Manufacturing and engineering, and COVID-19.

Our current stance on the Coronavirus Situation Just a week ago our world looked very different. This week we’re in the midst of one of the biggest health crises the world has ever seen. We have been thinking long and hard about how we respond to this awful situation. One of the serious concerns right […]

£17M uni investment, blue economy, engineering marvels and EV/AVs

Engineering facilities expand at Lancaster University Business Desk are reporting that Lancaster University is going all-out to expand their engineering department. There’s a fantastic new three storey £17m building on the cards, packed with cutting-edge labs and a 3D lecture theatre specially designed to deliver newly-developed teaching concepts via complex virtual imaging. The new facility will […]

What is a Pin Clamp?

Used across automated manufacturing lines, pin clamps are precise tools for simultaneously positioning and securing components. Learn more about how these robust pneumatic clamps work and where they’re used.  A pin clamp, also referred to as a pneumatic pull-down clamp or an underbody clamp, is a clamping and centring device with a pin, ranging in […]

Scottish manufacturing jobs, nuclear fusion, remarkable batteries and Tesla’s Chinese ambitions

Diodes saves 300 jobs at Greenock’s ex-Texas Instruments facility As reported by the Herald Scotland, the massive US firm Diodes is planning to invest £47 million to upgrade the Greenock-based semiconductor manufacturing plant it bought from Texas Instruments in 2019. The plan is to transform it into a facility to develop sophisticated microchips, and they’re taking […]

What is a Power Clamp?

A Power Clamp is a heavy-duty, pneumatic, locking clamp originally designed for the automotive industry when they moved from Manual Clamping to Pneumatic Clamping to increase production outputs through automation. Power Clamps started to replace Manual Clamps and have developed from the mid 1980’s to the point where Power Clamps are now very robust, heavy-duty, […]

60 years of the Mini

OK, this is more of a reminisce rather than a case study but hopefully, you won’t mind indulging me a little. 2019 has been a momentous year for the Mini, celebrating their 50th year in production and producing their ten millionth car. At Sandfield Engineering it blows our minds to think that we were involved […]