A device for endorsing screwed assemblies, includes a screw gun intended to be handled by an operator, and computer equipment connected to the screw gun, the screw gun being equipped with measurement sensors sending information representative of the torque applied by the screw gun and an angle of rotation applied by the screw gun, the computer equipment storing, in a memory, reference data relating to a screwed assembly to be produced, the computer equipment being configured to compare information representative of the angle and the torque measured during the assembly with the reference data, and to provide a notification as to the conformity of the measurements of the angle and the torque in relation to the reference data.

A smart tool includes a body having a working output. A first controller is disposed within the body and connected to a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors includes at least one camera having a field of view at least partially capturing the working output. A neural network is trained to analyze an image feed from the at least one camera and trained perform at least one of classifying at least one of a working tool and an extension connected to the working output, classifying a component and/or a portion of a component interfaced with the working output, and determining a positioning of the smart tool. The neural network is stored in one of the first controller and a processing unit remote from the smart tool.

A drill system including a drill and a secondary computing device. The drill includes a housing, a controller, a wireless transceiver, a motor, and a chuck. The motor, the controller and the wireless transceiver are housed in the housing. The chuck is selectively driven by the motor. The secondary computing device includes a wireless transceiver which allows wireless communication between the drill and the secondary computing device. The secondary computing device further includes a user interface configured to allow an operator to change operating parameters of the drill. The operating parameters are configured to be automatically reset.

An apparatus for calibrating a rotational tool includes a communications interface configured to establish a wireless communications link between a rotational tool and a calibrator to communicate one of a tool torque measurement or a calibrator torque measurement via the communications link. The apparatus may further include calibration processing circuitry configured to receive the tool torque measurement measured by a tool torque sensor, and receive the calibrator torque measurement measured by a calibrator torque sensor. The calibration processing circuitry may also be configured to compare the tool torque measurement to the calibrator torque measurement to determine a difference value, aggregate the difference value with previously determined difference values to determine an updated torque calibration factor, and cause a torque calibration factor associated with a torque sensor of the rotational tool to be automatically replaced with the updated torque calibration factor in the memory of the rotational tool.

An object of the present invention is to provide a tool system allowing a tool to be controlled on a work object basis before the work is started. A tool system includes a portable tool and an identification unit. The tool includes a driving unit to operate with power supplied from a battery pack. The identification unit identifies, by a contactless method, a current work object, to which the tool is set in place, out of a plurality of work objects.

The present disclosure relates to a method and an electric tool for setting an operating mode and/or associate result values of an electric tool. The method comprising the steps of. Detecting at least one radio signal from at least one radio tag positioned on or in relation to an object to be processed, wherein the radio tag comprising an identifier associated with the object. Measuring distances between the electric tool and the at least one radio tag based on radio signal time of flight between the electric tool and the at least one radio tag. Selecting a first radio tag based on the distances. The first radio tag comprising a first identifier. And setting an operating mode of the electric tool based on the first identifier and/or associate result values of the processing steps performed by the electric tool with the first identifier.

A tool for operating on a workpiece includes a motion actuator and a controller that responsively varies a speed of the motion actuator and an operating speed of a working surface. The controller is configured to respond to a derived force that is a function an applied force exerted by an operator to manageably adjust pressure on the working surface to achieve a rate of work. The controller changes simultaneously both a rate of work on the workpiece and the operating speed of the working surface according to a sensitivity profile. The simultaneous change of rate of work and operating speed is manageable under both acceleration and deceleration by the operator with the applied force. The sensitivity profile expresses a relationship of a monotonically increasing positive slope between the derived force and the operating speed of the working surface within the range.

A drill system including a drill and a secondary computing device. The drill includes a housing, a controller, a wireless transceiver, a motor, and a chuck. The motor, the controller and the wireless transceiver are housed in the housing. The chuck is selectively driven by the motor. The secondary computing device includes a wireless transceiver which allows wireless communication between the drill and the secondary computing device. The secondary computing device further includes a user interface configured to allow an operator to change operating parameters of the drill. The operating parameters are configured to be automatically reset.

A decision system includes an identifier and a decider. The identifier identifies, based on a captured image generated by an image capturing unit attached to a tool, a work target shot as a subject of the captured image as one of a plurality of work targets. The decider decides whether a first work target included in the plurality of work targets is a mistakable work target by comparing, by reference to at least one reference image, the first work target with a second work target also included in the work targets. If the second work target is similar to the first work target, the second work target makes the first work target the mistakable work target difficult to identify based on the captured image. The at least one reference image belongs to a plurality of reference images corresponding one to one to the plurality of work targets.

The present disclosure is directed to calibrating position detection for a tool. The tool can use a sensor to detect a first value of a parameter. The tool can use a motor to extend the working member of the tool towards a working surface. The tool can include a base. The tool can detect, with the working member in contact with the working service, a second value of the parameter. The tool can determine a z-axis position of the working member relative to the working surface.