CN1678812A - Tool apparatus, system and method of use - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method, tool apparatus (20), system associated with the apparatus, and method of using the apparatus and the system for use in attaching fasteners and other operations. One application of this disclosure would be to provide a tool (20), system and method for attaching lug nuts to secure a wheel to vehicle.
Description
Technical field
Present disclosure relates to a kind of method, tool equipment, device-dependent system and use the method for described equipment and system in attached fastener and other tool operation.For example, present disclosure a kind of is applied as and provides a kind of and be used for attached lug nut wheel is fixed to instrument, the system and method on the vehicle.
Background technology
With regard to background, fastening system can need secure component for example the nuts and bolt in the screw threads for fastening system be subjected to required power or torsion or in required torque range.With required torque settings fixedly secure component consider the firm attachment of parts and any relative structure, and can be to fastening deficiency of described parts or the described parts of excessive tightness.May cause the disengaging of parts to the fastening deficiency of described parts.The described parts of excessive tightness may cause removing parts very difficulty maybe may cause parts to sustain damage.For preventing to produce fastening deficiency or excessive tightness, can for example will carry out torsion when nut attachment is to bolt and measure tightening described parts, to reach target torque settings or in required torque range.
With reference to example more specifically, desirable is that lug nut is attached on the bolt on the axletree, thereby wheel is attached on the vehicle.In this example, vehicle for example car to have four or five assembling bolts that wheel is attached on the car be common.Wheel is positioned in the assembling bolt and lug nut is attached in the assembling bolt.Desirable is to prevent to produce fastening deficiency, thereby prevents that lug nut from coming off from bolt.Desirable is to prevent to produce excessive tightness, makes lug nut can be removed at following certain hour, and prevents from the nuts and bolt structure is caused damage, for example prevents that the screw thread between the nuts and bolt from " slide fastener " taking place.
Summary of the invention
Present disclosure relates to a kind of method, tool equipment, system, with attached fastener be used for the fastening power relevant with closure system with standardization and in the method for employed described equipment of other tool system and system.In one embodiment, this system comprises the inlet of vehicle structure information database.Information is provided for tool equipment.This tool equipment provides the checking of information and checking that information is used.After use, described tool assembly sends back described system so that the historical record to this incident to be provided with described information.
In another kind of structure, described tool assembly comprises coupling device and instrument.Described coupling device receives and sends instrument to from the information of system and with it.In case car construction information is received by instrument, it just is used to be created in securing member and adds employed torque settings in the moment of torsion process.The affirmation that tightens process is recorded in the instrument place, and is sent out back coupler.Coupler sends this information to this system then.
In another structure, described system comprises the workshop management server that communicates with controller.Controller be used to collect with from the relevant information of the subject automobile of system.Controller with described information conveyance to the workshop management server.Then, the workshop management server is given coupler with corresponding car construction information conveyance, is used to send to instrument.Described instrument adds at securing member and utilizes described information in the moment of torsion process.Affirmation to described information is recorded in the instrument place, and is transmitted and returns coupler.The information that is transmitted to coupler can be sent to the workshop management server and be used for confirming, finishes and handle and storage.
By the following drawings is described in more detail, the further feature in the present disclosure will be more obvious for a person skilled in the art.
