Failed Critical Fasteners Lead to One Million Recalls

As an automotive quality manager, you’re challenged to make sure your critical fasteners function properly and have been correctly fastened to meet design torque requirements. You’re expected to keep your automotive production line stable and free from stops due to quality issues.

Behind the scenes, you also regularly — and heroically — contain “spills” from getting out the door to avoid production-line shutdowns, recalls and the media firestorms that surround them. Despite these risks, critical fastener failure continues to occur.

According to a recent article by Automotive Fastener, failed or faulty critical fasteners have resulted in more than a million recalls in the last three years.

So how can you be sure the critical fastener solutions you implement will help you uphold automotive production quality today and into the future?

Ensuring Critical Fastener Quality

Fastener failures are often the result of improper torque, improper clamp load and fatigue failure, and inadequate tightening of bolts. Combined with your need to meet auditing standards, these are the reasons you need a critical fastener solution you can count on.

A solution that’s able to predictably and reliably achieve precise torque measurements. A lightweight, durable solution you’re confident will eliminate false readings, which are difficult to detect.

Smart Solutions for Quality and Precision

Your solution is the LightStar™ torque wrench series equipped with SMARTWRENCH™ technology to:

• Resolve false high or low readings from friction variables

• Improve precision auditing on safety-critical joints

• Record torque curve data to ensure compliance and traceability

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We want to hear how you’re dealing with changing trends and critical fastener concerns.

Source:

Global Fastener News, April 2016

Bolt Science.com

Car & Driver, December 2014

Global Fasteners, Global Strategic Business Report 10/15

Automotive News, November 2015

Consumerist, December 2014

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