Stainless steel drive sockets eliminate risk of contamination

Steritool, the US-based manufacturer of stainless steel tools for critical environments, has launched ¼ inch drive stainless steel deep sockets.

Designed for sterile and critical environment applications, the sockets are manufactured entirely from 17-4PH stainless steel, so no chrome plating is required on the surface. The risk of particulate generation and contaminants from exposed ferrous surfaces and deteriorating plating, common with regular industrial carbon steel sockets, is completely eliminated.

The new six point sockets are 2 inches in overall length and available in inch sizes from 1/8 to 3/8 and metric sizes from 4mm to 10mm.

“Production standards in many industries are rising, and personnel working in critical environments such as sterile processing are concerned with maintaining the appropriate GMP level while being able to quantify levels of cleanliness,” says Steritool president Stephen Rountree. “These new sockets add one more tool to their arsenal by eliminating a source of possible contamination.”

By responding to the needs of critical manufacturing facilities worldwide, Steritool has established a formative role in implementing an effortless risk avoidant solution into standard operating procedures of sterile manufacturing worldwide.

“Contamination in the form of iron, iron oxide or chrome plating particulate from a carbon steel tool could potentially shut done an entire production, at enormous expense. These are highly specialised industries, with specialised equipment, requiring specialised tools, training, and skills,” says Rountree. “Risk assessment is paramount here.”