-line power tools that are great for any handyman or construction worker.
This power tool has 950 foot-pounds of maximum torque and 1,300 foot-pounds of torque that can be used to loosen things. One of the best tools in its class is the Nitrocat 1250-K. It’s a powerful 1/2-inch impact wrench that can’t be beat. Has a powerful and smooth dual clutch mechanism, a durable Kevlar reinforced “body armor” housing, a handle that is ergonomically designed and a quiet exhaust that is tuned to be as low as possible. It also has an easy-to-use flip lever that lets you go forward or backward. The twin-clutch is better for projects that need a lot of power (framework, medium to heavy-duty trucks, etc.).
The AIRCAT line is the most important development in pneumatic power tools in more than 30 years. Our company was started in 1998, and our tool line has a lot less noise while still having a lot more power and torque. AIRCAT also has a patented ergonomically engineered handle design that helps the operator’s hands, wrists, and arms be less stressed and tired. AIRCAT has patented tuned exhaust muffler technology in most of its tools. This means that the air that is released doesn’t build up back pressure, which means that more power is kept and the noise level is significantly reduced.
South Korea is a friend of the United States and a very good place to make things. They also make the KIA car. Like when Japan made the Toyota, Korea has made KIA and most of their tool lines look a lot like them. This is how it works.
This tool, called the NITROCAT, is a good example of what South Korea is known for. My coworker bought the Ingersoll Rand 2235TiMAX Drive Air Impact Wrench, 1/2 Inch, and he loves it. I bought the NITROCAT for $50.00 or more less, and he didn’t like it.
NiTROCAT and Ingersoll Rand 2235TiMAX are shown next to each other on the table. The difference in torque isn’t worth mentioning at all. They both hit just as hard in the real world. However, both of them beat my SNAP-ON IM6100 hands down. But the people who made the NITROCAT were very clever and made a baffle device that doesn’t stop the exhaust flow, but instead changes the frequency of the exhaust to a much lower one than INGERSOL-RAND or SNAP-ON. This makes it look like there is a much quieter exhaust, which is much more comfortable on your ears. However, the decibel levels are still the same on all three impacts, just at a lower frequency with the NITROCAT than with INGERSOL-RAND or SNAP-ON. And this makes the NITROCAT seem a lot less noisy.
It’s the same with the SNAP-ON. If you want to get the most power out of these tools, you need to get a good quality 3/8″ air hose with 3/8″ air fittings and 3/8″ hose barbs that go into and secure the rubber hose to the quick disconnect air fittings. Any impact wrench loses a lot of torque when you don’t do this.
Because they are just chalkboard values, I say it this way: “That is just what it is without sugarcoating it. The NITROCAT is rated at 1,300 ft. lbs. of torque, but I don’t know of any 12″ drive tool that won’t break or snap at around 300 ft. lbs of torque. That’s 1,000 ft. lbs. less than the tool is rated for. You can snap and break any 12″ tool with this much force. This is more than enough. Look at the IR 1” drive impact wrench on this link. It has a “maximum torque” of 1770 ft. lbs., but the real values are 100 to 900 ft. lbs. So how does a 12″ drive impact gun beat a 1″ drive impact gun in this case. …….. It doesn’t, but I’m talking about the chalkboard values I’m talking about.
To figure out how to get the 1300 to 1350 ft. lbs. Simple, they used different ways to measure. Using the formula T=FD/2, you can figure out how much torque you need to do something by how much pressure you put on your hands. This is how you figure out how much torque you need to do something by how much pressure you put on your hands: Torque = Force x Diameter /2.
But, hold on, ft. lbs. is also used to figure out the impact of a bullet, or any other type of impact, also in ft. lbs. Use the equation “F=MA”: Force is the sum of Mass times Acceleration, or F=M. always ft. lb. It doesn’t look at torsional force, but it does look at how much energy it would take to lift a certain number of pounds off the ground against the forces of gravity.
Both of us can see that these equations are not the same. T=FD/2 and F=MA are not equal to each other. We don’t need to know too much about physics or math to figure this out.
The impact tools are rated by how much force is used when the hammer hits the anvil inside the tool, not how much torque is used when the socket is attached to the square drive. But they don’t stop there. They also add up the number of hits and force over time, not just one blow, but how many blows it takes to get the numbers they want.
So if they rate the impact at 1300 ft. lbs, and the hammer hits with 18 ft. lbs. of force against the anvil in the tool, and the hammer hits the anvil 12 times in one second, then this tool will reach a combined force through 6 seconds of time to achieve the 1300 ft lbs of forc.
18 ft lbs. / blow x 12 blows per second x 6 seconds = 1296 ft. lbs……… close enough to prove my point.
I have used the NITROCAT and IR 2235 to tighten grade 8 bolts, and the on torque is between 225 and 235 ft. lbs. The off torque is around 20 ft. lbs. higher, and these values are extremely close to the actual torsional value really is. 185 ft. lbs. on and 200 ft. lbs. off, but each gun may have a few more or less. My SNAP–On IM6100 could only get up to 185 on and 200 off.
I have already dropped it many times, submersed in hydraulic oil, buried it in dirt, sprayed cleaners on it, and drove my service truck over it in dirt, only to pick it up with no damage and proceeded to brake a 9/16″, 14mm, 3/4″ 7/8″ and 15/16″ SNAP-ON sockets with this impact using the 3/8″ hose. This NITROCAT does not know the words, ” GIVE UP ” ..………….
All in all, I haven’t had any problems with grips or solvents, and I’m already ordering a second one for my own shop. There isn’t much of a difference between this and the Ingersoll-Rand 2235, except for the price.
If you want to read about the NITROCAT, write to me. This is the best value for money.
