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From smart bolts to infrastructure safety: TOKBO featured in La Repubblica

Date
28 August 2025
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e-Novia Team
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Innovation also means rethinking the simplest things.


A bolt, for example.

With TOKBO, born within an innovation journey promoted by e-Novia, this basic component becomes an advanced technology for safer infrastructures. No surprise that it was featured in La Repubblica’s Innovation Focus.

By combining IoT and Artificial Intelligence, smart bolts turn into “sentinels” capable of monitoring structures in real time, anticipating critical issues and extending the life cycle of major works.

Bolts as real-time monitors


Each TOKBO bolt integrates sensors to measure:

  • tightening torque,
  • vibrations,
  • tilt,
  • temperature.

This enables a shift from reactive to predictive maintenance, with clear benefits: risk reduction, cost optimization, and greater structural reliability.

Applications for major infrastructures


TOKBO is designed for environments where safety is paramount:

  • bridges and viaducts,
  • airports,
  • ships,
  • industrial facilities.

In these contexts, smart bolts provide a critical layer of monitoring to prevent failures and ensure operational continuity.

Smart buildings and resilient cities


The potential goes beyond infrastructures. The same technology can also be applied to smart buildings.
Through IoT monitoring systems for buildings, TOKBO can help track structural conditions in public facilities, office complexes, and residential housing, enhancing safety, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

In increasingly connected cities, smart bolts become key enablers of urban resilience.

Milan Cortina 2026 and beyond


TOKBO is already part of the preparations for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, supporting the resilience of infrastructures that will host the event.

A concrete example of how deep tech, when combined with engineering and industrial vision, can generate tangible value for society.

👉 Read the full story in the TOKBO case study
👉 Learn more about how the e-Novia Venture Studio transforms deep tech into real-world solutions: e-Novia Venture Studio

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