Assembly Tools
Low-cost impulse and impact tools adapted for load control with ultrasonic fasteners
Low-cost impulse and impact tools adapted for load control with ultrasonic fasteners
All commercial ultrasonic fastener load measurement equipment uses a “pulse-echo” measurement technique. When a voltage is applied to the ultrasonic transducer, a longitudinal ultrasonic wave is generated that travels down the length of the fastener, reflects off the end, and returns to the transducer. This is the “time-of-fight”, which is measured at zero load and…
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Interface with other spindle system/assembly tools to measure and controlling torque/angle during assembly
Interface with other spindle system/assembly tools to measure and controlling torque/angle during assembly
Version en espanol aqui i-Bolt® Technology equips each fastener with a proprietary low-cost, permanent ultrasonic transducer at the top, bottom, or both ends of the bolt. Load measurements are made via the pulse echo technique to 3σ accuracy better than ±3%. Each instrumented bolt is also equipped with the i-Bolt® patented transducer-embedded 2D-barcode. Every fastener…
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