Nevados All Terrain Tracker (Nevados) demonstrated the M18 Fuel Controlled Torque Impact Wrench with Torque-Sense at RE+ 2024. The company is the first solar tracker OEM to formally test and qualify the new smart torque wrench, which tightens bolts over three times faster and more accurately than traditional torquing methods. The test results were replicated in Utah on a 400+ MW solar project under construction with Nevados trackers. The new smart wrench incorporates machine learning and saves 27.1 person-hours per MW on the Nevados system compared to the current “2-step” method of tightening bolts with an impact wrench and then re-tightening them with a click-style torque wrench. Nevados is demonstrating use of the smart tool in booth D24057 at the RE+ conference and trade show in Anaheim.
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