WTF? What is this socket used for?

[pwd72s]

https://www.zoro.com/pahwa-qti-non-sparking-non-magnetic-impact-socket-2-12-8-12-is-71296/i/G900011660/?recommended=true

[flatbutt]

Man I know thar XP stuff is pricey but dang!

[island911]

Looks like a tool for rocket surgeons.

Read: govt purchase.

[smadsen]

Unobtanium might be cheaper. But that might also be magnetic, which could lead to disaster.

[Bill Douglas]

BUT free shipping. That's big of them.

[A930Rocket]

Looks / reads like a socket for potential explosive environments.

Dang! It’s $42,519.40!!!

[sc_rufctr]

Nuclear reactor maintenance tools?

[WPOZZZ]

It is for the space shuttle toilet.

[NY65912]

Application: Suitable for working in environment containing flammable solid,liquids and gases.

Wow, I'll stick with my old Craftsman set thanks

[911_Dude]

Thats for the flywheel of the 2023 Carrera 4 GTS.

[cstreit]

"Copper Titanium Tools are also certified for safe use in magnetic fields upto 3 Tesla. Copper Titanium Hand Tools are 100% Beryllium Free and are much stronger than Aluminium Bronze Tools"

Working on things like reactors, MRI's, and Particle accelerators?

[VINMAN]

But does it come in 10mm?...

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[GH85Carrera]

I wonder if the Snap On version is even more expensive?

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by cstreit

"Copper Titanium Tools are also certified for safe use in magnetic fields up to 3 Tesla. Copper Titanium Hand Tools are 100% Beryllium Free and are much stronger than Aluminium Bronze Tools"

Working on things like reactors, MRI's, and Particle accelerators?

I can assure you with 100% certainty that a socket in that size-range fits absolutely nothing on a GE MRI that must be used while the magnet is "at field".

We do use titanium and beryllium hand tools, but they are very soft and very expensive. I think the biggest socket I ever used was maybe 7/8"-ish.

[herr_oberst]

They come in metric sizes too.

"Frequently bought together with 1/4 drive 5/8 socket."

[aschen]

Titanium copper looks a bit like Berryllium copper which we used to use alot for downhole applications. Magic properties: high yield, high electrical conductivity, magnetically transparent, high toughness and elongation, corrosion resistant, and fantastic lubricity and galling resistance.

Unfortunately Be is toxic so nobody wants to deal with the QHSE so its largely been replaced by copper nickle tin alloys. I have seen copper titanium alloys for magnetic sensing tools downhole but not that familiar with it, seems advertised for similar properties.

45k seems crazy even if made one at a time by EDM

[908/930]

Here is my guess, that is a Indian company and they are priced in Indian Rupee. $1 us =$82.6 Rupee so that socket is only about $500us, quite the deal. When ordering grab some extra 10mm sockets.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by 908/930

Here is my guess, that is a Indian company

Yes, but if it's an Indian company the socket would break the first time you used it. So by the time you had bought replacements to finish the job on the 911 it would have got pretty expensive.

[jcwade]

Originally Posted by 908/930

Here is my guess, that is a Indian company.

The company is located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, so maybe it is in USD.
If so, and you need all these properties for the socket, you would need a ratchet with the same properties. How much is that going to cost?

[jcwade]

I just looked at the Zoro company to see where they are located.
Before I even finished typing my last response, an ad for the product popped up in my feed.

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