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Below, be described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the phantom drawing of an embodiment that is used for the instrument of controlled tool operation;
Fig. 2 is the phantom drawing of another embodiment of instrument shown in Figure 1, there is shown the cable attachment arrangement that is used to transmit and receive data;
Fig. 3 is the phantom drawing of another embodiment of instrument shown in Figure 1, and described instrument is fixed on the bearing that is used for transmitting and receive data;
Fig. 4 is the view of pneumatic driven embodiment that is used for the instrument of controlled torque application;
Fig. 5 is in and the connect phantom drawing of instrument shown in Figure 1 of configuration of controller;
Fig. 6 is the top plan view of instrument shown in Figure 5;
Fig. 7 is the lateral perspective of instrument shown in Figure 5;
Fig. 8 A and 8B are front elevation drawing and the rear elevations that shows the instrument on another embodiment that is carried on controller respectively;
Fig. 9 A and 9B are front elevation drawing and the rear elevations that shows another embodiment of the controller that supports described instrument respectively;
Figure 10 shows the front elevation drawing of the pneumatic actuation embodiment that is carried on the instrument on the controller that is fixed on the vertical pallet;
Figure 11 shows the pneumatic actuation embodiment of the instrument that is supported in the supporting construction on being attached to another embodiment of controller;
Figure 12 is the simplified diagrammatic view of workshop management system;
Figure 13 is the simplified diagrammatic view that comprises the torsion monitoring system of workshop management system and dynamic torque tool;
Figure 14 is the simplified diagrammatic view of another embodiment of torsion monitoring system;
Figure 15 is the simplified diagrammatic view of another embodiment that is used to manage the torsion monitoring system of a plurality of dynamic torque tools;
Figure 16 is the simplified diagrammatic view of another embodiment that is used to manage the torsion monitoring system of a plurality of dynamic torque tools and a plurality of control device;
Figure 17 is a kind of simplified diagrammatic view of using the method for torsion monitoring system; With
Figure 18 a-18d shows the diagrammatic view of the simplification of the progress of appreciable tool display screens in the torque application process.
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Though present disclosure allows to exist multi-form embodiment, but mean that with embodiment described herein described explanation is considered to the illustration of present disclosure principle as shown in the drawing, be not intended to present disclosure is restricted to the structure and the arrangement details of parts illustrated as described below or that go out as shown in the drawing.
As shown in Figure 1, there is shown the instrument that is used for torque application controlled or that in other words guided 20 that exists with manual or pneumatic torque spanner form.Though there is shown torque spanner embodiment, but present disclosure is intended to broad sense comprises any instrument that is used for torque application, include but not limited to that torque spanner, torsion screwdriver, adjustable snap-type torsion instrument, torsion reading instrument, torsion screwdriver, opening torque spanner, ratchet, torsion calibrator and torsion are measured acquisition system.In addition, present disclosure is intended to broad sense and comprises and can be constructed to employed all instruments of disclosed method and system.In the embodiment shown, instrument 20 comprises as shown in FIG. with driving head 22 and the screwdriver that comprises that the form of bar 24 with the handle 23 of grip part 26 exists.Though Fig. 1 illustrates the end that grip part 26 is positioned at handle 23, the grip part also can be set at other position along handle 23, and perhaps another kind of the selection is that handle 23 can be equipped with two or more grip parts that are used to grip.Instrument 20 further comprises controller 28, and described controller 28 is connected with described tool operation, for example is fixed on the handle 23 as shown in FIG. or is fixed to be attached on the handle 23.
Preferably, controller 28 comprise be used to show with as the display 30 of the relevant information of torque application hereinafter described in more detail.Controller 28 also comprises the control knob 32 that one or more being used to imported instruction or carried out interaction with the menu shown in the display 30.Controller 28 also has the circuit of known configurations, to detect and to be recorded in the size of the torsion that is applied by instrument 20 in the specific torque application process.Controller 28 has and is used to store torque magnitude so that retrieve and/or send to the volatile memory or the recordable memory of other device later on.
Referring to Fig. 2, need instrument 28 and external device (ED) described below for example workshop management system or control device carry out in the application of communication, controller 28 also comprises and is used for the I/O connecting portion that carries out communication by communication path 34 and this device.As shown in the figure, communication path can be hard connecting line, as the copper cash or the optical fiber of insulation, yet is to be appreciated that also communication path 34 can also be a wireless communications path, as infrared, acoustics, radio frequency or other wireless communication technology.Described instrument also can show as the bearing 36 that is combined with as shown in Figure 3, have bearing 36 and as communication path 34 by attached wired or wireless technology.In this embodiment, controller 28 comprise one have a known configurations be used for removably being electrically connected to port or joint (not shown) on the bearing 36.
