Screw device having integrated detection means
AssigneeJohannes Lübbering GmbH
InventorsBruno Bergmann, Johannes Petermann, Achim Lübbering
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Abstract
A screw device (10) for applying a torque to a screw partner (20), includes a flat output assembly (1) having an output (1b) detachably connected to the screw partner (20) and a drive (1a), to which a drive torque can be manually or mechanically applied. A detection assembly (5) for providing measurement values for determining and/or monitoring an output torque acting on the screw partner on the output side, is provided in a housing (30) of the flat output assembly (1) and can detect a radial a force and/or a tangential force acting on a gearwheel (4d) which connects the drive and the output of the flat output assembly (1) in a torque-transmitting manner, and provides same for electronic signal evaluation.
Claims17
A screwing device (10) for applying a torque to a screw partner (20), the screwing device (10) comprising
- geared offset head means (1) having an output (1b) which can be connected to the screw partner (20) in a detachable manner and a drive (1a) to which a drive torque can be manually or mechanically applied, and detection means (5), provided in a housing (30) of the geared offset head means (1), for providing measurement values for determining or monitoring an output torque acting on the screw partner on the output side, wherein
- the detection means (5) are configured in such a manner that they can detect a radial force or a tangential force which acts on a gearwheel (4d) which connects the drive and the output of the geared offset head means (1) in a torque-transmitting manner, and wherein the detection means (5) can provide at least one of the radial or tangential force for electronic signal evaluation, and wherein the detection means (5) comprise at least one essentially disk-shaped force transducer (5a) comprising integrated force sensor means which are configured to detect at least one of a compressive force or a pulling force applied to the force transducer (5a) in at least one of a radial direction or a tangential direction, wherein the integrated force sensor means are formed by strain gauges (12a, 12b) which are attached to the force transducer (5a) and which are disposed on opposite struts (7a, 7b) of the force transducer (5a) which extend in the radial direction, or
- the integrated force sensor means are formed by a polymer mass (15a, 15b) containing graphene and having variable electrical conductivity, the polymer mass (15a, 15b) being attached to or integrated in the force transducer (5a).
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