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Following on from the previous success of Abbey’s product innovation webinar, we’re pleased to invite you to a brand new presentation. Site visits may be difficult right now, however the dynamic team at Abbey are here to ensure that you remain abreast with the latest developments and innovations in the tooling market.

In 2019, the innovators across the pond, Sturtevant Richmont released the TAC digital click wrench. Seamlessly combining the speed, agility and ease of use elements from their click wrenches with the accuracy, reporting capabilities and torque and angle functionality of their 1350 digital torque and angle wrenches.

The TAC Digital Wrench brings to market, better accuracy not only in assembly but also in the provision of analytical data. Once again Andrew Barraclough, Sales and Marketing Director at Abbey, will be joined by Mark Cain, the Technical Director, and the duo will be reviewing and demonstrating the wrench and its capabilities.

This is your chance to gain first-hand knowledge from our resident tooling specialists. Want to ask of the products capabilities? Gain an unbiased opinion on the best solutions for your tooling headaches? Then sign up today and experience what Abbey do best, bring you the best tooling solutions for your site needs.

To sign up, please complete the simple registration form below. As a bonus, every attendee will be enrolled into a prize draw to win a brand new iPad at the end of the series. The webinar will be held at 2.00pm BST on Tuesday 21^st July 2020, and will be available to view via registration only.

Please feel free to send any questions you may have about the Sturtevant Richmont range before the webinar to andrewbarraclough@abbeyis.co.uk and we will answer them all during the event.

Missed the first event? Watch it today!

The first of this summer’s series, this 30 minute event focussed on the Cleco CellCore range.

The tooling experts at Abbey Industrial Solutions, reviewed the durable, reliable and affordable DC Tooling range live on our YouTube Channel. You can still join the conversation by clicking this link or the image to view the webinar recording.

At Abbey Industrial Solutions, we strive to be your one-stop tooling specialist provider, and throughout this year we have continued to provide our usual high standards of sales and service provisions, following stringent social distancing contact rules. To find out more about our contact free service provision for your tooling assets, please click here.

We look forward to seeing you virtually at the event!

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Thanks to the invent of Industry 4.0, modern manufacturers face multiple questions when seeking to invest in tooling suites for their manufacturing requirements. But the answers need not be complicated. Modern tooling solutions are optimised for an array of individual tooling needs, with particular emphasis, upon speed and precision in manufacturing.

The power of torque tools

The eternal challenge for production managers has long remained the conundrum of ‘how exactly to ensure consistency and accuracy in production.’ This is further compounded by variances in operator’s individual strength and tendencies towards simple human errors. How often have you lost track of your actions in the face of monotony?

Power torque tools however, provide a level of consistent accuracy and speed in manufacturing perhaps never seen before, removing much of the onus on operators as instead, tooling suites ensure precision in production.

We know that we use torque in production to tighten bolts and screws for example. For a screw to be correctly tightened, a screwdriver must apply an exact amount of torque to the screw’s head. Under-application can lead to a screw falling loose from its assembly, whereas over-application can damage the screw, the assembly, or both. In both instances we are met with product rejection on the line or product failure in the hands of consumers.

Torque screwdrivers, be it electric or pneumatic, are tools which help to deliver precise amounts of torque to the heads of screws. And an investment in torque screwdrivers can help to prevent the earlier discussed human errors in production as we eliminate possibilities of applying incorrect amounts of force, and therefore damaging products.

The Electronic torque screwdrivers and pneumatic torque screwdrivers from Mountz both control torque using different means thought they can achieve similarly accurate results. Pneumatic screwdrivers rely on an internal clutch mechanism to stop applying force at the right time, whilst electronic screwdrivers typically reduce the current to stop or slow torque. This gives electronic torque screwdrivers additional functionality, such as soft stops, which protect sensitive products.

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Accuracy of Industry 4.0

When we refer back to our earlier questions of investment, products such as the MDC V2 Controller from Mountz, operates with the MD series of electric screwdrivers and becomes a single tool controller that offers programmable speed, angle auto reverse and soft start options.

Available with 15 pre-sets and adjustable parameters, the MDC Controller can manage and mitigate related errors with torque, speed and angle in production.

