Fastening, Torque & Joint Assembly worked example

Torque Angle Workload at 14% sequence, reset, and check allowance: a worked example

Push sequence, reset, and check allowance up to 14% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when scheduling torque-plus-angle assembly for gasketed, structural, chassis, battery, or powertrain joints.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Torque-angle joints to tighten: 240 joints (unchanged)
  • Accepted torque-angle joints per hour: 45 joints / hr (unchanged)
  • Sequence, reset, and check allowance: 14 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base torque-angle time = torque-angle joints รท accepted torque-angle joints per hour) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6.08 hr for required torque-angle hours, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5.33 hr for base torque-angle hours.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 14 % for sequence/reset allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 45 joints / hr for torque-angle joint rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where sequence, reset, and check allowance sits at 12% and the headline result is 5.97 hr, this scenario comes in 1.79% above the baseline at 6.08 hr.
  • It converts the number of torque-angle joints by the accepted joints-per-hour rate, then inflates that base time by a sequence, reset, and check allowance to give required workload hours. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Required torque-angle hours: 6.08 hr (headline result)
  • Base torque-angle hours: 5.33 hr
  • Sequence/reset allowance: 14 %
  • Torque-angle joint rate: 45 joints / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Torque Angle Workload calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.