Electric Screwdrivers - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Mangozac
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 06:51:40 am
content: Our ancient ASA electric screwdrivers are worn out so I need to find some replacements. It's always shocking how expensive these things are!The main options I've looked at are ASA, Kilews and Kolver. We're only using them for applications 0.5 to 1.5Nm, mostly 1.0Nm. Brushed is fine, with auto shutoff when torque is reached.Does anybody have any other recommendations for quality options?

author: SMTech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 08:27:40 am
content: An excellent question I would love to see the answer too, these look like the obvious choices. It would be interesting to see if there were some almost as good options from Aliexpress etc

author: bookaboo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 08:53:02 am
content: We got a few of these and so far so good after about a year of near daily usehttps://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Torque-Adjustable-Stepless-Brushless-Electric-Screwdriver_1600338430285.html

author: g00se
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 03:50:04 pm
content: I wouldn't consider them "industrial", being cordless, but I love the DeWalt DCF680 gyroscopic driver with torque settings.I have multiple of them for different assembly steps. I'm not sure how precise the torque settings are.https://a.co/d/3GUBwo6

author: Accu-Sembly
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 08:23:54 pm
content: Hios (ASG Jergens for us). Saved some money buying well used before and had zero issues as they seem to last forever.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 09:04:29 pm
content: I hate electric screwdrivers. Computer repair techs use them because they don't have the patience to turn all the screws in a laptop by hand. But they end up stripping the threads on so many screws.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 09:15:37 pm
content: I use these, super cheap, fast, fairly small, but nowhere near as reliable as a major industrial brand:https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255801110882961.htmlThe sub 0.5Nm is 4mm HIOS, other two are 5mm HIOS.If its for production line, spend a bit more to get a reliable tool.Quote from: IanB on August 08, 2024, 09:04:29 pmThat just means the torque limit was set incorrectly.

author: Mangozac
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 09:50:29 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on August 08, 2024, 09:15:37 pmAlso, I doubt computer techs are using the type of electric screwdriver we're discussing here.Quote from: thm_w on August 08, 2024, 09:15:37 pmI guess that's the root of the question: how much does one need to spend to get something decent. I'm happy to buy quality, but ideally priced somewhere in between the Aliexpress options and the high end stuff. We're not doing tens of thousands of operations per day.Quote from: bookaboo on August 08, 2024, 08:53:02 amThanks for the recommendation. I wonder who the manufacturer is?

author: loki42
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 10:06:04 pm
content: We're running a bunch of ASAs some from the dawn of time. How dead are your dead ones? Basically everything is replaceable and serviceable. If you give them a little PM then they might be fine. You can replace the brushes pretty easily.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 10:09:54 pm
content: Quote from: Mangozac on August 08, 2024, 09:50:29 pmIts not so much about how many operations per day, more about how much the down time is worth to you.If you don't care about some down time, you can buy a few extra of the alibaba/aliexpress units and then swap out when it fails.But, I assume you have a torque tester to verify the drills on a regular basis.Quote from: Mangozac on August 08, 2024, 09:50:29 pmWho knows who the actual manufacturer is, but you can see Bakon also sells the same thinghttps://www.bakon.cc/Bakon-GH-10L-home-industrial-precision-automatic-mini-assembly-electric-screwdriver-pd42800125.html

author: Mangozac
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2024, 10:28:21 pm
content: Quote from: loki42 on August 08, 2024, 10:06:04 pmBiggest issue is a lot of the plastics are cracking/disintegrating. I feel they've probably reached a point where it's not worth the time to much around trying to repair them.