An increased dialogue between machinery provides both operators and managers a peace of mind in accuracy with accompanying potential for reduction in production waste as error proofing is actively addressed with modern tooling investments.

Your one-stop tooling solution provider

At Abbey Industrial Solutions, we strive to be your one-stop tooling specialist provider, and throughout this year we have continued to provide our usual high standards of sales and service provisions, following stringent social distancing guidelines. To find out more about our contact free service provision for your tooling assets, please click here.

Abbey Industrial Solutions are here to help you to meet all your tooling needs, whether you require an upgrade to your assets or service work to your existing suite of tools. Contact the team today to learn more about our services, Mountz products or even for a personalised consultation to meet your business tooling and engineering needs.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

Ingersoll Rand are a prominent presence in the tooling industry, providing a wide variety of innovation led solutions in a multitude of disciplines. Ingersoll Rand tools have been carefully developed to help increase and ease industrial productivity and efficiency.

A fantastic example of recent innovation includes their new range of Turbine Grinders. Developed for use across shipyards, foundries, forges and more, Ingersoll Rand’s new family of Turbine Grinders seek to improve and ease user needs. The new Grinder’s power and extreme durability allow users to complete an increased workload in a fraction of the time previously taken. Further to this, the oil change and disc replacement being a snap, allows users to depend on the VT26 and VT45 Turbine Grinders to be ready when they are.

Product Benefits – VT26

• Minimised work fatigue – Anti-vibration side handle and low sound emission take fewer tolls on the users’ body
• Great ergonomics, comfortable handling – Specially shaped handle has been paired with the flexibility of the 180° pivotable, VT26 main grip

Product Benefits – VT45

• Built in autobalancer – This feature ensures that discs are abraded evenly, and their longevity is extended to the fullest
• Ease of use – Integrated spindle-lock makes the change of abrasive discs a job of seconds

Ingersoll Rand Grinders are a lightweight, low maintenance cost option which provide higher productivity whilst also offering lower air consumption.

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Abbey Industrial Solutions operate nationwide, and are able to provide complete end to end tooling management solutions from the completion of site assessments, to the implementation of tooling suites best suited to individual sites. The team are on hand not only to provide product knowledge but also service and maintain customer tooling assets for their lifespan.

The experienced team of engineers at Abbey are well equipped to repair tools to original manufacturer standards, whilst offering 3 month warranty on all standard tooling repairs. As an independent tooling solutions provider, we work closely with a range of leading tooling suppliers such as Ingersoll Rand, to offer optimised solutions, suited to individual needs.

At Abbey Industrial Solutions, we strive to be your one-stop tooling specialist provider, and throughout this year we have continued to provide our usual high standards of sales and service provisions, following stringent social distancing contact rules. To find out more about our contact free service provision for your tooling assets, please click here.

To learn more about Abbey, and our sales and service offer, contact the team today.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

This event has now been held. Please follow this link to view the webinar.

If we can’t come to you, is it time for you to visit Abbey?

This summer, the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions are launching a brand new, free to view webinar series. Working in conjunction with our exclusive suppliers, this series will be showcasing the latest in technological tooling advancements. Even if we can’t visit you, you can remain up to date on the latest innovations in the market.

Abbey maintain exclusive trading partnerships with an array of world-leading tooling specialists, such as Cleco, Sturtevant Richmont, Mountz, Ingersoll Rand and more. In this series we will be partnering with our suppliers to bring you in-depth product knowledge, training guides and an opportunity to interact with panels of product specialists, all from the comfort of your computer.

In this first webinar session we will focus on the new Cleco CellCore range, promised to be the most versatile, easy-to-use cordless tool in the industry. This superior range is easy to use, and extremely durable.

To sign up, please complete the simple registration form below. As a bonus, every attendee will be enrolled into a prize draw to win a brand new iPad at the end of the series. The first webinar will be held at 2.00pm BST on Thursday 4^th June 2020, and will be available to view via registration only.

Please feel free to send any questions you may have about the Cleco CellCore range before the webinar to andrewbarraclough@abbeyis.co.uk and we will answer them all with our panel of experts during the event.

