November 23, 2014
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Tools and equipment are terms that are often used interchangeably without knowing the actual difference between tools and equipment, but in fact, they have different definitions. Tools and equipment are not only two words that are often used in day to day life, but also two utensils that are often used every day as well. However, how does one make a distinction between these two items? Let us find out.
Any physical item that is used to achieve a goal but is not consumed during this process can be defined as a tool. Informally speaking, it can also be used to describe a specific procedure with a specific purpose as well. The use of tools by human beings dates back million years. However, humans are not the only creatures known to employ tools in their day to day life.
Tools are often also referred to as machine, apparatus, implements, instruments or utensils. The knowledge of obtaining, constructing and using tools is known as technology. Anthropologists view the usage of tools as an important step in the evolution of the mankind. It is said that after humans evolved an opposable thumb that is useful for holding tools, the intelligence of humans drastically increased as well.
Tools can perform a variety of functions such as cutting and chopping, moving, shaping, fastening, guiding, enacting chemical changes, fastening, information and data manipulation, etc. There can be specific tools designated for specific purposes whereas most tools can serve a combination of uses.
The idea of equipment represents all sorts of machinery, functional devices or accessories which serve an individual, household or a community purpose. Usually, a set of tools that are designated for a specific task is known as equipment. This could be a small set of functional items in a finished product. For example, equipment of a car may be alternators, absorbers, optical, electronic boxes,etc.
Equipment of a house may be appliances while equipment may also include all sorts of devices needed for a specific task.
Tools and equipment are two words that are often used synonymously, mainly due to the similarities of their meanings. Because of this factor, they can be used interchangeably in most instances. However, in certain cases, this may not be so.
• A tool can be any item that is used to achieve a goal. Equipment usually denotes a set of tools that are used to achieve a specific objective.
• A tool can be non-mechanical as well. However, when one says equipment, there is a certain mechanical aspect to it that cannot be ignored.
• The usage of tools among human beings runs back to millions of years. However, the use of equipment is more of a recent development.
• Tools are often seen to be used by animals as well. Equipment is only used by human beings.
• Tools are usually multipurpose.
Equipment is designed for a specific task.
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Tools and Equipment! List of 300+ tools and equipment, household items, devices, appliances and instruments with pictures and examples. Whether you are doing a job at work or around the house, knowing the names of commonly used tools and equipment is going to greatly benefit you and improve your vocabulary. This can be extremely useful when working with English speaking people in a situation where you might need to ask for a specific piece of equipment or when you are out and about and need to use something.
In this section, you will be able to learn the names of the various tools and pieces of equipment in English giving you confidence in conversation and in your listening abilities.
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Categories Visual Vocabulary When carrying out repair work, they mainly use the same tools as when installing sanitary systems: lever and ring pipe wrenches, adjustable (picture below), wrenches, hammers, hacksaws, chisels, screwdrivers, bolts, barbs, screw caps, dies etc.
The table below shows a list of the main tools used in the repair of plumbing equipment.
