Tools with transducers save your plant time, money and effort in almost every category. This is done through speeding up the fastening process, ensuring accurate fastening results and collecting data in the case of product failure as required by the plant.
The impact of duplicating effort on reworked and failed pieces in the manufacturing process cannot be overstated. Customer dissatisfaction is, of course, the primary concern: in addition to a lost sale, the cost of replacing a part, whether covered by warranty or not, escalates too quickly. Product quality ultimately suffers. (…)
via How To Reduce Rework and Rejects When Installing Threaded Fasteners | 2014-03-05 | Assembly Magazine.