CHUCK Bolting Data Processor
Operations Manual
CHUCK and all materials within copyright HEX TECHNOLOGY (2021)
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Each Bay contains…
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A “Status” field
. Reads “Ok” if CHUCK Brain is on, connected to the Server, and working
properly. Otherwise, it will read “Not Connected.”
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A Station
assigned to the bay. Click on the Station name to get a dropdown allowing you
to select any of the Stations configured on the Configuration page.
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Four Numbered Sections
, one for each of the ports. Here, you can define the stud
number that port relates to.
Click on the number to change it. You will generally number these 1-4.
For an eight-bolt flange, you simply assign two bays to the same station and number the bolts
1-4 on one bay and 5-8 on the second bay. Twelve and 16-bolt flanges can be set up in the
same way.
To the right, you will see the current bolt load measured on each port. Until you’ve completed
setup, the number will be invalid. But after everything is configured and connected, it will show
the current bolt load.
Calibrating, Connecting and Zeroing Your Bolts
This section describes how you’ll go about connecting your CHUCK Brain to the instrumented
bolts. The first step is connecting cable bundles to the Brain unit only.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not connect cables to bolts until after calibration is complete.