Custom 16mm Pin Clamps for Volvo
At Sandfield Engineering we enjoy a challenge, it keeps us on our toes which keeps our customers happy and coming back for more. We have been supplying Comau with Toggle Clamps and Pneumatic Clamps for decades so it made absolute sense that when they were designing a new production line for a new model for […]
Solenoid Bolt Secondary Locking Toggle Clamp for Ford
The requirement was to effectively and efficiently error-proof the fixture so that the process could not be completed and the operator could not remove the assembled component without being assured that it had been put together correctly. They needed our Toggle Clamps to provide them feedback that they were closed and apply a Secondary Lock, […]
Quick Release Sleeper Retention
Manvers Engineering approached Sandfield because they required a quick-release clamp to hold sleepers in position on the inside of a tunnel lining. They had been using bolts that had protruded into the tunnel, the bolts were constantly being knocked as people walked through the tunnel, and Manvers were losing time in readjusting the bolts and […]
Secure retention for gas cylinders for South East Water
South East Water supplies top quality drinking water to 2.1 million customers in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire. Every day they supply 565 million litres of drinking water from their water treatment works along more than 14,000 kilometres of water mains to our customers’ taps. South East Waters’ supply area covers 5,657 square kilometres. […]
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 […]