Referring now to Fig. 4,, instrument 20 in use can manually provide power, perhaps can have the fixture that is used for pneumatic, electronic, hydraulic actuation or magnetically actuated and power is provided.As shown in Figure 4, be used for the pneumatic line 38 that instrument 20 is connected with pneumatic power source by flexible pipe 40 and pneumatic power source coupler 42 shown in the figure.Can use trigger 43 to produce Pneumatic pressure.Though the torque application according to expection can be used multiple Pneumatic pressure, for example the proper range of the dismounting of vehicle tyre lug nut and/or many application such as fastening again is that to supply with at minimum air be that 3.0CFM condition lower pipeline pressure is between 85psi and 120psi.
As shown in Figure 5, instrument 20 can be configured in order to closely cooperate with control device 46A.Fig. 5 also show comprise exist with the form of on handle 23, fixing four lamps and by the instrument 20 of the electronically controlled alarm indicator 44 of controller 28.Although show visual alert indicators, alarm indicator 44 can also be the hearing device that is used to produce audible signal, perhaps can be to be used to produce the device of sense of touch as vibration, heating or cooling.Alarm indicator 44 can also be certain combination of the sense of hearing, vision or haptic device.Although show a kind of possible location of alarm indicator 46, other position for example end or the downside of handle 33 also is fit to.
Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B show another optional embodiment of control device 46B.In this embodiment, instrument 29 achieves a butt joint by being suspended on support or the suspension bracket 60.Can by suspension bracket 60 or control device 46B and instrument 20 mutually near the time be implemented in connection between control device 46B and the instrument 20 by radio communication.Fig. 9 shows another embodiment of control device 46C, and wherein driving head 22 is inserted into or is taken in the butt joint dimple 65 that is pressed into suspension by card.Control device 46 by slide bar or pillar 66 from the floor or other support platform be elevated.
Figure 10 shows the front elevation drawing of the control device 46B that has the instrument 20 that butts up against wherein.This embodiment also shows the location of pneumatic line 38, flexible pipe 40 and pneumatic power source coupler 42.Pillar 66 can be connected to or hold the pneumatic system that is used for supplying with to instrument 20 Pneumatic pressures.Be fastening or equlizing support 66, base plate 70 can be fixed and be attached on floor or other support platform.
Control device can also be for usually can be from portable digital-assistant or PDA or other mobile computing device of having bought as Palm company.Configuration can be loaded on the PDA in order to the software that communicates with instrument 20, and described PDA can use for example Palm OS, operating systems such as the Windows CE of Microsoft, or current commercially available or some other mobile computing device operating system of designing below.Employed communication of this instrument and operating protocol also can use HTML or XML programming language to write, or current commercially available or being used for of designing below and extensive crew-served other suitable system of software and hardware platform.
Figure 11 shows another embodiment of the control device 46D that has the instrument 20 that butts up against wherein.The embodiment of instrument 20 as shown in figure 11 comprises second grip part 72 and the extended element 76 that is attached on the driving head 22.Compare with aforementioned control device, control device 46D is relatively large and in use be intended to be maintained fixed.Shown in power knob 78 be used for the Kai Heguan of control device 46D is stirred control.This docking structure shown in the control device 46D is the support platform 80 that comprises two U-shaped parts 84 that connected by side 86.On the support platform 80 of instrument 22 horizontal arrangement in U-shaped end sections 84 inside.Support platform 80 is connected to pillar 68 by horizontal-extending member 88.
Figure 12 is the diagrammatic view of the simplification of workshop management system 100.Workshop management system 100 can be configured on the computer of general applications, described workshop management system 100 comprises processor 102, addressable or be loaded into specification database module 104 in the system 100, addressable or be loaded into work instruction data library module 106 and COM1 108 in the system 100.Module 104,106 can be by processor by communication network for example LAN, wide area network, by in-house network, or carries out part or remote access by internet or following design and other suitable communication mode of being used for this system.Employed in this disclosure term " module " broad sense comprises various types of software codes, include but not limited to, routine, function, object, storehouse, class, item, bag, program, method or carry out the code line of the similar function operation of these kinds coding jointly, therefore a program can be moved so that functionality to be provided, and perhaps described functionality can be divided into the program of a plurality of or local or remote accessible.System 100 also can communicate as monitor or printer with one or more output devices 110.For the purpose of this example and as shown in the figure, DBM 104,106 will be loaded on the workshop management system 100.
