SPARK LIGHTER
The Stanvac International SPARK LIGHTER is a robust ignition tool designed for safe and reliable lighting of gas burners in industrial environments. Built with a heavy-duty flint mechanism and an extended nozzle, it ensures consistent spark generation even under demanding conditions such as workshops, fabrication units, and welding applications.
Product details
Key Features and Benefits of Spark Lighter
- Heavy-Duty Flint Mechanism: Generates a consistent spark thousands of times over.
- Extended Nozzle: Keeps the hand well clear of the flame at the moment of ignition.
- Safer Than a Match: The correct way to light a cutting or heating torch.
- Replaceable Flint: The flint can be changed rather than the whole tool discarded.
- Built for Industry: Made for workshops, fabrication units and welding applications.
Specifications of Spark Lighter
The table below lists the models available in the Spark Lighter range.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Industrial Spark Lighter |
| Mechanism | Heavy-Duty Flint |
| Nozzle | Extended |
| Application | Gas burner and torch ignition |
Applications of Spark Lighter
- Lighting oxy-fuel cutting and heating torches
- Igniting gas burners in fabrication units
- Workshop and site gas equipment
- Any application where a torch must be lit safely and repeatedly
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a spark lighter used for?
Igniting oxy-fuel welding, cutting and heating torches. Squeezing the handle draws a steel cup across a flint, throwing sparks into the gas stream at the torch tip. It is the correct tool for lighting a torch and the only one that should be used.
How does a flint spark lighter work?
A hard steel cup is drawn across a soft flint held under spring pressure. The friction sheds burning particles of flint, which ignite the fuel gas flowing from the torch tip. There is nothing electrical or chemical involved, which is why it works reliably outdoors, in wind and after being dropped.
What is the correct sequence for lighting an oxy-fuel torch?
Follow the procedure in your equipment manual and your site's gas safety rules rather than a general description — the sequence for opening fuel and oxygen valves differs between torch types and getting it wrong can produce a backfire. What is common to all of them is that the spark lighter is presented to the tip from the side, never with the hand in front of it.
Does a spark lighter need any maintenance?
Very little. Keep it free of oil and grease, which contaminate the flint and are a hazard around oxygen in any case. Keep it with the torch set rather than loose in a toolbox, where the flint gets knocked out and lost.
What is the purpose of a spark lighter?
A spark lighter is a handheld tool that creates a hot spark to ignite flammable gases—no fuel source or open flame required.
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