Tightening Steps
Tighten/Loosen to Angle (A)
A – Tighten to Angle
This step runs the tool until the target angle is reached. The target angle is measured from the start of the step.
A – Loosen to Angle
This step runs the tool with the speed n in the backward direction until the angle target is reached. The target angle is measured from the start of the step.
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
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Target angle | The angle target. Must be > 0. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. |

T – Tighten/Loosen to Torque
T – Tighten to Torque
This step runs the tool with the programmed speed in forward direction until the target torque is reached.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | The torque target. Must be > 0. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. |
T – Loosen to Torque
This step runs the tool with the speed in the backward direction. For the step to be active, the torque must first exceed 110 % of the Target torque. The Target torque should be set to a positive value. After reaching the target torque, the step runs until the torque drops below the target torque.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | The torque target. Must be > 0. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Stop on first torque | The step runs until the torque pass the Target torque. The Target torque should be set to a positive value. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |

T+A – Tighten to torque plus angle
This step runs the tool until the target torque is reached. From this point it continues to run an additional target angle.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | The torque target. Must be > 0. |
Target angle | The angle target. Must be > 0. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. |

DI – Run Until Digital Input
This steps runs the tool, in the direction defined by parameter Direction, until the input specified by Digital Input goes high or low depending on the value of Stop Condition.
Parameter | Description |
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Direction | Forward, or Backward |
Digital Input | One of the following local digital inputs on the controller can be selected:
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Stop Condition |
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Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed (rpm) | Default: 60 rpm. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | Available if Speed ramp type is Manual. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Tighten to DynaTork (DT)
This step runs the tool with speed n in the forward direction until the Target torque is reached. The tool will then hold the current constant at the DynaTork Percentage of Target torque during the DynaTork time.

To avoid overheating of the tool, it is strongly recommended to never run DynaTork to more than 40% of the maximum torque of the tool.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | The torque target. Must be > 0. |
DynaTork time | The time DynaTork will be active. |
DynaTork Percentage | The percentage of Torque target. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Speed (rpm) | Default: 60 rpm. |

Wait (W)
In this step the tool waits the specified amount of time. The tool does not rotate while waiting.

The step before the Wait step must have the setting Brake set to On, that is, the Wait step must start with the tool standing still.
Parameter | Description |
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Wait Time | Number of seconds the tool will stand still. |
Hold position | On or Off. If On, the tool holds the position during the Time target. |
Socket Release (SR)
This step runs the tool with speed n in the backward direction until the target angle is reached. The target angle is measured from the start of the step.
This step is only allowed to use as the last step in the tightening path of a multistep tightening program. However, it is possible to add a sync point after this step.
Parameter | Description |
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Target angle | The angle target. Default: 3º , must be > 0 |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. |
Tighten to torque or angle (T|A)
This step runs the tool with the speed n in the forward direction until the first of either torque target or angle target is reached. The torque and angle measurements start at the beginning of the step.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | Must be > 0. |
Target angle | Must be > 0. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |

Rundown (RD)
This step runs the tool with the speed in the forward direction, and depending on the Rundown Type, Torque or Snug the step behavior is as follows:
Rundown Type: To Torque: The step stops when the specified target torque is found.
Rundown Type: To Snug: The snug gradient calculation starts at the specified torque trigger level Tt. If no torque trigger is set the gradient calculation is started at the start of the step.
The slope calculation is made between two angle points Ad degrees apart and is calculated as: (Tn – Tn-1) / (An – An-1) and as soon as two slopes after each other are larger than TSLOPE the snug point is found.
Parameter | Description |
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Rundown type | To Torque or To Snug. |
Target torque | Default: "not set". Must be > 0. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Trigger Torque | If Rundown type is To Snug, the Trigger torque field is displayed. Default: "not set". Must be > 0. |
Delta Angle | If Rundown type is To Snug, the Delta angle field is displayed. Default: "0". Must be > 0. |
Torque Rate | If Rundown type is To Snug, the Torque rate field is displayed. Default: "0". Must be > 0. |

