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TORX PLUS ® Drive System

TORX PLUS ® Drive System

Product catalog summary
Overview
The TORX PLUS® Drive System is designed to outperform and outlast other drive systems by enhancing assembly line efficiency and reducing downtime. It offers increased drive system strength and reliability.

Features and Benefits
  • Improved Bit Life: Offers a 100% average improvement in drive bit fatigue life, reducing bit usage and assembly line downtime.
  • Geometric Configuration: The elliptically-based design provides a larger cross-sectional area for optimum torque transfer and increased reliability.
  • True 0° Drive Angle: Enhances drivability and reduces fatigue and muscular stress during manual assembly.
  • Straight Side Walls: Eliminates camout and end load, lowering scrap, rework, and in-place costs.

Standard Design Guidelines
  • Fastener Sizes: Ranges from M2 to M25, compatible with all head designs and available in double-ended studs.
  • Drive Sizes: From 1IP to 100IP, fitting both inch and metric sizes.
  • Variations: Includes external, TORX PLUS/hex, TORX PLUS/slotted, and tamper-resistant options.

Comparison with Other Systems
The TORX PLUS Drive System addresses common issues found in other systems, such as the high stress in hex drives and camout in Phillips-type recesses, ensuring optimum torque transfer.

AUTOSERT® Feature
This feature allows high rpm engagement with self-engaging action, enabling the driver bit to engage at 700 rpm, as proven in lab tests.

Customer Impact
Customers have reported significant improvements in drive bit life and productivity, with some reducing bit usage from 12-24 Phillips bits per day to just 4 TORX PLUS bits over four months, saving $15,000 in drive bits alone. The system also reduces assembly line shutdowns, scrap, rework, worker fatigue, and improves quality.

Contact Information
Acument Intellectual Properties, LLC, 6125 Eighteen Mile Road, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48314. Visit Acument.com or acumentnorthamerica.com for more information.
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Catalog excerpts

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TORX PLUS® Drive System outperforms and outlasts every other drive system available today The TORX PLUS® Drive System has proven t o keep assembly lines running smoother and more efficiently by offering increased drive system strength. Features - 100% average improvement in drive bit fatigue life - Elliptically-based geometric configuration provides larger cross-sectional area - True 0o drive angle improves drivability - Straight side walls eliminate camout and end load Standard Design Guidelines M2 thru M25 Fastener Head Design: Sizes: 1IP to 100IP Drive Variations: Sizes: Bits fit both inch and metric sizes Benefits - Significantly reduces bit usage and assembly line downtime from bit changes - Allows optimum torque transfer and increased reliability - Reduces fatigue and muscular stress during manual assembly - Lowers scrap, rework and inplace costs Can be used with all head designs Also available in double-ended studs External, TORX PLUS/hex, TORX PLUS/slotted, Tamper-Resistant ost fastener drive systems have problems which are inherent in their design. For the hex drive system, it’s a 60o angle which puts high stress on both the fastener and tool. Phillips-type recesses are prone to camout and require excessive end load to keep the drive bit engaged in the recess. The design of the TORX PLUS Drive eliminates these problems on the assembly line. In addition, TORX PLUS Drive is designed to ensure optimum torque transfer. Larger Cross-Section At Lobes Elliptically-based Geometry Broad Contact Service TORX PLUS® Drive System he TORX PLUS Drive System is also available with the AUTOSERT® feature for high rpm engagement. Compound angle guide ramps, used at each lobe, create a self-engaging action to allow the driver bit to be rotating at high rpm when it engages the recess. Under lab testing, 100% of recesses using the AUTOSERT feature were engaged with the TORX PLUS Drive bit spinning at 700 rpm. AUTOSERT® Feature Compound angle ramps guide driver bit into n the assembly line, the TORX PLUS Drive System has greatly surpassed our customer’s expectations. All have been significant improvements in drive bit life and productivity. One customer went from using 12 – 24 Phillips bits per day to using only 4 TORX PLUS bits in a 4 month period, saving them $15,000 in drive bits alone. The most significant savings came in not shutting down 6125 Eighteen Mile Road the assembly line 3 – 6 times each day to change drive bits. Sterling Heights, Michigan 48314 Companies across the globe have seen drive bit usage drop by over Acument.com 50%, reduced scrap and rework, reduced worker fatigue complaints acumentnorthamerica.com and improved quality. TORX PLUS and AUTOSERT are registered trademarks of Acument® Intellectual Properties, LLC.

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