Patent ID: 9026379
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus capable of controlling, tracking and measuring a locking force and a tightening torque, applicable to measure and control the locking force or the tightening torque applied to a fastener by a tightening tool, or applicable to track the locking force or the tightening torque of the fastener, comprising: a control device, communicating with a transducing device of the apparatus capable of controlling, tracking and measuring a locking force and a tightening torque, the control device receiving a real-time sensing value or a device identification code via the transducing device so as to measure and control the locking force or the tightening torque applied to a sensing device of the apparatus capable of controlling, tracking and measuring the locking force and the tightening torque by the tightening tool, or tracking and measuring the locking force or the tightening torque applied to the sensing device, wherein the control device comprises: a second signal transmitter, being a wired or wireless communication device, and communicating with a first signal transmitter of the transducing device in order to receive the real-time sensing value or the device identification code; a plurality of buttons, being used for inputting a setting value or choosing an operation mode of the control device; a microprocessor, electrically connected to the second signal transmitter and the plurality of buttons, and the microprocessor receiving the real-time sensing value or the device identification code, and comparing the setting value with the real-time sensing value in order to output a first measurement result, a second measurement result or a third measurement result; a warning device, electrically connected to the microprocessor, and respectively outputting a first warning signal, a second warning signal or a third warning signal according to the first measurement result, the second measurement result or the third measurement result; a displaying device, electrically to the microprocessor and the warning device, the displaying device displaying the device identification code, the first measurement result, the second measurement result, the third measurement result, the first warning signal, the second warning signal or the third warning signal; a second power supply, electrically connected to the second signal transmitter, the microprocessor, the buttons, the warning device and the displaying device in order to provide a second working voltage; a power source, for providing a power to the tightening tool, the power further comprising a electrical power, a pneumatic power, or a hydraulic power; a power regulator, selectively connected to a output of the power source, when the power source is the pneumatic power, the power regulator adjusts the pneumatic pressure outputted by the power source; a pressure sensor, connected to the microprocessor, the second power supply and the power regulator, when the power source is the pneumatic power or the hydraulic power, the pressure sensor will measure the pneumatic pressure or the hydraulic pressure adjusted by the power regulator; and a control valve, connected to the microprocessor, the pressure sensor and the second power supply, when the microprocessor outputs the second measurement result or the third measurement result, the control valve blocks the power outputted by the power source; wherein, when the real-time sensing value is lower than the admissible range of the setting value, the microprocessor outputs the first measurement result; when the real-time sensing value is equal to the admissible range of the setting value, the microprocessor outputs the second measurement result; and when the real-time sensing value is higher than the admissible range of the setting value, the microprocessor outputs the third measurement result.