Precision Location Positioning for Volvo

Volvo, in the body assembly area, required that the car body would be clamped to a pallet through 6 locations holes as it passed down the production line. The holes were only 16mm in diameter and the profile of the body panels were such that a standard pull-down clamp would not fit.

Using the panel profile as a guide the unit was designed around the available area and a particular tool steel that could be hardened to 63 Rockwell was selected to provide the required toughness and durability of the application. The unit was designed to operate with dry lubrication and clearance slots so that the units could be blown clean in situ. A through rod cylinder was fitted so that the clamp could be disengaged from below without air and each unit colour coded to designate each different position.

From the initial approach, Sandfield designed and provided drawings for the unit in 2 weeks, built a prototype in 4 weeks and production clamps within 6 weeks.

If you are interested to find out how Sandfield could be helping to meet your specially engineered clamping challenges, then please contact us today.

Our simple guarantee is that if you allow Sandfield Engineering to specify, design, manufacture and implement the right clamp for your application we will replace every clamp that fails free of charge, so there is zero risk to you.