Just as the Rose Bowl is the “granddaddy” of college football bowl games, torque and angle might well be the granddaddies of manufacturing data collection. Assemblers have been monitoring their fastening processes for decades, but those efforts have reached a new level in the era of Industry 4.0.
One example is the new INSIGHTqcx cordless controller from Ingersoll Rand. The device controls the company’s QX Series of cordless assembly tools, collecting data to improve production. The controller stores up to 50,000 records of cycle data and 50,000 tightening traces onboard the device.