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ZIPPTORK · Bolting technology introduction

Accurate, efficient, reliable. And affordable enough to actually deploy.

ZIPPTORK was developed with one mission: make bolting work more accurate, efficient and reliable. Not only controllable, but affordable, because a control system that only fits the flagship line never reaches the joints that need it most.

The problem

An uncontrolled wrench tells you nothing

It stops when the operator lets go. Whether the joint reached its target, overshot it, or was never tightened at all, the tool has no opinion and leaves no record.

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Makes impossible possible

Eight things that were not practical before.

Each one is a capability added to tools and processes that already exist, rather than a reason to replace them.

  • Makes your air impact and pulse wrenches torque controllable
  • Makes your cordless impact and pulse wrenches torque controllable
  • Makes your click wrenches’ audible clicks visible
  • Makes your bolted joints’ tightness controllable
  • Makes your bolted joint status remotely monitorable
  • Makes your bolting sequence controllable
  • Makes all bolting data traceable
  • Makes torque control products affordable

What changes on the line

From operator feel to a recorded number.

Control

The tool stops at the target

Shut-off happens on the control logic, not on operator judgement, so a soft joint and a hard joint both land inside the band.

Visibility

The click becomes a signal

A click wrench tells the operator and nobody else. Made visible, the same event reaches the station, the supervisor and the record.

Traceability

The joint keeps its history

Sequence, target, achieved torque and time are captured per fastener, so a warranty question years later has an answer.

Start with one station.

Pick the joint that causes the most rework, instrument that, and compare a month of records against what the line believed was happening. Tell us which joint it is and we will scope it.