Y - Tighten to Yield
This strategy runs the tool with the speed in the forward direction until the yield point is detected. The yield point is found by monitoring the torque gradient from the point where the torque goes above the Trigger Torque level, calculated based on Torque and Angle distance measurements. The Angle distance parameter is set according to the specified hardness of the joint.
Set the Gradient angle window (for hard joint, for soft joint or for manually setting of the Angle window). If Manual is selected, the Angle Window must be set. A joint is considered Hard if the screw is tightened to its full torque and it rotates 30 degrees or less after it has been tightened to its snug point. A Soft joint rotates 720 degrees or more after it has been tightened to its snug point. The hardness parameter defines the Angle Window for the gradient calculation. The harder the joint - the smaller the angle window.
Parameter | Description |
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Gradient Angle Window | Specifies Angle Window:
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Angle Window | Available when Gradient Angle Window is set to Manual. Must be > 0 and <= 100. |
Trigger Torque | The angle measurement starts at this trigger. Must be >= 0 and < Tool MaxTorque. |
Damping | Frequency in which the gradient is being calculated. Must be > 0 and < 100 and < Angle window. |
Yield Point Percentage | Must be >= 20 % |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Torque Filter Type | The type of the filter:
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Cut-off Frequency | Needs to be specified when Torque Filter Type is set to Low pass:
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Number of Samples | Needs to be specified when Torque Filter Type is set to Sliding Average:
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Tighten to yield, method 2 (YM2)
This step runs the tool with the specified speed in the forward direction until the yield point is detected.
Search for the yield point starts when the torque has reached Tt. The average of the torque over Af degrees is calculated. This procedure is repeated N rs times.
A reference slope is calculated with linear regression over the N rs points. After that, new average values are continuously calculated over A f degrees.
The actual slope is calculated with linear regression over the last N s average points. The yield point is reached when the slope is less than Py % of the reference slope.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | Must be > 0. |
Filter angle | Default: 1. Must be > 0. |
Number of samples | Default: 6. Must be >=4. |
Number pf samples, reference | Default: 6. Must be >=4. |
Yield point percentage | Default: 90%. Must be >20%. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Speed ramp | If Speed ramp type is Manual, this field opens. Default: 500 rpm/s. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |

TC – Torque Calibration
This step runs the tool with the specified speed in the forward direction until the torque target is reached.
By setting this to either Main or Secondary it is possible to calibrate either one of the two transducers.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | Must be > 0. |
Transducer | Main or Secondary. Default: Main. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Engage (E)
This step runs the tool in both directions until the socket engages the screw. The step continues until Target torque or Target angle is reached, provided that Continue if not Engaged is set to Yes. If Target Angle is reached in any direction, the direction is reversed. Limit the search iterations by entering Max Engage Attempts. If Target Torque is reached in any direction the step will finish with OK status.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | Must be > 0. |
Target angle | Default: 0. Must be > 0. |
Max Engage Attempts | Default: 2. Must be > 0. |
Continue if not Engaged | If Yes the step will end with status OK even if the engage attempts fail. If No the step will end with status NOK if the engage attempts fail. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
Thread Cutting to Torque (ThCT)
The Thread Cutting to Torque function enables tightening where the rundown torque required is greater than the Rundown complete torque, for example when tightening thin layers of metal using self-threading (or selftapping) screws. The tool runs in forward direction until the Thread Cutting Angle (Aw) is reached. The thread cutting angle window is measured from when the torque passes Thread Cut Trigger Torque (Ttc) for the first time. From the point where Thread cutting angle is reached, the step continues to run until the Target Torque (Tt) is reached.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | Must be > 0. |
Thread Cutting Angle Window | Default: 0. Must be > 0. |
Trigger Torque | The angle measurement starts at this trigger. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |

Tighten to Torque and Angle (T&A)
The tool runs until with the specified speed in the forward direction until both target torque and target angle are reached. The target torque and the target angle must be set to > 0.
Parameter | Description |
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Target torque | Must be > 0. |
Target angle | Default: 0. Must be > 0. |
Brake | If On the tool will be stopped when the target is reached. If Off the program goes directly to the next step without stopping the tool. |
Speed | Default: 60 rpm. Must be > 0. |
Speed ramp type | Hard, soft, or manual. Default: Hard. If you select Manual, the Speed ramp field opens. |