Shown in Figure 13-16, workshop management system 100 can directly communicate with instrument 20.System 100 and instrument 20 constitute torque management system 112A.Can or use the wireless mode of aforementioned any communication protocol to connect by hard wire.In the optional mode of another kind, as shown in figure 13, control device 46 or its other optional embodiment 464,46B, 46C, 46d also can be used as the intermediate interface between workshop management system 100 and the instrument 20, and these three parts limit another torque management system 112B.As shown in figure 14, control device 46 also can be used to control more than an instrument 20, and described set of tools limits torque management system 1122.Wander back to instrument 20 and removably dock with control device 46, so that an instrument can be removed, and another instrument is connected, and makes it possible to use a control device 46 and communicates more than an instrument 20.As shown in figure 15, workshop management system 100 can be used to and communicate more than a control device 46, and described control device 46 can be used to and communicate more than an instrument 20.Control device can be positioned at position identical with workshop management system 100 or different positions.Workshop management system 100, a plurality of control device 46 and a plurality of instrument 20 constituted torque management system 100 mutually.
Figure 16 shows the general step of tool operation or torque management system 112A-112D employing.In first step 200, can identify the specific tool operation of purpose as shown in the figure, torque application.Torque application can be any operation or the process that needs to use dynamic torque tool, wherein needs to monitor the precision tolerance of the torsion that is applied, required scope or its big or small limit.In general, securing member being fastened on the member or removing from member can be a kind of torque application.An instantiation of torque application relates to the tire of changing vehicle.In this example, a large amount of lug nuts of need dismantling, fastening again lug nut is followed in re-type then, thus the fixing tire of changing.Be known in the auto industry, each tame vehicular manufacturer provides the suggestion amount of the employed torsion of lug nut that is used to be firmly fastened to vehicle and the technical specification of maximum safety.Although can remove lug nut by hand, described instrument is used to reach required torque range to major general's lug nut is attached.
In step 200, can implement torque application to system 100, instrument 20 or control device 46 and for example change lug nut.Can different ways discern.For example, can import for example specific vehicle mark of vehicle standard or identifying information, model, model years and VIN or sequence number, bar code scanner or other recognition device.System's 100 reference technique specification database module 106 are with the corresponding manufacturer technical specification of the torque application that finds and discerned.The another kind of selection is to identify tyre type.In another embodiment, can import the torque application code.In another embodiment, described vehicle can be equipped with the device of self discerning to system 100.Comprise the use keyboard by any input method or device, with graphic user interface interaction with menu or other selection rules, scanning is from printed work order, from outlet/inlet or with work order or the work data storehouse bar code of other communicator of the employed work instruction data of workshop wagon storehouse for example, can discern instrument 20, system 100 or control device 46.
In second step 210, the technical specification of the manufacturer of the torque application that has identified is retrieved and be transferred into instrument.If system's 100 reference technique normative databases in step 200, this technical specification will be transferred into instrument 20 through betwixt communication path 34 from system 100 so.Another kind is selected, and system 100 is sent to control device 46 with technical specification, and described control device 46 sends to instrument 20 with technical specification when instrument 20 butts up against wherein.If technical specification is at instrument 20 places, for example owing to carried out same torque application before carrying out current torque application, technical specification can call out from the memory of instrument 20 more so.Similarly, if technical specification has resided on the control device 46, technical specification can be called out and be loaded on the instrument 20 more so.
In third step 220, user or operator, for example mechanic or technician use the instrument that is loaded with the torque application technical specification to carry out torque application.The combination of instrument 20 and instrument 20-control device 46 is configured in order to guide the user in torque application.This guidance can be specific part that describes described application in detail and the form that shows maximum admissible applied stress.The shown torque magnitude that goes out or with U.S.'s conventional unit (1bs-ft), or show with S.I. unit (N-m).
