Quality control tightening
& predictive maintenance assembly monitoring
Maintenance tightening and real-time monitoring
In which situations?
In the short term, observe the behavior of a threaded assembly in real-time. This allows you to study the behavior of your threaded assembly « in action » in the most critical situations. Thus, you will understand the variations in forces to which your screws are subjected and deduce the mechanical limits of the assembly.
In the long term, monitor the behavior of a threaded assembly over 1 year, 5 years, 10 years. This method is common in maintenance tightening services and quality monitoring.
How it works ?
In the long term, the TRAXX-M2 device stores and preserves the tightening data of each screw: the screw’s identifier, its characteristics, the date and time of tightening, and the applied tension. These data are exploitable to track the evolution of screws over time. This allows precise control of the work performed, traceability of operations, analysis of results, and scheduling of maintenance tightening tasks.
In real-time, the TRAXX-M2 monitors the behavior of dozens of screws simultaneously, conducting several hundred measurements per second.
Examples of predictive maintenance & real-time monitoring
Real-time tightening monitoring
engineers conduct endurance tests on chassis screws of running tractors, subjected to test routes. With our embedded real-time measurement system, they identify failure scenarios and sensitive points on their equipment.
Predictive maintenance assembly monitoring
Engineers at GE (Greenville, USA) control the assembly of the 7HA gas turbine (350 MW) using TRAXX-M2 devices. During the initial tightening of the turbine, the tension values of each screw and the tightening parameters of the threaded assembly are stored and thus exploitable by the maintenance service.