Atlas Copco: I could watch this for hours

[hemdale]

I will NEVER have any use for this tool and probably will never justify buying it, so I won't buy it even in one million years...but I find it absolutely fantastic.

I would love to have one of these just for the ultimate fun to use it.

Ok, it's official: I will NEVER grow up.

 

[GirchyGirchy]

We use hundreds of Atlas-Copco assembly tools at work (assembly plant)...handheld straight and right angle, large fixed nutrunners, torque-controlled pneumatic impacts, basic impacts, etc. They're proud of them but they work well and are pretty cool.

My favorite application is our valve lash setting machine. It has two dual-concentric-spindle nutrunners to loosen the locknut, run down the lash, and tighten the locknut, all within seconds. It's amazingly accurate and the algorithms it uses are bonkers and make my brain hurt.

The newest electric ones they just came out with are awesome....they have accelerometers and gyros to measure relative location and are much easier to program.

 

[larry_g]

BTDT and after a few hours it gets perty boring. Our process went from turning screws onto plastic to using an ultra sonic driver.

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no neat sig line

 

[BlackjackNA]

And here I was anticipating fun with large screw compressors. ;

 

[GirchyGirchy]

And here I was anticipating fun with large screw compressors. ;

Those are made just down the street from me!

 

[wideopen1967]

We have these,

 

[wideopen1967]