Product Overview
A Norbar Torque Transducer That Wears Its Rating on the Outside
Condition
Used, and honest about it. The dull matte light-gray barrel shows fine scratches, scuffs and a few small dings, heaviest around the engraved panel and the connector flange, where the black gasket behind the flange is chipped and broken away at two corners, and both square drive faces carry dark patches and machining marks. The engraving is crisp and fully legible in the photos, the connector pins are straight and intact, and both slotted flange screws are in place. We did not test it: no power applied, no load applied, no calibration check, so treat everything past the engraving as unverified.
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Product Overview
This is a Norbar static torque transducer, the in-line kind that lives between a torque wrench and a test fixture rather than inside a tool. The engraved panel on the barrel reads TORQUE TRANSDUCER, CAPACITY 1000 LBF IN, SERIAL No 12821-ETS, NORBAR TORQUE TOOLS LTD. BANBURY OXON, which puts the rated capacity at 1000 lbf-in, roughly 83 lbf-ft or about 113 N-m, and the maker at Norbar Torque Tools of Banbury, Oxon. One end carries a male square drive with a spring-loaded ball detent; the opposite end is a matching female square socket, so torque passes straight through the body in line. A six-pin circular connector sits on a flanged side mount held by two slotted screws, with the pin positions lettered inside the shell. Our records call the drives 1/2 inch, and against the ruler in the photos the female square reads right around a half inch, which is consistent. Beyond the capacity, serial and maker engraved on the part, nothing here is established: accuracy class, output type, overload rating, operating temperature range and connector pinout are not confirmed, so verify them against the Norbar datasheet for this serial before use.
Key Features
- Engraved capacity: 1000 LBF IN, about 83 lbf-ft or 113 N-m
- Engraved serial number: 12821-ETS
- Maker's mark: NORBAR TORQUE TOOLS LTD. BANBURY OXON
- Male square drive with spring-loaded ball detent at one end
- Female square drive socket at the opposite end for in-line torque measurement
- Six-pin circular connector on a flanged side mount, two slotted retaining screws
- Dull matte light-gray cylindrical body; a ruler is included in the photos for scale
- Sold as one unit, used and untested; accuracy, output and calibration status not confirmed, verify against the datasheet before use
Applications
- A calibration technician who needs a transducer in the 1000 lbf-in class for a wrench-checking bench and plans to send it out for a fresh certificate before it reads anything that matters
- A tool crib or production shop already running Norbar readouts, adding a spare in-line body to evaluate against a known-good channel
- A test-equipment rebuilder who wants a complete barrel with intact male and female drives and the six-pin connector still fitted, chipped flange gasket and all, rather than a stripped one
- A metrology tinkerer building a torque check fixture and matching the male and female squares to existing 1/2 inch adapters and reaction arms
Frequently Asked Questions
What is actually marked on this transducer?
Four things, all engraved into the barrel and all legible in the photos: TORQUE TRANSDUCER, CAPACITY 1000 LBF IN, SERIAL No 12821-ETS, and NORBAR TORQUE TOOLS LTD. BANBURY OXON. No model or catalog number is visible on the faces shown.
What is not confirmed?
Accuracy class, output type and signal level, overload capacity, thermal drift, operating temperature range, and the function of each connector pin. None of those appear on the faces shown in the photos, and we did not measure them. Not confirmed, verify against the Norbar datasheet for this serial before use.
What comes with it?
One transducer, as photographed. No cable, readout, adapter or calibration paperwork appears in the photos, and none is included.
It is used and untested, so why buy this one?
Because you are buying a specific, photographed piece with its capacity and serial engraved on the barrel, not a mystery unit out of a lot. We did not power it, load it, or check it against a reference, and we make no claim about its calibration; the photos and the engraving are the spec, and proving it out on your own bench is the part you are taking on. If that trade works for you, this item clears our free shipping line on its own and leaves the Idaho warehouse the same or next business day.
A transducer earns its keep by sitting quietly between the wrench and the work and telling the truth about what just happened. This one still carries its capacity and serial cut into the barrel from Banbury, Oxon; the certificate that makes it trustworthy again is the next chapter, and that chapter is yours to write.
