Say goodbye to manual inspections
Your bolts are affected by heat, vibrations and mechanical loads every day.
Strainlabs smart bolts measure themselves 144 times per day with real-time monitoring and early warnings months before failure.
Find out if Strainlabs fits your operation
144 inspections per day
Every 10 minutes. Automatic. 24/7.
Monitor from anywhere
Real-time alerts, trends and full history. All in one dashboard.
Months before failure
Early warning, not late discovery. Plan the stop – don't react to it.
From bolt to insight – in three steps
Everything you need to go from silent bolts to real-time data. One integrated system, designed to work out of the box.
Start with one critical joint. Scale to your entire operation.
A bolt that tells you how it's doing
144 inspections per day
every 10 minutes, around the clock, without manual effort.
Patented LED sensor technology
built into the bolt itself, protected from the environment.
Industrial grade
designed for extreme conditions including vibrations, temperature swings and heavy mechanical loads.
Wide range of sizes
available from M10 upward, covering the most critical industrial applications.
Drop-in replacement
same dimensions as standard bolts. No redesign of your equipment needed.
From bolt to cloud – automatically
Pre-configured and ready to connect
A complete system – from sensor to dashboard.
Wireless data collection
picks up measurements from all bolts within range automatically.
Unlimited bolts per router
connect as many bolts as your application requires.
Built for industrial environments
robust hardware designed for demanding conditions.
See everything. Act before it's too late.
Real-time monitoring
see the current status of every connected bolt, wherever you are.
Monitor without being on site
See every bolt from your desk
Custom alerts
set thresholds per bolt or per joint. Get notified the moment something deviates.
Trends and history
track how every joint performs over weeks, months and years. Spot patterns before they become problems.
Exportable reports
share data with your team, management, suppliers or auditors. PDF, dashboard view or raw data.
Control you've never had before
Early warnings
instead of emergency response. Detect a joint losing preload weeks or months before it leads to failure. Plan the stop – don't react to it.
Maintenance based on facts
Replace calendar-based routines and manual spot checks with decisions driven by real data and long-term trends.
Fewer people in hazardous locations
Your teams stop climbing, crawling and risking their safety to check joints that now measure themselves.
Full history and traceability
A complete picture of how every joint performs over time. Data you can share with suppliers, auditors and decision-makers.
Scales with your needs
Monitor a single critical joint or thousands of bolts across multiple sites. Same system, same dashboard.
Same solution – built for your reality
You’re responsible for operations and maintenance? Get early warnings, reduce time in hazardous locations and plan maintenance based on facts instead of assumptions. → See how Boliden uses Strainlabs
You’re evaluating technical solutions? Review specifications, integration options and test results from extreme environments. → See technical documentation
You’re making the investment decision? See concrete ROI, risk calculations and what unplanned downtime actually costs your business. → See the business case
Business related consequences of bolt failure
If a problem occurs with a bolt and it fails, it does not only affect the bolt, but also the application which components it joins as well as the value chain which the application is a part of. Therefore, it is of high financial and operational value to any OEM and End-User organization to be notified about an upcoming failure and being able to prevent it from ever occurring.
Common business-related consequences of bolt failure
Production and operations disruption
Such as down time, delivery delays and increased costs.
Financial losses
Such as revenue loss due to lost production, repair and replacement costs and machinery or parts thereof, fines for non-compliance with agreements.
Reputation damage
Such as loss of credibility.
Safety risks
Such as danger to employees and equipment users as well as environmental impact.
Legal issues
Such as disruption of contractual obligations and regulatory compliance.
Loss of competitive advantage
Such as competing with subpar products that fail.
Smart bolt use cases
We provide preload sensing bolts where maintenance, safety or analysis is crucial.
Smart re-tightening
An application where retightening is a recurring activity to avoid operational disturbances or when bolts must be reassembled after service in the field where no accurate tools are available.
Critical integrity
An application risk of lossing functionality (subsequently value) or suffering failure, momentarily or permantently due to incorrect preload in the bolted connections which keep it together.
Regulatory inspection
An applications that due to regulation must have its' bolts inspected to be approved for further operation. Inspections require specialists and cause downtime which is expensive.
Sustainable maintenance
Maintenance require parts, chemicals, transport, downtime, specialist staff, of which the need can be reduced if bolted joints can be remotely monitored and asssessed.
Zero accident assurance
An application where failure or disruption is of high risk and/or consequence and must be avoided to the greatest of extent.
Analysis & insight
An application where the knowledge of preload characteristics create technical or commercial value for itself or the process of which it is a part of.
Value for OEM
Considerations for OEMs looking to sell data
Sustainable revenue generation
Selling data, such as raw data or analytical models, can be a new revenue stream beyond just selling physical products.
Customer engagements
Data can provide insights into how customers are using their applications. OEMs can use this to create additional offerings.
Market insights
Aggregated data from multiple applications can be used to identify trends and market opportunities.
Operational values for an OEM
Product improvements
The analysis of bolt data can identify application issues, predict maintenance needs, and be used to develop better applications.
Competitive advantage
Data can be used to identify future need and sellable features.
Innovation
Improvements of products, processes and quality.
Value for End-User
The operational value of bolt monitoring is high for an End-User because it minimizes disruptions in business operational processes. Operations is the continuously improving process of producing goods or services which delivers value to the customer and revenue to the End-User in a sustainable way.
Efficiency
Can be increased when manual inspection of bolted applications is automated. Time is saved and documentation is automatically processed.
Safety
Failed bolts is one of the most common root causes for breakdown, which often leads to dangerous or environmentally hazardous scenarios.
Sustainability
Every performed task leaves an environmental footprint. Automatic bolt inspection reduces the number of tasks performed and increase positive public perception.
Cost reduction
Automated inspections cut unnecessary expenses for tools, labor, down-time and value for lost production.
Employee
Up-to-date, aware and well-trained employees are motivated, productive and con- tribute to operational success.
Data utilization
Bolt monitoring can enable data-driven decision making, predictive maintenance and process optimization.
When and where is it relevant to implement Strainlabs System?
Due to the wide use of bolted joints across industries, Strainlabs can provide valuable & actionable data to virtually any business, process or asset.
Ready to transform how you integrate bolt preload data in your maintenance strategy?
Contact us today to learn more about our solution and how it could make your industry more safe, cost efficient and reliable.