Guidance device and method for installing flanges

A guidance device for guiding a worker through a process of installing flanges, the guidance device comprising:

• an input/output unit configured to allow communication between the guidance device and a torque wrench;
• a user interface;
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• a processor;
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• a memory configured to store instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• obtain, via the input/output unit, flange information about a flange to be installed, the flange information comprising a required torqueing pattern of bolts to be torqued and required torque values to be applied to the respective bolts in the required torqueing pattern;
• output, via the user interface, an indication of a first bolt of the required torqueing pattern;
• receive an applied torque value from the torque wrench via the input/output unit;
• output, via the user interface, an indication of a next bolt of the required torqueing pattern;
• repeat the steps of receiving the applied torque value and outputting the indication of the next bolt until a last applied torque value for the flange is received from the torque wrench;
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• upon determining that the last applied torque value for the flange has been received from the torque wrench, transmit a torque record to a data storage at a remote location, the torque record comprising applied torque values associated with the flange and an indication of the order in which the torque values were applied;
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• present, via the user interface, a result of a direct torqueing audit.