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, […]
What is a Toggle Clamp?

Sandfield Engineering are one of the UK’s leading Toggle Clamp suppliers, so who better to answer the question – What is s Toggle Clamp? A Toggle Clamp is a tool that you use to securely locate components or parts in position, typically, but not exclusively, as part of a production process. The primary features of […]
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 […]
Proximity Sensors
To ensure quality or operator safety it is may be necessary to know that the clamps in your process is definitely closed. You may have gone to the expense and hassle of using a pneumatic clamp for that reason, we have come across instances where customers have gone to the trouble of fitting a proximity […]
Retractable Locators

Anybody involved in the manufacture of tooling will know how challenging it can be to make a retractable location unit when time, budget and space are at a premium! Making an accurate retractable location unit can be a costly and time-consuming task and the end result can be a chunky two-piece unit. Sandfield have developed […]