This guidance also can be in torque application, give the alarm with notify the user near or exceeded the form of technical specification.For example, if describedly be applied as fastening again lug nut after re-type, at alarm indicator 44 is green for first lamp for yellow, second lamp and the 3rd lamp is among the embodiment of red one group of three lamp, and controller 28 can make near required certain torsion the time amber light luminous; Green light is luminous when reaching required certain torsion; Exceed torque condition with red light is luminous with demonstration.
Similarly, alarm indicator 44 embodiment that can listen can use different tones in order to expression near limiting value, be in limiting value, or the value of overstepping the extreme limit.In another embodiment, alarm indicator 44 can be the form of vibrating device or other haptic device, vibrates or not so sends signal erratically to represent different torque condition with friction speed.The user is interrupted torque application when receiving that alarm indicator is represented to reach the warning of required torsion, manual activation instrument 20 or be supplied to the trigger 43 of power pattern by back off tool 20 no longer for example, for example pneumatic, hydraulic pressure, electronic or magnetic force trigger.
This guidance also can be the user is pointed to specific features, for example the form of the specific tires on the vehicle.Then, the user can use controller 32 expression users to begin to implement torque application on specific features.Shown in Figure 17 A-17D, but abbreviation code such as LF are for example used as left front tire in the position of display 30 display of tyre on the instrument, and the back is the added torsion force of the lug nut of fastening this tire, is 871b-ft in this example.The user can use shown in the figure the wheel between tire for the controller 32 of button form upwards-downwards to change and/or confirm that the task of selection tire torsion finishes.Figure 17 B-17D shows right front, left back and right rear fire respectively.According to the kind of the torque application of expecting, also can use the demonstration agreement of other abbreviation and other type.By this way, each parts of user's single-step debug torque application process.
Substantially with the different step of above-mentioned guidance method and torque application simultaneously be the data that the torque testers in the controller 28 are measured or gathered the actual torsion that applies corresponding to this application.This information or data are stored in the instrument 20 or are sent back control device 46 immediately or directly be transferred into workshop management system 100 in the 4th step 230.These data are used to produce the record how much torsion is the different phase that is illustrated in torque application applied exactly.In the embodiment that data do not transmit immediately from instrument 20, data can be retrieved and be sent to control device 46 and system 100 in docking operations.
Described technical specification in specification database module 104 can be worked out by the industrial standard of promulgation or by the technical specification of initial equipment manufacturers' issue with other information relevant with torsion.For example, the factory torque specifications that is used for lug nut is fastened to the suitable torsion on the wheel bolt by relating to of car manufactures exploitation can be retained in database 104.This information can be changed, be upgraded and be revised where necessary.If this system 100 is connected on the network of technical specification of addressable renewal, can carry out the renewal of this information in almost any moment of every day so.
For the integrality and the safety that keep system, above-described different step can comprise cryptographic system implementation or subscriber authentication, to increase safety and user's accountability.For example, technician or the mechanic who implements torque application has to import employee's identity ID.As another example, supervisor level just may be updated to technical specification in the specification database module 104.
Example 1: Mechanical Help center
An embodiment of system 112 is for being used for the installation of automotive wheel lug nut in tire and wheel industry.This torque management system 112 provides the manually operated electronic torsion survey tool 20 that has the pneumatic actuation power ratchet that is subjected to the torsion restriction to the user.The user is provided a kind of ability that retrieves and keep developing into the required lug nut torque value of original equipment manufacturers technical specification from torque value data storehouse (embodiment of specification database module 104).
The torque settings from database of the service representative input programmed of tire and wheel industry tool equipment.These setting values are torque settings programmable or defined by the user for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) (OEM).In this embodiment, the torsion technical specification of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) (OEM) is those technical specifications of being published by Mitchell (a tame instrument and automotive service equipement company (snap-on company)).Because the minimum technology working knowledge of torque application successfully applies required torsion for the technician and record torsion data are required, therefore described system is favourable for this purposes.