At Abbey Industrial Solutions, we strive to be your one-stop tooling specialist provider, and throughout this year we have continued to provide our usual high standards of sales and service provisions, following stringent social distancing contact rules. To find out more about our contact free service provision for your tooling assets, please click here.

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

COVID-19 may be bringing with it some extraordinary challenges for this country, but here at Abbey, we are meeting every single one with tenacity and resilience. We have listened to our customers, and we are extending our contact free tool collection and delivery services.

Working with DPD, Abbey are offering a Box Drop service to all of our customers. Even if we can’t visit you, your tool can still come and see us for any maintenance and service work. This contact free service allows DPD drivers to collect and deliver tools on behalf of Abbey whilst we execute essential maintenance on client tooling assets. It is our aim, that that through this service, we can help businesses to maintain optimal functionality in these unprecedented times. Please click here to download more information on the process, and here to download a booking in sheet.

In these extraordinary circumstances, the service team at Abbey are doing all that we can to ensure that businesses who rely on our services can continue doing so in these times of uncertainty. We are practicing stringent social distancing protocol whilst increasing standards of cleanliness across our service centres. Whilst we continue to be challenged by this virus, the Abbey service team will endeavour to do everything in its power to mitigate and eliminate customer tooling headaches.

Now more than ever we find ourselves relying on collaboration and solidarity in commerce and if there is anything the team can possibly help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us today. Whether the enquiry is for a new or replacement tool, or repair and maintenance needs, the team is here to help you as best we possibly can.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

We are living in deeply unpredictable times in not just the UK, but across the globe. The COVID-19 virus has become a pandemic affecting not just our daily lives, but also our livelihoods. In these trying times, the team at Abbey are fighting to do everything in our power to help our clients remain at optimal functionality for as long as we possibly can.

Following on from the Prime Minister’s advice, and the general uncertainty posed by COVID-19, the service team at Abbey Industrial Solutions is working around the clock to help mitigate and in fact eliminate client tooling headaches.

With further enhanced measures, the team are stringently adhering to government legislation regarding social distancing, in fact, we are going beyond standard precautionary measures to ensure the optimum safety of both staff and customers on various Abbey sites. This is going a long way towards ensuring that we are able to continue serving you, to the best of our ability.

In these difficult times, we are responding to your needs by increasing our service offering, whether you require non-contact collection and delivery, or would like a member of the sales team to advise you on issues faced on site whilst collecting tools, we have the men and women for the job.

Our contact free collection and delivery service, Abbey Box Drop, allows DPD drivers to collect and deliver tools on behalf of Abbey, whilst we continue to execute essential maintenance on your tooling assets. Please click here to download more information on the process, and here to download a booking in sheet. There are no hidden fees or sign up costs to this service, it is in place to help you remain at peak operational capacity amidst the current economic and social challenges.

These are unprecedented times, and now more than ever we find ourselves relying on teamwork to help support and bolster our economy and businesses. If Abbey can find industrial solutions to help, support and maximise your business to its best potential in these testing times, please do not hesitate to reach out to the dedicated Abbey team today to help make this happen.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

In light of recent developments at the hands of Covid-19 in the UK, at Abbey Industrial, the health, safety and wellbeing of both our customers and staff is of paramount importance to ourselves and our operations.

In response to government advice this week, Abbey are sanctioning various stringent measures to ensure the upmost safety of our staff whilst mitigating any disruptions to operations. Working beyond the outlined parameters of government advice, we have exercised careful due diligence across our operations from both a sales and service perspective, within all Abbey sites.

Business Continuity

It is safe to say that the spread of Covid-19 has been both extraordinary and unprecedented, and at Abbey, we are acting with due sincerity and severity to do everything we can on our part to help stem the spread of Covid-19. Thankfully our business remains untouched, and we will be taking every active measure to ensure this remains the case.

Our business is currently fully operational with those who can work from home, doing so, and our service team is accommodating shift patterns in line with social distancing and enhanced hygiene regulations. Whilst the delivery team is also acting with due diligence, and remaining completely operational. The teams remain fully reachable via all traditional channels of phone and email and if needed, teleconferencing measures.

