Impact wrenches are widely used in many industries, such as automotive repair, heavy equipment maintenance, product assembly where precise torque output is required, construction projects and any other instance where a high torque output is constantly required. An impact wrench is a socket wrench industrial power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the operator by storing energy in a rotating mass then delivering it suddenly to the output drive shaft
Impact wrenches are popular with the professional trade due to their robust & powerful build qualities with most manufacturers such as Bosch, DeWALT, Makita and Hitachi offering the trade 1/2" square drive impact wrenches as flag ship products, the Bosch GDS18E impact wrenches, DeWALT DW292 impact wrenches and the Hitachi WR16SA impact wrenches are outstanding 1/2" drive corded machines with powerful industrial motors to take the punishment in any professional workshop. At the heavy end of this range of corded impact wrenches the 3/4" & 1" hex drive machines include the powerful 1100w Makita TW1000 impact wrench with 1" drive ready to tackle any job, the Makita 6906 impact wrench is slightly lighter with a 3/4" drive again ready to tackle the heavy jobs but overall slightly lighter to handle, the DeWALT DW294 wrench & Bosch GDS30 impact wrenches more than hold their own where heavy duty impact wrenches are required and compete well against other manufacturers in the market
