SEALING BOLT AND METHOD OF INSTALLING A SEALING BOLT

A sealing bolt (2) for sealing a container lid (4) to a container body (6). The sealing bolt (2) comprises a seal head (8) adapted to be mounted to said container lid (4), a seal stud (10) adapted to be mounted to said container body (6) and a pin (14) connecting said seal head (8) to said seal stud...

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Hauptverfasser: LITTMANN, FRANCOIS, SIRONI, MARCO
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:A sealing bolt (2) for sealing a container lid (4) to a container body (6). The sealing bolt (2) comprises a seal head (8) adapted to be mounted to said container lid (4), a seal stud (10) adapted to be mounted to said container body (6) and a pin (14) connecting said seal head (8) to said seal stud (10). The sealing bolt (2) further comprises a conductor (30) arranged through a transverse passage (24) in said pin (14). The sealing bolt (2) further comprises a resilient member (36) arranged for biasing the pin (14) into a first position, in which the conductor (30) is compressed. The pin (14) is movable against the biasing by the resilient member (36) into a second position by application to the seal head (8) of a predetermined torque. The sealing bolt (2) further comprises a monitoring and detection unit (50), the monitoring and detection unit (50) including a transmitter (70) and a detector (76) coupled to respective ends (68, 74) of the conductor (30), and a processor (54), coupled to the transmitter (70) and the detector (76), the processor (54) being operable to determine that the pin (14) has been moved into the second position for the first time when it determines that a signal detected by the detector (76) has undergone a predetermined change. A method of installing a sealing bolt (2) is also disclosed.