This system by require the technician only the execution sequence step to tighten the wheel lug nut, detection is added to the torsion on each lug nut, the bootstrap technique personnel are to the torsion that finally applies, and note whether taking place to surpass or be lower than the situation of torque value, will reduce the technician and apply possibility with the inconsistent torsion level of torque settings.
In the torque application process, when reaching the torque value of programmed, that the technician receives is visual, can listen, the tactile indicators signal.The monitoring torsion that the technician uses has been used to each lug nut with the system 112 that guarantees defined specified torque.Defined torque settings must suitably apply before the data that system 112 accepts from next nut or vehicle wheel component.The OEM technical specification is defined as database 104 and by interface, or is included in service center's mainframe computer system (embodiment of workshop management system 100).
Torque settings defined by the user can be by individual's input titular or that be authorized to.The torque value that is added on each lug nut goes on record.The torque value data that is write down is sent to the master computer that is used to write down confining force and client's sales order file.In addition, this system can be configured in order to prevent when instrument dock or if be stored in torque value on the instrument outside required torque range the time vehicle thread off.
In this embodiment, the degree of accuracy of the actual torsion that applies at tool head interface and wheel spigot is the torsion that applied+/-3%.
Hand-held air ratchet/the structure of torque spanner instrument is consistent with the industrial practice of air powered tool, and is designed to earmark and environment, as with tire service center serving as typical case's representative.In this embodiment, the technical specification of instrument 20 is as follows.Under 120psi supply line pressure condition, will be restricted to output valve 50ft.1bs. by the maximum torque capability that air ratchet applied.This torsion output stage and institute's air supplied pressure are proportional.Attainable acrotorque is not have the further ratchet stall point of rotation in the selected direction under defined loine pressure condition.Compressed air to ratchet requires and need operate under the condition of 85-120psi loine pressure under the condition of the minimum air supply of 3.0CFM.
In use, the instrument that exists with the form of spanner shown in the user have the ability to use applies torsion accurately.Final only tightening realizes for the user by manually applying power and detection of electrons and expression.Applied force is shown to the user by the control device 46 of the LCD in the instrument 20 or expression target torque settings and the torque value that increases when applying torsion.This demonstration information table is shown in and adds the acrotorque value that torsion is realized after removing by the user.
This instrument can provide one or more following alarm indicators.When the power that applies with spanner as the user reached default torque settings, described spanner provided a visual indication.This is designated as the form of LCD display lamp, and near indicator, the indicator lamp that reaches target torque value of a green and the expression of a redness surpass the indicator lamp of torque condition by 1-3 yellow torsion.
Second type indicator is a tactile indicators.The tactile indicators that exists with vibration mode is used to represent that the torque settings of presetting has been reached and send signal to the user discharges the power that is applied on the spanner.
The indicator of the third type is an audible torque set point indicator.Be provided with that this audible indicator has been reached with the torque value of representing to preset and send signal and discharge the power that is applied on the spanner to the user.
Occurring under the error conditions, this instrument provides can be listened-visible feedback.
In this embodiment, the power ratchet head be standard 1/2 " adapter.Described ratchet assembly under dynamic condition in the clockwise direction with the enterprising line operate of counter-clockwise direction.This is subjected to power-actuated ratchet have the ability to keep torsion load of effect repeatedly to reach 250ft.1bs. and reaches ASME technical specification B107.10-1996 about CYCLIC LOADING.From being no more than 3 feet when highly falling down on cell floor, described air ratchet/torque spanner can avoid being subjected to badly damaged at instrument.
Described instrument is housed in the protectiveness synthetic rubber cover, to help to absorb the impact force to instrument when instrument drops or be subjected to impacting.If the torsion that needs in the ratchet head place is no more than 250ft.1bs, this instrument will be resisted the required power of lug nut that nondestructively gets loose.This instrument is under 45-120 the temperature condition and be lower than operate as normal under 95% the damp condition.
