For normal consumers, it is absolutely a useless and stupid feature.
For safety-critical assembly line and maintenance applications, having the torque wrench networked enables a high degree of auditability. A highly pertinent current example would be the 737 MAX9 fuselage plug issues - if this device were incorporated into production and maintenance processes, it could enable manufacturing and maintenance audits down to the precise torque value used for each fastener, which likely could have prevented the issue entirely. Or… considering the timing, maybe they were being used, and the wrenches were compromised.
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For normal consumers, it is absolutely a useless and stupid feature.
For safety-critical assembly line and maintenance applications, having the torque wrench networked enables a high degree of auditability. A highly pertinent current example would be the 737 MAX9 fuselage plug issues - if this device were incorporated into production and maintenance processes, it could enable manufacturing and maintenance audits down to the precise torque value used for each fastener, which likely could have prevented the issue entirely. Or… considering the timing, maybe they were being used, and the wrenches were compromised.