ABSTRACT

FIGURE17Torque-turnprofileofanairtoolinstrumentedwithanangleencoder. AddingtheencodereliminatestheproblemillustratedinFigure16.

meetthequalityrequirementsofamassproductionenvironment.Nomatterhowdedicated andconscientiousanoperatormaybe,fatigueandboredomwillsoonleadtopoorresults.Airpowered,hydraulic,orelectricnutrunnersmustbeused.Incorporatinginstrumentationina nutrunnerasillustratedinFigure18addsanewdimensiontofasteningcontrol.