Our InterBolt technology enables you to measure the preload in bolted connections both onsite and remotely. This ensures bolts are tightened accurately onsite, eliminates the need for manual periodic inspection and enables asset failures to be predicted and prevented.
InterBolt technology
InterBolt is a miniature, high accuracy and low-cost bolt load sensor embedded into a bolt or stud. The wireless, battery operated device enables bolt load to be measured both onsite and remotely.
Onsite Monitoring
To quickly verify bolt load, InterBolt provides two methods for monitoring bolt load onsite: inbuilt LED indicators on the InterBolt end cap and through wireless connectivity to the InterBolt Tablet App.
Remote Monitoring
To eliminate the need for bolts to be periodically inspected on site, bolt load measurements from InterBolt can be remotely monitored, in real-time with no technicians on site.
Why is bolt load monitoring necessary:
To ensure bolts are tightened correctly.
The safe and reliable operation of many assets requires that the bolted connections are tightened to provide a specified preload. Monitoring bolt load on site during and after tightening, ensures that bolts are tightened accurately and repeatably.
To predict and prevent asset failure.
Conventional maintenance regimes, using time-based approaches and torque/ tension tools, have an inherent delay in identifying a failed bolted connection and often do not provide accurate long-term data that can predict a degrading bolted connection. Remote bolt load monitoring provides the continuous data which can predict bolt failure, enabling preventative maintenance to be conducted.
To eliminate the need for periodic inspection.
Checking the tightness of bolted connections typically requires manual tools (torque, tensioning or ultrasonics equipment) operated by on-site technicians. Remote bolt load monitoring eliminates this requirement, significantly reducing the cost, asset downtime and health & safety risks associated with bolt inspection.
