Bondhus Corp. recently designed a tool for use by the US Marine Corps. The Bondhus design team worked closely with the Marines to develop a tool to be used with their new M39 rifles. In the past, troops had to improvise tools to do this work, which often resulted in damage to the weapon.
The Marine Corps’ needs posed some difficult challenges for the Bondhus team. The tool design needed to include a socket, box wrench, two stepped reamer, screw holding hex keys and a screwdriver. Bondhus was not only able to meet the design challenges, but also delivered the product in less than 6 weeks from the order date!
Garland at Work!
Garland’s 15367 plastic mallet with 36″ handle is used to knock off ice buildup on vessels such as the RV Knoff, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute research vessel as well as docks, piers and shipping locks. A real danger of working at sea in winter conditions is freezing water spray. Given sufficiently cold temperatures, the spray becomes a threat to any vessel as it freezes on contact and grows in size and weight with blowing spray from each new crashing wave. In most severe cases, the ship’s stability is compromised. The only option is to manually knock the ice off the ship.
Bondhus - The “Go To” Company for NASA
Bondhus Corporation is once again working with a NASA contractor on a tool for a critical repair in space. In 2005, astronauts used a Bondhus Stubby tool on a repair to the International Space Station. Now Bondhus ProHold tip tools are being tested for a repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.