Performing work on various types of bolted flanges usually requires the use of tools, from the simple hammer and wedge, or pry bar, to powerful hydraulic operated devices.  Separating flanges to replace gaskets or blinds, aligning flanges prior to bolt-up or, the closing of flanges can be hazardous and time consuming.  Equalizer has designed and developed a line of flange maintenance tools to enhance worker safety and productivity.   

Flange spreading, Flange aligning, or Flange Closing has long been a problem for maintenance and installation personnel. Unsafe practices, equipment damage, and worker productivity created a need for safe simple tools. Equalizer met this need with a line of Flange Alignment Tools, Flange Spreaders, Flange Closing Tools, and Precision Lifting Wedges, and is now the innovative leader in supplying safe Flange Maintenance tools to all types of industry.

To us, safety is paramount, and every Equalizer product is designed with safety first. We believe that no job is worth doing if it cannot be done safely. Unsafe practices that utilize tools like the hammered wedge, pry bar, flange wedge, banana wedge, spud wrench, and other flange splitters can now be eliminated with Equalizer products that are safe, simple, easy to use and maintain with ongoing reliability.

Driven by a desire to achieve the best performance from the very latest technology, the Equalizer product line consists of award-winning tools designed to go one step further than traditional working methods or competitor products.

Our line of hydraulic flange spreaders and mechanical flange spreaders use our patented interlocking system that make them one of the safest flange spreaders available. Equalizer's mechanical flange alignment tools and hydraulic flange alignment tools eliminate unsafe risks to workers and equipment and are simple and easy to use. The flange closing tool, is a simple hydraulic tool used to pull flanges togeather.

The precision lifting wedge is a safe simpl tool used to lift heavy equipment with a minimum clearence. Our line of hand held sealed hydraulic pumps can be used in any orientation and are environmentally friendly. Equalizer's universal flange spreading tool, the SECURE GRIP, uses our patented expanding collet technology making it the safest, most innovative flange spreader in the world today.