Hand holding part is designed to cosily firmly grasp instrument with the right hand.This size will support palm and be used to apply power to realize required torsion.The grip part consist of synthetic rubber, thereby the gripping of anti-touch slippage is provided.In order to control the open/close trigger of the air supply of ratchet or button are positioned at hand easy to reach place on the hand holding part.Location trigger applies power so that it might as well be in the way to move, thereby reach required torsion on lug nut.
In this embodiment, spanner is provided with in order to poising tool and helps spanner is positioned at the second-hand grip part at lug nut place.Described second grip part abuts against below the ratchet head of spanner a bit.The length of spanner is set, applies manually downward power so that enough leverages to be provided, thereby reach preset torque value by necessity of ASME technical specification B107.14-1994 regulation.
The control device 46 of present embodiment provides the interface with instrument 20.Can be with each second up to the speed of 1 megabit with transfer of data to being used to communication objective until hundreds of feet RS-485 interfaces far away.Use has the control umbilical assembly that the RS-485 that combines hand-operated tools air supply line connects cable.Master computer can be controlled control device fully by the duplex communication link.
Master computer format work instruction data, search torsion limiting value database, and after the control device request, related data is sent to existing control device.Then, control device is by lighting light emitting diode and the information that demonstrates has been carried out work with expression on LCD.Not having in database provides override mode under the situation of available information.The service representative also can manually be selected override mode.This override mode allows service representative input or affirmation torque settings and other important parameter in control device.For safety with maintain secrecy, the service representative is requested the ID that determines after input data validation.
Then, this control device is sent to spanner with related data and requires the operator to carry out positive acknowledgment (for example automobile license plate number/vehicles identifications number (VIN), bar code scanning).This control device also clearly is presented at all relevant informations that the relevant vehicle that keeps in repair in the middle load segment is carried out in service.
Below, the information guiding that the operator is gone out by liquid crystal display displays on the torque spanner begins in giving threshold value (promptly+/-allowable tolerance) and carries out torsion measurement/record.The secondary trial is carried out in permission when applying torsion, have error/alert if.Alarm will trigger recovery sequence, wherein single or multiple lug nut data points, and perhaps whole car wheel structure can be vacated.But the check pattern of each tire location of complete walk-through and lug nut.
After finishing all torsion measurements, the operator controls spanner data is sent it back control device.Control device demonstrates target torque settings and from the actual torsion measured value of torque spanner.Any situation that surpasses or be lower than torque condition is presented on the LCD in the mode of flash message.
Then, the operator controls control device total data was sent to master computer before the power cut-off instruction.For bigger accountability, may need employee identification sign indicating number or personal code.
The data that are sent to master computer by control device comprise the single torque measurement of each lug nut relevant with each wheel of each vehicle under the service mode.Then, master computer will be handled the data that receive, and store and it is printed on client's the invoice.
Example 2: infra-red communication path
Described handheld apparatus 30 communicates mutually with workshop management system 22.The technician selects to carry out the vehicle of operation from the pick-list that is present in controller 28.After from pick-list, selecting, in the controller 46 inquiry interior data storehouses and the vehicle repair assignment simple correlation perhaps send request with inquiring technology specification database module 104 and retrieve and send to the lug nut torque technical specification of each wheel to system 100.In case these data are revealed, the technician just can send to infrared port on the instrument 20 with this technical specification orientation by infra-red communication path 34.After finishing the lug nut torque operation, the technician can with this operation as a result orientation beam back control device 28, like this can be subsequently confirmation and repair order data be beamed back workshop management system 100 and store.
Although illustrated and the embodiment of present disclosure be illustrated, it is contemplated that those skilled in the art can design multiple modification and equivalents under the condition of the spirit and scope that do not depart from the present disclosure that is limited by following claim.
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1, a kind of equipment that is used for controlled tool operation, described equipment comprises:
Instrument;
The drive unit that is associated with described tool operation;
The controller that is associated with described tool operation; With
Controller with memory of the information that is used to receive and is preserved at least one tool operation.
2, equipment according to claim 1 further comprises the display that is associated with described tool operation and communicates with controller.
3, equipment according to claim 1, wherein said controller comprises input/output interface.
