We’re planning to standardize flange bolt-up on an April outage and I’m looking at digital torque wrenches with onboard logging (100–600 ft-lb) to tighten QA and speed turnover. If you’ve used them, did the traceable data reduce punch-list churn or is a calibrated click wrench with manual records just as effective?
For your ‘April outage’, data-logging with barcode tags cut our punch churn about 40%; keep a calibrated click backup — which brand?
April outage: need torque‑angle or just peak, @efletcher36? Norbar ProTronic 3/4″ logs 100–600 ft‑lb and NFC tags cut rework…
Digital torque wrenches really help with accuracy and logging for QA. Plus, having a click wrench as a backup gives peace of mind if something goes wrong. What brand are you considering?