See NASA quote.
Why SureBolt?
Measures tension not torque,
Patented whole echo method,
Graphs tension changes in real-time,
Instrument is built into the PC,
Friction varies too much, bolt to bolt,
Not fooled by friction variations,
Using lubrication still leaves large friction variations,
Avoid flange leaks,
Prove to safety you took a reliable tension reading,
Far greater reliability,
All other bolt gages are one-point bolt gages,
No more zero-crossing peak jumping,
ALL other bolt gages have problems with peak jumping,
Dramatic improvement due to a new patented DSP technique,
Proven by NASA,
Can record over a million bolt tensions with their waveforms,
Playback built in,
Excel compatible data files,
Flange bolts easily grouped together,
Critical bolts,
Verify your design,
Safety,
Tension verification,
Accuracy,
Much easier to use,
Graphical help,
On-line help,
Dynamic help,
13" Color Screen instead of 5" black & white screen,
Full keyboard instead of a few cryptic keys,
Record field notes with your tension data,
You can use long file names,
Large on-screen buttons,
Familiar WinXP/2000 operating system,
Full featured laptop - Panasonic Toughbook Model 72 computer,
1 year limited warrantee,
No need to transfer data to another machine,
No hidden information,
To sum it up, vastly easier and more reliable.
Press here for a detailed point by point comparison to all other bolt gages.
Playback. Graph tensions, echoes, and spare values. See
your field notes.
Notice the bottom graph's green pointer. You can move this pointer to any of the
recorded tensions.
The top graph visually shows you how much the echo was delayed at this green
pointer's tension value.
Any field notes (or lab notes) you entered at this tension are shown below the
bottom graph.
There are more screens. One other playback screen (press the "Graph X vs. Y & determine slope" button - top middle) lets you graph any recorded value (tension, delta usec, temperature, spare parameter) on either the X axis or the Y axis. Then SureBolt computes the linear slope of the X axis variable versus the Y Axis variable. This gives you an easy way to measure the calibration parameters for your bolt. Remember, if you want to fully customize a report with your own special formats, just read the data file in Microsoft Excel, and customize any way you want. Microsoft Excel comes installed on the SureBolt PC.
