CONTROL UNIT

The E‑TCS Control Unit is an innovative device that powers and controls all functions of the connected E MCB electric tightening tool, enabling advanced programming and accurate control of every phase of the tightening process, with real-time visualization on the color Touch Screen panel.

It ensures reliability and accuracy in every industrial assembly operation and represents an INDUSTRY 4.0 tightening solution, designed to interconnect with factory management systems to allow data exchange, remote visualization, monitoring, and management of tightening processes.

The navigation menus of the E‑TCS unit are simple and intuitive: just a few touches directly on the screen are enough to configure the tightening parameters, create assembly strategies, or display diagnostics.

VISUALIZATIONS

• Complete visualization of the tightening process
• Instant display of TORQUE/ANGLE/TIME of tightening
• Graphical visualization of tightening data
• Tightening result indication through display color changes and tool‑mounted light signals
• Last 200 tightening log records
• Last 200 tightening diagrams

PROGRAMMING

• Poka‑yoke programming directly on the color touch screen
• 100 configurable Jobs, recallable from operator
• 100 configurable Tasks for each Job
• 12 configurable Steps for each Task
• 3 tightening strategies settable within the Steps:
  • Torque Control – Angle Monitoring (TC‑AM)
  • Angle Control – Torque Monitoring (AC‑TM)
  • Torque and Angle Control (AC and TC)
• WIZARD programming of tightening strategies: guided, from Job level down to Step level
• Programming screens available in two languages (English EN, Italian IT)
• I/O test screens: it is possible to force the state of inputs and outputs directly from the unit; useful during diagnostics/commissioning when no PLC is used

OTHER TYPES OF TIGHTENING CYCLE CONTROL

• Tightening with clockwise or counterclockwise rotation (for example: if counterclockwise rotation is selected, the system tightens and controls in that direction, performing loosening clockwise)
• Minimum/maximum tightening torque control
• Minimum/maximum tightening angle control
• Minimum/maximum tightening time control
• Threshold torque for angle reading and monitoring
• Screw counting
• For each screw: programming of the maximum number of re‑tightening attempts in case of NOK screw
• Configurable loosening speed and direction
• Speed reduction during tightening with configurable final torque/speed values (downshift)
• Acceleration ramp duration

DATA STORAGE AND EXPORT

• Tightening logs exportable via Fieldbus (e.g. PROFINET – MODBUS TCP – ETHERNET /IP)
• Import/export of tightening programs
• Data storable on SD‑card, and therefore exportable
  • The system can handle a capacity of over 1 million tightenings

FEATURES

• Automatic recognition of the connected tool and all related parameters
• I/O connector: 8 inputs / 8 outputs, freely programmable (10 + 8 assignable functions)
• Fieldbus port for connection to the most widely used fieldbus systems
• USB port for unit and tool firmware updates, for importing/exporting tightening program parameters, or exporting tightening logs
• SD port for SD‑CARD containing programs and tightening logs; removable for backup operations
• Multiple authorization levels protected by password, up to 4 users
• Power cable
• Integrated date and time clock
• 120V~230 Vac ±10% 50‑60 Hz

APPLICATIONS

Suitable for the automation of tightening processes in all industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, home appliances, electromechanical applications, enabling:

• high flexibility in managing assembly processes
• full traceability of all assembly data
• cost reduction thanks to a decrease in rejected parts

INDUSTRY 4.0 solution: designed to interconnect with factory management systems for data exchange and remote visualization, control, and management of tightening processes.