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that is how most so called stretch bolts work, a high torque setting is unreliable due to thread stickage friction under the bolt head washers etc, so tighten to a predetermined start point 'the click point' and then turn the bolt a set amount of degrees ensures every bolt is at the same 'stretch'
We have literally hundreds of these units on our assembly lines, in busy areas there are frames with a dozen or more mounted on them. Once programmed, they do a slow start to engage the thread, then into fast to run the fastener in followed by tightening to a set torque and finally moving it a set angle. The whole process is monitored via feedback so if the bolt sticks part way in or fails to achieve set torque/angle it flags a fault via it's ethernet connection and stops the track until the problem is rectified. Some of them are WiFi linked to battery powered tools to allow access to areas where a cabled tool would struggle. One of the most popular messages we see on the SCADA screen is "DC tooling incomplete stn..."