Covid-19 is a global health crisis with far reaching implications, and in this time of growing uncertainty we are continuing our stance to plan, prepare and respond accordingly to both government advice and customer requirements. At Abbey, our pre-planned and robust operations strategies are coming into effect to help minimise disruptions to our sales and service processes as best as possible.

MD’s closing thoughts

In these testing times and exceptional circumstances, myself and my outstanding team at Abbey, would like to extend our collective thoughts and wishes to all those who have been sadly affected by the virus. With people at the heart of all that we are, and all that we do here at Abbey, I will personally be ensuring that we continue to serve our customers and the wider community to the best of our collective capacity and ability.

Josh Stead.

As an independent tooling solutions provider, Abbey are proudly positioned to offer impartial advice based on each client’s individual needs. Whether you require full on-site assessments alongside detailed advice on the latest in tooling solutions, seek knowledge on DC tools which are in line with Industry 4.0 standards, or would like to emplace a comprehensive service plan; Abbey has every solution to your tooling headache.

A history of tenacity and resolutions

In over 35 years of trading, there are tooling troubles few and far between that the experienced team at Abbey haven’t witnessed and responded to with tenacity and resolution. Evolutions in the tooling market have always required the Abbey sales and service teams to be agile and responsive with constructive knowledge and solutions to market needs, this has been consistently possible thanks to our close working relationships with leading tooling manufacturers.

Supporting distribution of major brands such as Cleco and Sturtevant Richmont, Abbey work with a plethora of tooling providers to offer our clients a complete and comprehensive package of tooling solutions and service options.

Responding to an evolving landscape

Industry 4.0 brings with it a promise of a smarter, more connected future which is highly productive and efficient. A white paper report by European Tool and Mould Making Magazine titled Tooling Industry 4.0 explains how “toolmakers around the world constantly seek to make improvements in order to deliver a high level of quality in a short period of time and at competitive prices.”

Very specifically for the tooling market, the paper goes on to elaborate that “the primary objective of industrialisation in toolmaking is to reduce idle and lead times by limiting the number of variations in tool components and processes.”

These improvements are what Abbey help to bring to the array of manufacturing clients we work with. Smarter ways of working help to increase efficiencies and reduce human errors with the accuracy of computer data in DC tooling solutions.

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Consistently viable solutions

The experienced team at Abbey are able to conduct detailed on site assessments as part of an asset management exercise. Creating an audit of all your tools including their service history and any repairs carried out alongside compliance testing, this helps to create a thorough inventory with full visibility of all your tooling assets and aids planning of maintenance and renewal without impacting productivity.

These assessments can help clients to adhere to all current health and safety legislation regarding tools, their usage and maintenance. Particularly with our HAVS testing facilities. Our manufacture trained engineers are equipped to service tools to original manufacture standards and all service and repairs including HAVS testing and calibration work take place in our ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental) certified workshop.

However, if your tools have reached the end of their lifespan and you are considering further investment in your tooling assets, then the knowledgeable team are on hand to guide you through the best tool available on the market to meet your individual needs in line with tool usage and budgets.

To learn more about Abbey Industrial Solutions and how our team can help you to reach your manufacturing potential whilst minimising your tooling headaches speak to the specialist team today.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

In our long history at Abbey Industrial Solutions, we have strived to remain at the forefront of innovation in tooling solutions, offering comprehensive sales and service packages, we are proud to take our robust supplier relationships further with our latest announcement.

As of March 2020, we are now the master UK distributor for all Cleco products. Meaning all Cleco sales in the UK will now happen exclusively via Abbey Industrial Solutions.

This exclusive relationship further strengthens Abbey’s DC tooling proposition in the market, as we bring our customers an extensive range of products which strive to make production lines more accurate, connected, productive and most importantly; safe.

Working with Cleco, we at Abbey are able to assess your individual production needs and create a tailored package of integrated solutions, which are fully optimised to help strengthen manufacturing processes. Cleco solutions are attentive towards increasing productivity whilst enhancing the users’ experience with simplicity of set-up and ease of use whilst also maintaining focus on comfort and safety.

