Clansman Dynamics provides supremely robust high-technology solutions for handling in forges, foundries, steelworks and garbage handling for energy conversion. Superior reliability and maximum simplicity means more uptime, lower maintenance costs, and smoother production.

The Clansman manipulator is designed to automate the process of handling, cutting and grinding.

Clansman Reliability

Every piece of the machine from the main control card (where there are no relays) to the main vertical boom (where a steel casting is used to avoid fatigue cracks in welds) to the rotating hydraulic joint in the wrist (which allows all hoses to be kept inside the wrist structure) has been analysed and reanalysed so that we obtain a long life. Long life means 10 years on 3 shifts a day with a cycle every 6 seconds - that is a ferocious duty, requiring very precisely calculated stress levels.

Manipulators are complex structures with 6 axes of movement. The calculation of forces and moments without a full and proven computer programme involves making too many dangerous assumptions which have led to failures with competitors' manipulators. Clansman Dynamics have developed such a computer programme and verified the results with scale models and strain gauge testing of prototypes. Good mechanical design based on full knowledge and the correct design criteria is the key to success.

Clansman takes further steps to protect the manipulator. Mechanical shock absorbers are built into every manipulator as standard. Specially developed hydraulic and control techniques reduce the forces and stresses acting on the structure.

As well as being designed for reliability, we offer rapid on-site service and a 30-month key part warranty as standard on all our products.

International users of the Clansman manipulators include large automotive manufacturers, such as Mercedes, Volvo, and Citroen, as well as other foundries, forges, and garbage handling facilities.

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