Build It Better……For Less Money

Battery tools are the future of the assembly industry.  As tooling technology increases, cordless has been able to exceed the quality expectations of manufacturers and have lowered their operating costs associated with air and other platforms.  In addition to the obvious ergonomic and weight advantages, battery tools now offer programming to control a rundown, error-proofing abilities, and they can send data to wirelessly communicate to a quality system.  Cordless battery tools can ensure the level of fastening needed, with the needed complexity, for a fraction of the price of traditional tools that typically costs tens of thousands of dollars.

Makita’s product offering is the industry leader in providing precision torque clutch tools for the ever-changing assembly environment.  With free software and USB ports, Makita tools are fully programmable, and allow for 6-stage RPM control throughout the rundown, optimizing the speed for every fastening application.  When fastening, quality and consistency often relies on the speed of the tool, and faster is not always better.  Makita’s assembly tools can accommodate the need to reduce RPMs by downshifting to limit potential galling and can even reduce reaction when fasteners are seated.  These tools also include reverse directional control, for left hand threads, or for pre-start applications that need to ensure proper thread alignment.  Programmable by either time (in seconds) or rotations (in angle), these tools capture cross threaded fastenings when bolts are misaligned or when threads are damaged.

As quality assurance needs increase, manufacturers are not only in need of precision torque tools, but also the ability to gather data in real time during their process.  Makita offers the ONLY clutch tools that are capable of calculating torque and angle during a rundown.  This data can be sent wirelessly to a PLC or quality system.  Makita’s Torque Tracer models go beyond other cordless brands by ensuring the torque delivered meets the established quality standard, and also records that torque data for applications that demand the utmost attention.  This higher level of capability is essential because many manufacturers are now being asked for an additional level of traceability in their assembly processes.

Before the advances in cordless technology, manufacturers were forced to rely on transducer-based systems that were the only option for the assembly industry’s quality demands.  Simple POKE YOKE, or data-collection applications previously required tooling that is priced in the tens of thousands of dollars to implement.  Makita cordless offers most of the same capabilities for a fraction of the cost.

In addition to the advances in cordless technology, battery tools will always be far superior to pneumatic in most applications.  Cordless tooling alternatives offer huge savings in energy costs, ergonomic benefits, and a reduction in potential safety hazards that pneumatic tools present.  Electric battery tools will continue to change how manufacturers approach their assembly needs.  As manufacturers seek out new technologies to better improve their processes from reducing their costs or increasing their productivity and quality standards, Makita will continue to offer tooling the exceeds the expectations of our strategic partners.

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