With Cleco’s range of corded and cordless tool solutions, your assembly lines can operate at top level output. As a global leader with over 120 years’ experience in delivering a wide range of applications in the automotive, aerospace, white goods and heavy machinery manufacturing industries, Cleco and Abbey are well equipped to conjointly manage all your tooling headaches.

Mark Momola, Vice President of Marketing at Cleco Production Tools states Cleco are “dedicated to providing smart solutions that resolve our customers’ challenges. Our goal is to have the best production tools for every application, for every customer.”

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Adding to this, Andrew, Sales and Marketing Director at Abbey Industrial Solutions asserted his satisfaction in this partnership. “Abbey’s long standing relationship with Cleco has been further strengthened by our master distributor status. Enhancing our DC tooling offer, the team at Abbey are well placed to offer compelling advice on a wide range of DC solutions which are fully optimised for smart factories of the future. Abbey’s engineers are also extensively manufacture trained to conduct original manufacture standard repairs. When we pair this with our thorough tooling offer, Abbey is best placed to offer a complete end-to-end package from consultation through to implementation and finally maintenance of your tooling assets.”

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

Abbey Industrial Solutions is committed to delivering premium tooling solutions with optimum efficiency to our clients across Britain, and as part of our expansive network of operations, we are pleased to announce that as of 1^st March 2020, Protec Tooling has merged into Abbey Industrial Solutions.

Over the course of our recent history; Abbey and Protec have naturally found an increasing alignment in shared endeavours, and under strategic appraisal, it has been decided to unite the two companies and operations. With over 35 years’ experience in the Industry, Abbey draws upon a wealth of exclusive trading relationships and internal resources to offer a leading range of tooling solutions, designed to help our clients get the most out of their industrial tooling, be that in specification, supply, service or management. Abbey Industrial Solutions are a premium tooling maintenance service repair provider, and our technicians are trained to deliver tooling repairs to manufacturers’ original standards.

As a combined larger organisation, customers of Protec and Abbey benefit from access to increased resources and exclusive supplier relationships alongside dependable technical knowledge and tooling service support.

Abreast with the latest in technological advances in the tooling industry alongside health and safety regulation, the team at Abbey provide a proactive and comprehensive set of solutions to all your tooling needs. Abbey can provide a complete site assessment including asset registry to help evaluate tooling requirements in alignment with the latest legislative standards. A well-managed inventory will provide complete visibility of your assets and enables you to plan ahead for maintenance and renewal without impacting on productivity.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240

Once upon a time, when we were merely in the flirtatious throes of recognising the upcoming shift in manufacturing processes; Forbes recognised Industry 4.0 as ‘the fourth revolution in manufacturing, taking what was started in the third revolution with the adoption of computers and automation, and enhancing it with smart and autonomous systems fuelled by data and machine learning.’

As the world moves towards a smarter, more unified standard of operations, Industry 4.0 offers companies the ability to create a far more connected manufacturing environment with real time data analysis. In the article, Forbes went on to elaborate that ‘computers are connected and communicate with one another to ultimately make decisions without human involvement,’ and as machines keep gaining intelligence, factories will ultimately become more efficient and productive and less wasteful.

In line with Industry 4.0; modern DC Tooling solutions offer an improved sense of precision and accuracy which are critical for detailed operations. As a strategic UK distributor for DC tooling specialists such as Cleco, Mountz and Sturtevant Richmont; Abbey Industrial Solutions are able to offer DC tooling solutions and advice to suit every client’s individual needs and address any tooling headaches.

At Abbey, we offer precision calibration services alongside full diagnostics and repairs on any faults incurred on a client’s tooling asset. However, if an upgrade to Industry 4.0 level DC tooling is what you are after, then Abbey can not only advise on the most suitable tooling option but also help to provide initial set ups and tool usage training.

Click here to read our latest Industry Insight around Industry 4 and the automotive industry 

At Abbey we can organise the end to end management and implementation of smart tooling solutions, beginning with full on site assessments to review needs, leading onto overseeing full site integration and finally executing a long term service plan which helps to maintain optimal accuracy and usability of your DC tooling assets.

Contact the team at Abbey Industrial Solutions today to learn how we can help you maximise your manufacturing productivity: discover@abbeyis.co.uk |  01924 224240