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from the article: "allows engineers to tighten bolts and other mechanical fastenings to precise torque levels that are critical for safety and reliability." hi
by inhumantsar 3y ago
from the article: "allows engineers to tighten bolts and other mechanical fastenings to precise torque levels that are critical for safety and reliability."
high precision factory gear in safety-critical applications seems like a reasonable use case to me.
- fluoridation 3y agoThe tightening is done by sensors inside the tool. That has nothing to do with any kind of tracking or with anything that happens across a network connection.
- daveguy 3y agoBut tracking tool health in safety-critical applications (think bolt torque on an airplane door plug) could benefit from automated tracking. Generally this is solved by regular inspections and calibration, which is cheaper and avoids the security issue. There is some benefit to automated tracking and fault identification. Doing it on an air gapped network means you have to be on site to check status and errors, which seems reasonable to me.
- fluoridation 3y agoAnd tracking tool health is something that precisely doesn't need to be done on a minute-by-minute basis. Doing it once at the end of every shift seems more than enough.