a - lever; b - cap; c - adjustable with soft jaws
| Designation | Regulation | Quantity, pcs. |
| Machinist steel hammer | GOST 2310-77* | 8 |
| Blacksmith's sharp-nosed sledgehammer, 3 kg | GOST 11402-75 | 3 |
| Hacksaw frame with blade set | GOST 17270-71 | 8 |
| Keys: | ||
| open-end double nut (set) | GOST 2839-80* | 2 |
| nut adjustable (set) | GOST 7275-75 | 2 |
| radiator nipple type K-1 | GOST 12801-92 | 8 |
| socket nuts (set) | GOST 25787-83 | 2 |
| pipe lever (set) | GOST 18981-73 | 2 |
| pipe caps (set) with soft jaws | GOST 19733-74 | 2 |
| Small pipe cutter EZMA | TU 26-1224-77 | 3 |
| Handyman's screwdriver | GOST 17199-88 | 14 |
| Bench chisel 20x60 | GOST 7211-86 | 14 |
| 4 and 8 mm taper barb | GOST 7214-72*E | 14 |
| Carbide jumper type ШТ (set) | TU 22-3240-75 | 2 |
| Manual Sector Bender | TU 36-1263-72 | 2 |
| Flat file, blunt, 300 mm long | GOST 1465-80* | 40 |
| Half-round, round file (set) | GOST 1465-80* | 6 |
| Triangular file, rhombic | GOST 6476-80* | 14 |
| Steel caulk type K-40 | - | 8 |
| Chasing No. | - | 8 |
| Scarpel type 2-3 | TU 22-2781-73 | 8 |
| Pipe die | - | 4 |
| Threaded die for screw plugs | - | 8 |
| Drills: | ||
| spiral (set) | GOST 2034-80E | 100 |
| helical with carbide inserts | GOST 5756-81E | 100 |
| Steel rectangular brush | TU 494-01-104-76 | 8 |
| Combination pliers 200 (pliers) | GOST 17439-72* E | 8 |
| Round nose pliers (sizes 140,180) | GOST 7283-93 | 4 |
| Hand shears for cutting metal type 1 | GOST 7210-75 | 8 |
| Punch (notch) | GOST 11414-75 | 8 |
| Flexible shaft for sewer cleaning, length, m: | ||
| 5 | - | 8 |
| 25 | - | 8 |
| 50 | - | 2 |
| Vantuz | TU 38 106432-82 | 8 |
| Parallel pipe thread tap | GOST 19090-93 | 30 |
| Cutting pliers | GOST 5547-93 | 4 |
| Caliper type 1-IP-1U-250 | GOST 166-80 | 2 |
| Measuring ruler | GOST 427-75 | 8 |
Repair works are small in scope, geographically dispersed, very diverse and carried out in cramped conditions.
Therefore, the tools of the installer of internal sanitary systems must be compact, lightweight, versatile. It is convenient to use the tool kit in a soft bag or a metal sliding drawer. When repairing systems, an electrified tool is used.
When repairing plastic pipes that are less durable than metal pipes, pipe and adjustable wrenches with rubber sponges on their cheeks are used. Threaded connections of plastic pipes are disassembled and assembled using wrenches for unscrewing couplings, union nuts, flexible connections (figure below, a, b), water seals (siphons) (figure below, c, d), outlets (figure below, e). When installing pipes, special devices are used to grip pipes (figure below, f, g).
Plastic pipes are cut with a hacksaw or carpenter's saw with a fine tooth. To ensure the perpendicularity of the cut, templates in the form of a wooden tray with a slot are used (figure below, h). When bending or forming collars, pipe sockets, the pipes are heated in baths filled with glycerin or mineral oil.
For heating, you can also use a blowtorch with a nozzle (figure below, and), which creates a jet of hot air. On the casing 5 fixed on the burner 9, there are two side windows 7 with a movable gate 6, which regulate the volume of sucked air and, consequently, its temperature. The nozzle is fixed on the body of the burner 9 with a clamp and with a brace 12 and rests on the stand 8.
When repairing plastic pipes, hand tools are used: an awl, a scraper, files, a screwdriver, a knife, a hacksaw, a hammer.
a, b - wrenches for mounting flexible pipes; c, d - keys for disassembling bottle and floor siphons, respectively; d - key for mounting outlets; f, g - devices for gripping and mounting sewer pipes; h - template for cutting pipes; and - blowtorch; 1 - head; 2 - capture; 3 - link; 4 - finger; 5 - casing; 6 - gate; 7 - window; 8 - rack; 9- burner; 10 - body; 11 - collar; 12 - brace
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We have been on the market since 2000. During this time, we managed to establish corporate relations with domestic and foreign manufacturers of professional equipment for service stations and garage workshops. Products of famous brands are on sale:
The catalog of car service equipment includes:
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