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Why are clamps so important?

Date: 18-05-2023

Hydraulic clamps are used to clamp a workpiece with pressure. Manual clamps are used to support a workpiece that is being cut or reshaped. What makes hydraulic clamps different to manual clamps is that these devices use hydraulic fluids as part of the clamping process.

These fluids allow for greater operating pressure, which in turn results in higher clamping even when using smaller clamping cylinders. When designed and used correctly a hydraulic clamp will prevent any piece of machinery from moving.

Hydraulic clamping reduces operator workload and load and unload times by automating the clamp and unclamp cycle, due to this automation, clamping forces are more consistent and hydraulic clamps allow for the automation of part loading and unloading.

When choosing hydraulic clamps you should consider the pressing force required, how the clamp will be installed, the direction the clamping arm moves, the size and what support is available for that clamp.

Clamps are also used to hold and secure hydraulic pipes and prevent unwanted movement or the separation of pipes.

pi.eff.eci clamps

Armadillo stock the pi.eff.eci range which has solutions for pipe fixing in a vast range of industrial sectors including oil, wind power, rail, offshore, agriculture and mining, just to name a few. The interior moulding of plastic materials allows for the clamps' colours to be customized to meet all your internal colour coding or aesthetic requirements.

Pieffeci are manufactured to the highest technical standards of all the specific industrial applications and they continually look for new solutions and materials to meet the ever-changing needs of the industrial sectors.

Breakaway couplings

Breakaway couplings are designed to prevent pull-away accidents, protect hose assemblies and reduce leaks. Breakaway couplings have an internal system that will break at a certain load and automatically close the internal valves on both sides. Enhance the safety of your hydraulic machines with our range of high-pressure, quick-release couplings.