Titanium Non-Magnetic Carry-On Tool Kit - MRI-Safe 13-Piece

Every field engineer who flies to sites has had the trip where the airline loses the bag and the tools are in it. The Titanium Non-Magnetic Carry-On Tool Kit is built for that morning. Thirteen Grade 5 titanium pieces, every one of them under the 7-inch length TSA allows in carry-on baggage, in a kit small enough to live in a backpack.

It is not a replacement for your service set. It is the kit that means you are never standing in a magnet room with nothing you are allowed to use.

Why titanium, and why short

Grade 5 titanium (6Al-4V) is non-ferrous and non-magnetic, so it does not respond to the magnetic field. It is also roughly 40% lighter than steel, which is the difference you feel when you carry a kit through airports every week.

TSA allows tools 7 inches or shorter in carry-on baggage, measured end to end. Most tool listings publish only shaft length, which tells you nothing about whether a tool actually clears that limit. We measured every piece in this kit overall:

Length is only half of it. TSA also bars certain tools from carry-on whatever their size — hammers, drills and drill bits, saws, and crowbars. There is nothing of that kind in this kit, and no blade. Every piece is inside the length limit and in a permitted category.

Check TSA's current guidance before you fly, since the rules change, and remember the officer at the checkpoint always makes the final call.

What's Included

• 1 × Titanium adjustable wrench, 6 inch — covers the full metric and imperial range in one tool, including the larger RF connection sizes most kits stop short of
• 7 × Titanium metric hex keys, 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 mm — including the 5 mm used on Siemens table covers
• 1 × Titanium Phillips screwdriver, #2 × 3"
• 1 × Titanium Phillips screwdriver, #1 × 3"
• 1 × Titanium flat screwdriver, 1/4 × 3"
• 1 × Titanium flat screwdriver, 3/16 × 3"
• 1 × Titanium flat screwdriver, 5/32 × 3"

Thirteen pieces total. Bought separately these tools come to $779, so the kit saves you over $180.

Who this is for

MRI field service engineers who travel to sites. In-house imaging and clinical engineering staff who want a compact non-magnetic kit that stays in a bag. Independent service organisations covering MRI across a region. Anyone who wants a small set of non-magnetic tools they can take into the magnet room, light enough to carry all day.

It also works outside imaging. Titanium does not rust, which matters in marine and wash-down environments, and it is non-magnetic wherever a ferrous tool would disturb an instrument or a sensor.

Key Features

• Material: Grade 5 / 6Al-4V titanium, non-magnetic and non-ferrous
• Non-magnetic: Grade 5 titanium does not respond to the magnetic field
• Carry-on size: every piece measured under the TSA 7-inch limit
• Weight: approximately 40% lighter than the equivalent steel tools
• Corrosion resistant: will not rust in wash-down or marine environments
• 13 pieces: adjustable wrench, 7 hex keys, 5 screwdrivers

One thing to know: titanium is non-magnetic, but it is not non-sparking. It will spark on impact and is not rated for explosive atmospheres.

FDM Enterprises is a veteran-owned diagnostic imaging service and tool supplier based in the Southeast US. Free shipping on orders over $200.

Read next

• What belongs in an MRI-safe kit, and the sizes it should cover
• What MRI-safe actually means