Calibrating tools and equipment ACTA 4000 User Guide
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If running an Atlas Copco controller, both transducer torque and controller torque
appear automatically on the ACTA window.
If running a controller tool from another manufacturer, ACTA asks for the controller
values (Manual input).
7.1.2 Evaluating and adjusting
1. Open the calibration dialog box by pressing Conf>Calibration>Tool or Cal in the Batch result window.
On the display you now see the result from your tightening.
2. To adjust the tool, press the correct soft key. Depending on type of tool-controller (including non-
controlled tool), it is the
Edit or the Store key. Note that this adjustment is called torque tuning,
calibration torque or scale factor. See section
3. Calibration dialog boxes for more information.
4. If you do not have direct communication with a controller, then press
Store to indicate that you have
changed the calibration torque or trimmed the Torque Tuning factor or adjusted the tool in another
way. Confirm the creation of a back-up tool.
5. Manually change the tool, if applicable.
The result from this calibration is two tools in the ACTA database:
One tool with the original name
A second tool, placed at the end of the database, with the original tool ID and the extension [0].
Both tools can be printed out and the data from both tools will be transferred to the same tool in the
ToolsTalk QAT database.
Doing a second calibration
If you have updated the tool, a second calibration is strongly recommended.
1. Make a backup by selecting
Database>Backup tool. This is done automatically if stored.
2. Make the same number of new tightening operations as done before.
3. Check the result with the calibration window:
Conf>Calibration>Tool.
If the result is satisfactory, press
Cancel. If not, make a new adjustment of the tool.
7.1.3 Automatic tool calibration
When calibrating fixtured tools with a Power Focus or Power MACS controller, the tightening operations
can be controlled automatically by ACTA through the RS232, or Ethernet if ACTA 4000, connection. To
perform such a calibration, do the following.
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