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What is the action of a torque spanner?

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A torque spanner attempts to infer the tension forces applied to a bolt, by measuring the turning force applied to the nut.

This method suffers from uncertainties in the friction between the nut and the bolt, and again from the nut and the surface. It is necessarily an indirect measurement.

It is vital that all surfaces be very clean and smooth for this method to be reliable.

Compressible washers are a more reliable device, but less simple. Sometimes of a cone or a wave form.

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