The thing about torques is that they’re often written into safety standards, and safety standards often have to explicitly detail how critical values are measur

The thing about torques is that they’re often written into safety standards, and safety standards often have to explicitly detail how critical values are measured. So until fancy bolts are recognised in the current standards as best practice for confirming correct torquing (are they? I dunno), it’s gonna be really hard to get them into production.