US 12,465,972 B2
Computer implemented method for adjusting a fastener setting tool
Mike Evans, Wrexham Clwyd (GB); Peter J. Elliot, Novi, MI (US); A. Paul Savage, Warrington (GB); Kyle Weirauch, Swartz Creek, MI (US); and Wesley Stocker, Highland, MI (US)
Assigned to Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited, Flintshire (GB)
Appl. No. 18/262,251
Filed by Atlas Copco IAS UK Limited, Wales (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/050005
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157481, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2100780 (GB), filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075519 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B21J 15/28 (2006.01); B21J 15/26 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B21J 15/285 (2013.01) [B21J 15/26 (2013.01); B21J 15/025 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for adjusting a fastener setting tool, the method comprising:
measuring a first parameter associated with a first characteristic of the fastener setting tool, wherein the first characteristic comprises one of a torque of a motor of the fastener setting tool or a velocity of a setting portion of the fastener setting tool;
comparing the first parameter to a predetermined parameter, wherein the difference between the first parameter and the predetermined parameter represents a condition of the fastener setting tool;
calculating an adjustment based on the comparison, wherein the adjustment is to a second characteristic of the fastener setting tool, the second characteristic comprising the other of a torque of a motor of the fastener setting tool or a velocity of a setting portion of the fastener setting tool, the adjustment configured to compensate for the condition of the tool; and
applying said adjustment to the fastener setting tool;
wherein the adjustment comprises an instruction to increase the electrical stimulation provided to a motor of the fastener setting tool.