Tools used in Aviation (Aircraft Maintenance)

ALL AVIATION GENERAL USE TOOLS

The aviation maintenance technician (AMT) spends a major portion of each day using a wide variety of hand tools to accomplish maintenance tasks. This chapter contains an overview of some of the hand tools an AMT can expect to use. An AMT encounters many special tools as their experience widens; large transport category aircraft have different maintenance tasks from those of a light airplane, and special hand tools are often required when working on complex aircraft.

General Purpose Tools and Their Uses

1- Hammers and Mallets 

2- Screwdrivers

3- Plier-Type Cutting Tools

3A- Plier(Wire Locking Plier - Twister, Common, Grip, Connector Plier- Monkey Plier)

4- Punches

5- Wrenches

6- Special Wrenches( Ratchet Handle, Deep Sockets, Shallow Sockets, Flex Adapter, Crowfoot, Speed handle, expender )

7- Torque Wrenches

8- Strap Wrenches

9- Metal Cutting Tools(Snips)

10- Hacksaw

11- Chisels

12- Files

13- Micrometer

14- Scriber

15- Drill        

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