By Howmet Fastening Systems Industrial

Huck® is transforming solar structure installation with portable, powerful and easy-to-use tools – allowing you the freedom to move around a construction site untethered. Huck has joined forces with Makita® to bring you a powerful series of battery tools, the Range Force™, designed for the installation of two-piece HuckBolts® and structural blind fasteners.

Designed by Makita to fit their latest 40V battery technology, the BV17 can install industry-leading Huck fasteners quickly and easily. Our new Huck Range Force line of battery tooling offers the power and portability you need for fast, secure solar structure installation with unmatched installation speed and force compared to other battery tools. There’s no hose to pull and no power source to fuel, allowing you to move through the job site easier while saving time and money. With the Range Force, all the power you need is packed into a battery-operated tool.

BobTail

The Huck BobTail® can be used for solar structure installation using the 40V battery-operated technology available with the Huck Range Force BV17.


Challenges and Resolutions: How the Huck Range Force Simplifies and Optimizes Solar Structure Installation

The Huck Range Force uses Huck BobTail® and BOMtail fasteners to simplify, optimize and speed up solar structure installation.

Following are a few of the challenges contractors face when installing solar structures and how the Huck Range Force minimizes them.

  • Challenge: Walking around the construction site with bulky equipment, like pulling hoses and fueling sources, can be cumbersome, messy and a tripping hazard.
    Resolution: The 40V, battery-operated Huck Range Force is wireless and portable. There are no hoses and no power sources to fuel, so you’re free to roam the installation site.

  • Challenge: Adjusting the power on hydraulic tools is time consuming and requires gauges and wrenches.
    Resolution: With electronically adjustable pull force control, the Huck Range Force allows you to adjust the power setting with a few clicks.

  • Challenge: Installing typical nut and bolt fasteners is time consuming, and requires tighter focus on competition.
    Resolution: The Huck Range Force decreases full site install times.

The battery operated Huck Range Force tool benefits solar installs by saving time and mitigating risk of lost work days.

See the Power in Person

With decades of experience in the tooling industry, Huck understands the challenges you face while installing solar structures. Together with Makita, we have engineered solutions to address those challenges, and we take pride in developing products that optimize and expedite installation processes for solar customers.

The line of portable Huck Range Force tools is the start of a new era in solar field installation. Visit us at the following trade shows to see the innovative technology in person!

  • Re+ Texas, Booth 318: April 5-6 at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas
  • Re+ Las Vegas, Booth 6032: September 11-14 at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

Until then, contact us to learn more about our new portable solution for solar structure installation.