Lockbolt installation swage tool

A lockbolt installation swage tool, comprising:

• a housing having a handle with a trigger member;
• an anvil member connected to a forward-end portion of the housing;
• the anvil member having an opening extending along a central axis;
• a collet assembly disposed in the opening and extending along the central axis;
• the collet assembly being operable to grip a pintail of a lockbolt in relation to the anvil member;
• a pull shaft extending along the central axis and drivably connected to the collet assembly;
• an electric motor disposed in the housing and activated by the trigger member;
• a gear transmission assembly coupled to the motor and operable to transmit rotation from the motor to translate the pull shaft and connected collet assembly along the central axis for swaging a lockbolt;
• an operator input unit operable to receive a user input;
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• a motor controller including a processor operable to receive the user input from the operator input unit, determine a travel distance to translate the pull shaft based on the user input, calculate a number of motor rotations required to translate the travel distance, and activate the motor for the number of rotations for the calculated travel distance.

A lockbolt installation swage tool, comprising:

• a housing having a handle with a trigger member;
• an anvil member connected to a forward-end portion of the housing;
• the anvil member having an opening extending along a central axis;
• a collet assembly disposed in the opening and extending along the central axis;
• the collet assembly being operable to grip a pintail of a lockbolt in relation to the anvil member;
• the collet assembly including three integrally separate collet members positioned concentrically around the central axis;
• the collet members together defining a distal opening, a pull slot proximal to the opening, and an expander receptacle proximal to a pull slot;
• an insert made of resilient material retained in the expander receptacle;
• a pull shaft extending along the central axis and connected to the collet assembly;
• an electric motor disposed in the housing and activated by the trigger member;
• and
• a gear transmission assembly coupled to the motor and operable to transmit rotation from the motor to translate the pull shaft and connected collet assembly along the central axis for swaging a lockbolt.