Fastening System collects and analyzes joint rundown data.
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Mobile Fastening System II provides portable fastening and torque/angle auditing throughout assembly plant or testing laboratory. It includes 4-wheel cart, personal computer with fastening program, monitor, keyboard and cover, printer, controllers, plus compartments and hangers for fastening tools and cables. MFS II software is MS Windows NT® based, operates on touch screen monitor and enables saving of rundown, Tool Library or Sequence Library data in .mdb format.
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SPX GSE tech-motive tool's New Mobile Fastening System II Is Handy Cart for In-Plant and Lab Assembly Verification
Novi, MI - The new Mobile Fastening System II (MFS II) offered by SPX GSE tech-motive tool is a portable fastening and torque/angle auditing assistant that can be used throughout the assembly plant or testing laboratory. Collecting and analyzing
joint rundown data couldn't be easier. The MFS II includes a four-wheel cart, personal computer loaded with a fastening program, monitor, keyboard and cover, printer, controllers, plus compartments and hangers for fastening tools and cables.
Three versions of the MFS II cart are available:
o The standard MFS II A cart includes two controllers: one for use with GSE tech-motive tool 46 Series digital nutrunners (5-30 Nm); the other for use with the 56, 66, or 116 Series tools (7-1,125 Nm). Tools and cables are not included.
o The intermediate MFS II B cart is the basic package with two GSE tech-motive tool intelligent nutrunners of choice (rated to 90 Nm), one audit torque wrench, a Model 290 data-stat data collection instrument, two-year warranty on cart and one year warranty on tools and instruments.
o The advanced MFS II C cart includes everything in MFS II B, plus two additional GSE tech-motive tool intelligent nutrunners (rated to 150 Nm), and a intelligent audit torque wrench, software customization, and three-year extended warranty on cart, tools, wrenches and instrument.
The Windows® - based MFS II software is MS Windows NT® based, operates on a touch screen monitor and enables saving of rundown, Tool Library or Sequence Library data in the .mdb format, compatible with MS Access® or other database programs. The software also allows the user to:
o Store a photograph of a joint in a .bmp or jpg format with the steps in a fastening sequence - a valuable visual aid for operators
o View a fastening graph immediately after a rundown occurs and specify the automatic saving of graphs
o Use the bar code scanning capability to create a Build Number
o Add new tool model numbers to the standard Tool Library at the touch of a button
The MFS II Cart is used for applications including joint analysis and troubleshooting, prototype component building and testing, and production line repair.
For additional information on the MFS II cart and other SPX GSE tech-motive tool fastening tools, instruments and transducers, visit the products section on www.gsetechmotive.com.
SPX GSE tech-motive tool, formerly known as Advanced Assembly Group (AAG), is a manufacturer of DC electric fastening tools, controllers, multi-spindle fastening systems, strain gage-based transducers and data collection instruments. Products are marketed under the GSE tech-motive tool brand name.
SPX GSE tech-motive tool shares its headquarters with sister division SPX GSE Scale Systems in Novi, Michigan, USA. Parent company SPX Corporation is a global provider of technical products and systems, industrial products and services, flow technology and service solutions. The Internet address for SPX Corporation's home page is www.spx.com.
