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Cordless Electric Screwdriver Product

Overview

A cordless electric screwdriver is a small low-torque driver for repetitive fastening — assembling flat-pack furniture, fitting cabinet hardware, electronics work — where a full drill/driver is heavier than the job needs. It runs slowly and stops at a set torque so screws seat consistently without stripping the head or splitting the material. The handle usually pivots between an inline pen grip for access and a pistol grip for more push, and the cell charges in place from a USB port rather than on a separate dock.

The tool is built around the DC Motor, a small permanent-magnet DC motor running off the integrated Battery Cell Pack. Pressing the trigger feeds the Control Board board, which drives the motor through an H-bridge and reads the Forward/Reverse Switch to set direction. Power reaches the work through the Planetary Gearbox and the Torque Clutch, then out to the Bit Holder, which takes standard 1/4 in hex bits and holds them magnetically.

How it works

The motor spins fast but weakly, so the Planetary Gearbox trades that speed for torque. Two planetary stages, each a sun gear driving three planets inside a fixed ring, step the output down through their Planet Carrier plates to a slow, strong Output Spindle. Without reduction the motor could not seat a screw; with it, the small tool drives confidently.

Torque is limited by the Torque Clutch. The drive passes through spring-loaded Detent Ball Set held in pockets by a Coil Spring preloaded through the Clutch Collar. While resistance is low the balls stay seated and torque passes straight through; once the screw seats and torque climbs past the dialled limit, the balls ride up out of their pockets, the clutch ratchets, and driving stops — so every screw is set to the same depth. The Control Board also manages charging from the Charge Port and protects the cell through the pack's protection board. A drive-end Work Light lights the fastener, and the Housing & Grip carries the ratcheting pivot that swings the Soft Grip between inline and pistol positions.

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Bill of materials

9 top-level lines · 39 rows shown · 56 parts total · indented to 3 levels
# Item / sub-assembly Part no. Qty/assy Ext. qty Parts Type
1 DC Motor 5 parts escrew-motor 1 27 assembly
1.1 Stator Assembly 3 parts stator-assembly 1 3 assembly
1.1.1 Stator Core (laminations) stator-core 1 part
1.1.2 Copper Winding copper-winding 1 part
1.1.3 Slot Insulation stator-insulation 1 part
1.2 Rotor Assembly 4 parts rotor-assembly 1 19 assembly
1.2.1 Rotor Shaft rotor-shaft 1 part
1.2.2 Rotor Core rotor-core 1 part
1.2.3 Neodymium Magnet neodymium-magnet 16× 16 part
1.2.4 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 1 part
1.3 Copper Winding copper-winding 2 part
1.4 Motor Housing motor-housing 1 part
1.5 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
2 Planetary Gearbox 5 parts escrew-gearbox 1 8 assembly
2.1 Gearbox Housing gearbox-housing 1 part
2.2 Helical Gear Pair gear-pair 2 part
2.3 Planet Carrier escrew-carrier 2 part
2.4 Output Spindle escrew-output-spindle 1 part
2.5 Ball Bearing ball-bearing 2 part
3 Torque Clutch 3 parts escrew-clutch 1 3 assembly
3.1 Clutch Collar escrew-clutch-collar 1 part
3.2 Detent Ball Set escrew-clutch-balls 1 part
3.3 Coil Spring coil-spring 1 part
4 Bit Holder escrew-bit-holder 1 part
5 Control Board 5 parts escrew-control 1 10 assembly
5.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
5.2 Microcontroller mcu 1 part
5.3 Forward/Reverse Switch escrew-fwd-rev-switch 1 part
5.4 Power MOSFET mosfet 4 part
5.5 Connector connector 3 part
6 Battery Cell Pack 2 parts escrew-battery 1 2 assembly
6.1 Li-ion Cell, 18650 li-cell-18650 1 part
6.2 BMS Board bms-board 1 part
7 Charge Port escrew-charge-port 1 part
8 Housing & Grip 3 parts escrew-housing 1 3 assembly
8.1 Housing Shell escrew-shell 1 part
8.2 Soft Grip escrew-grip 1 part
8.3 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part
9 Work Light escrew-led 1 part

Sourcing — likely vendors

Companies that make this · indicative price $30–$800 · MOQ & lead are typical
VendorHQSpecialtyMOQLead time
stanleyblackanddecker.com ↗ New Britain, US Tools (DeWalt, Craftsman) 500 units 6–12 wks
bosch-professional.com ↗ Leinfelden, DE Power tools 500 units 6–12 wks
🇨🇳Techtronic
ttigroup.com ↗
Hong Kong, CN Tools (Milwaukee, Ryobi) 500 units 6–12 wks
🇯🇵Makita
makita.com ↗
Anjo, JP Power tools 500 units 6–12 wks
🇨🇭Hilti
hilti.com ↗
Schaan, CH Construction tools 500 units 6–12 wks

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