US industrial tool manufacturer HYTORC is working alongside maintenance management company Cumulus Digital Systems to add what it calls internet of tools capabilities to bolting quality assurance. HYTORC refers to this enhanced method as the “Parallel Joint Closure Method,” which uses multiple tools – usually four – on each bolting application. By using Cumulus's Smart Torque System, which collects data from digitally enabled tools, HYTORC provides its bolting solutions with real-time quality assurance and progress tracking. The combination of the Bluetooth-connected technologies gives customers the ability to program bolting patterns from a tablet, after which the HYTORC system will automatically and uniformly tighten bolts, offering superior joint integrity more quickly. "The smart torque technology allows us to leverage our existing network infrastructure while leveraging new cloud services like Amazon EC2 or Google Cloud Platform for instant access to high performance computing resources," said Mike Johnson,
US industrial tool manufacturer HYTORC is working alongside maintenance management company Cumulus Digital Systems to add what it calls internet of tools capabilities to bolting quality assurance. By using Cumulus's Smart Torque System, which collects data from digitally enabled tools, HYTORC provides its bolting solutions with real-time quality assurance and progress tracking. The combination of the Bluetooth-connected technologies gives customers the ability to program bolting patterns from a tablet, after which the HYTORC system will automatically and uniformly tighten bolts, offering superior joint integrity more quickly. "The smart torque technology allows us to leverage our existing network infrastructure while leveraging new cloud services like Amazon EC2 or Google Cloud Platform for instant access to high performance computing resources," said Mike Johnson,