4, equipment according to claim 1 further comprises the sensing response device.
5, equipment according to claim 1, wherein said sensing response device produce at least a in vision indication, audible indication and the sense of touch indication.
6, equipment according to claim 1, wherein said instrument comprised with driver being used to of being coupled provides driver power-actuated controlled drive unit.
7, a kind of method of torsion controlled application said method comprising the steps of:
Instrument is provided;
The driver that is associated with described tool operation is provided;
The controller that is associated with described tool operation is provided;
Receive and be preserved for the information of at least one tool operation;
The identification facility operation;
Retrieve the information that is used for tool operation;
Information is offered controller;
Record is about the information of tool operation; With
With described information storage on controller.
8, method according to claim 7, wherein said tool operation are the torque application operation.
9, method according to claim 7 comprises that further guides user finishes the step of tool operation.
10, the step that provides guides user to finish the demonstration of tool operation further is provided method according to claim 7.
11, the step that near technical specification the time, starts alarming apparatus that method according to claim 9, the wherein said step that makes equipment guide the user further comprise.
12, method according to claim 11 comprises that further described alarming apparatus produces at least a step in vision indication, audible indication and the sense of touch indication.
13, method according to claim 7, further may further comprise the steps, be that described control device has input/output interface, and use described input/output interface identification torque application and the one or more tool operation features of input in control device.
14, method according to claim 7, further may further comprise the steps, be that described control device further comprises input/output interface, and use described input/output interface identification torque application and the one or more vehicle characteristics of input in control device.
15, method according to claim 14, wherein said vehicle characteristics comprises model, manufacturer and model year at least.
16, method according to claim 7, wherein technical specification comprises that at least the relevant maximum of manufacturer can allow the technical specification of torsion.
17, method according to claim 7, wherein said instrument further comprises the Power Drive Unit that is used for function driver, wherein said Power Drive Unit provides control to operate described instrument.
18, a kind of system that the tool operation of one or more is provided, described system comprises:
At least one is used for the equipment of the controlled application of torsion, described equipment comprise handle, fixedly be attached to driving head on the end of handle, be fixed on programmable control unit in the described handle, have the control device and the alarming apparatus of the memory that is used to store the teaching instruction of implementing at least a torque application; Communication path is connected at least one equipment; Be connected on the communication path with the workshop management system of being enabled by computer, and removably be connected on the equipment by communication path, the wherein said workshop management system of being enabled by computer comprises the specification database module that is used to retrieve and keep the technical specification of a plurality of tool operations at least.
19, system according to claim 18, wherein said communication path is a coupler.
20, system according to claim 18, each in wherein said at least one equipment further comprises display.
21, equipment according to claim 18, described sensing device further comprise at least a alarming apparatus that is used for producing vision indication, audible indication and sense of touch indication.
22, equipment according to claim 18, wherein said instrument comprises the Power Drive Unit that is used for controllably providing for driver power.
23, a kind of use is used to manage the method for the system of at least a torque application, described system comprises that at least one torsion instructs application apparatus, described equipment comprise handle, fixedly be attached to driving head on the end of handle, be fixed on programmable control unit in the described handle, have the control device and the alarming apparatus of the memory that is used for storing at least the teaching instruction of implementing at least a torque application; At least one coupler is configured in order to removably to closely cooperate with at least one equipment; Communication path is connected on each coupler; Be connected on each bar communication path with the workshop management system of being enabled by computer, and be connected on each equipment by communication path, the wherein said workshop management system of being enabled by computer comprises and is used for the specification database module that storage and retrieval goes out to be used for the technical specification of multiple torque application, with the maintenance history DBM that is used to store the information relevant with the torsion operation of a plurality of execution, described method comprises:
The identification torque application is to workshop management system;
On workshop management system, retrieve the technical specification that at least one is used for torque application;
Described technical specification is sent to described equipment by communication path;
Make described equipment guides user finish torque application, and record and torque application are the relevant informations of how to carry out simultaneously basically; And
Described information is sent to workshop management system by communication path from described equipment.
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