INTRODUCING Know at a Glance its Tight Welcome

INTRODUCING Know at a Glance it’s Tight™

Welcome to the FUTURE of BOLTING When a bolt is tightened, it creates tension. Tension is a stretching force. Smart. Bolts® measure tension so you can know at a glance if it’s tight. Smart. Bolts® are the future of bolting.

Torque or Tension? • Torque is a rotational force. • Tension is an axial force. • Measuring torque tells you how • Measuring tension tells you directly how “tight” hard it is to turn the bolt. • You can infer from this measure how “tight” the bolt is by estimating the friction factors. your bolt is. • And is completely independent of variable friction factors.

Smart. Bolts Measure Tension • Bolts work like springs. When you stretch a spring, it pulls back – trying to return to its original size. The stretching force is called tension. • The stretching force on a bolt is also called tension. The tension creates clamp force, which holds bolted components together.

What are Smart. Bolts? Smart. Bolts allow users to simply look at their bolts and know they are tight. Smart. Bolts are revolutionizing the way industry approaches bolting.

The Smart. Bolts Visual Indicator • The Smart. Bolts indicator turns from red to black when proper tension has been reached and is reusable for the life of the fastener. • The indicator responds to and continuously displays the actual level of tension on the bolt.

We Transform Ordinary Bolts into Smart. Bolts We source bolts equivalent to what you are currently using and install our patented Smart. Bolts visual indicator. During Quality Control, we test every Smart. Bolt we produce to verify proper tension indication under load.

You Can Make Your Bolts Smart! We can add our technology to bolts of nearly every available grade, finish, and coating.

Smart. Bolts® Fastener Range Hex Flange Socket Stud Other Smart. Bolts are Available in 1”aor M 24 Wide Range 7/16” or M 10 1/2” or M 12 3/4” or M 20 of Options Diameter (Minimum) Diameter (Maximum) 2 ½” or M 64 Length (Minimum) 1 ¼” or 30 mm 2 ½” or M 64 1 ¼” or 30 mm 3” or 75 mm Smart. Bolts® Specifications and Limitations Indicator Accuracy +/- 10% of Design Tension Range 30 -90% of Modified Proof Strength Operating Temperature Range -4 F to 168 F (-20 C to 75 C) Contact us for other design specifications

Smart. Bolts Deliver VALUE IF you are certain you are getting your bolts properly tight at installation. . . and, with a quick, visual check, you can see if they are still properly tight… …and catch dangerous loose conditions before accidents occur… THEN, you enjoy the benefits of Smart. Bolts: Keeping production up and running. Saving time during inspections and maintenance. Helping prevent accidents.

Smart. Bolts are on the Job Worldwide Renewable Energy Wind Turbine Siemens Gamesa Industrial Automation Manufacturing Robotic Arc Welders Caterpillar Work Tools Injection Molding Cooper Standard Mining Mobile Stacking Conveyor Barrick Gold Oil & Gas Heavy Equipment Electrical Distribution Structural Pump Assembly for Hydraulic Fracturing FMC Technologies Excavator Drilling Equipment Bay Shore Systems Data Centers General Electric, Eaton NEXRAD Doppler Radar National Weather Service

Electrical Distribution / Busway / General Electric, Eaton, others Smart. Bolts Keep the Power Flowing Smart. Bolts keep critical electrical busway connections properly clamped and protect from potential power outages. Busway bridge joints must be properly clamped to ensure conductivity, reduce heat build-up and possibility of arc flash. Smart. Bolts provide continuous visual verification that proper clamp force is applied to the conducting bars. Visual, no-touch inspection of bridge joint security is possible, without shutting down the power. Continuous use in this application since 1997.

Industrial Automation / Robotic Arc Welders / Caterpillar Work Tools Keep Manufacturing Up and Running “We decided to retrofit our robots with Smart. Bolts – now the maintenance technician can look over during welding and visually check that the bolts are secure. It’s had a positive impact on improving our overall safety and manufacturing efficiency. ” Operator Caterpillar Work Tools Smart. Bolts are used on clamps that hold steel plates to be welded. The plates are inverted during the welding process, creating a safety risk. With the previous design, operators didn’t always adequately tighten all of the clamps, risking the part slipping free during the process. Customer designed new clamps featuring Smart. Bolts as a safety benefit. Operators now use the indicator as a visual audit check to ensure workpiece is secure before starting welding cycle.

Manufacturing / Injection Molding / Cooper Standard Automotive Improve Safety & Reliability “We experienced less downtime and with the added safety – it was an easy decision to replace all our mold clamping bolts with Smart. Bolts. And the appreciation our operators have expressed is priceless!” Yajie Wang, Advanced Process Engineer Cooper Standard Automotive Cooper Standard manufactures plastic parts for the automotive industry using 900 ton presses. Smart. Bolts secure the 15 ton dies to the platen. Improves reliability by keeping the die secure and properly aligned for optimum performance. Improves technician safety and reduces changeover time by eliminating cumbersome torque wrench checks. Provides a visual audit check that all key bolts are secure.

Structural / Slewing Bearings / Agrico Sales Reliable Installation & Maintenance “As Project Manager, I wanted to be completely confident that the installation crews were getting these critical bolts properly tightened during assembly and that they were staying tight. That’s exactly why Smart. Bolts are now our standard. ” Gary Handbury, West Coast Corporate Manager Agrico Sales designs and builds shiploader cranes. Three 12 -foot diameter slewing bearings connect the base structures of the crane to the swinging loading arms. Each slewing bearing uses 144 2 -inch diameter Smart. Bolts.

Structural / Slewing Bearings / Agrico Sales, Continued These photos show installation of Smart. Bolts into the main slewing bearings of a shiploader Agrico built for Bunge in 2016. The Smart. Bolts have a design tension of 225 klbf to ensure that the proper preload is achieved during installation. The indicator response enabled installers to set their pneumatic torque tool so that they apply the necessary torque level to properly preload each bolt.

Smart. Bolts are revolutionizing the way industry approaches bolting. Stress Indicators Incorporated 202 Perry Parkway, STE 7 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 USA Contact the Smart. Bolts team or your local distributor to get started with the future of bolting today. Smart. Bolts. com Learn more at Smart. Bolts. com Smart. Bolts® are designed and manufactured by Stress Indicators in the USA