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Snap-on’s Talking Toolbox on Display at NBAA 2011

Snap-on Industrial showed a big blue one at NBAA's 64th Annual Meeting and Convention in Las Vegas.

By Harry Weisberger • Contributor

October 11, 2011

Most of us involved in flight operations are familiar with the multi-drawer toolboxes on rollers common to most hangars and repair shops. But a talking tool box? Snap-on Industrial showed a big blue one at NBAA's 64th Annual Meeting and Convention in Las Vegas.

On the market since February, the Level5 ATC (for automatic tool control) system looks like any old Snap-on rolling toolbox–except for the stainless steel top and internal electronics, which contain an optical scanning system that recognizes every tool in every drawer, knows when each one is out of the box, who took it out and even whether it’s been put back in the right place. If it hasn’t, a professional feminine-sounding voice lets you know.

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