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Capabilities

Six capabilities, one production line.

From design and tooling through sheet metal stamping, pipe bending, welding, surface finishing and dimensional inspection, SAPL runs the full development-to-production chain in-house.

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Jigs, Fixtures & Tooling Design

In-house jig and tool design capability, from simple jigs to more complex fixtures, built to suit each customer's product and process requirements.

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Sheet Metal Stamping

A sheet metal parts process facility manufacturing automotive components to production quality, across a mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic press fleet.

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Pipe Bending & Flaring

Skilled labor and automated NC / CNC pipe bending equipment producing formed pipe parts with high efficiency across a wide diameter range.

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Welding & Assembly

A range of welding processes, including machine welding, applied in production to suit the standards and practices required by each customer.

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Galvanizing & Powder Coating

A hot-dip galvanizing process and powder coating capability operated under quality control to ASTM standards.

Current operating status of this facility should be reconfirmed before publishing without qualification.

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Dimensional Inspection

FARO measurement solutions for manual and automated inspection of individual parts, sub-components and final assemblies.

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Design & Development

Product and process design, and tooling development, run on industry-standard CAD, CAM and forming-simulation software, supported by a dedicated machine shop for jig and die manufacture.

Multiple Design Software
CNC Wire Cut machines
CNC Auto-Lathe
Lathe machines
CNC machine: Hartford PRO1000
CNC machine: DMTG XD40A
Shaper machine

Press Shop

A fleet of hydraulic, mechanical and pneumatic presses covering a wide tonnage range, for stamping sheet metal parts from prototype through mass production.

60 presses · 15-500 tons

Hydraulic press×3150 and 500 tons
Mechanical press×2115-100 tons
Pneumatic press×3225-300 tons

Pipe Shop

NC and CNC pipe bending machines and hydraulic pipe flaring equipment, producing formed pipe components to automotive tolerances.

NC pipe bending machineTaiwan, ø10 to ø30 mm
CNC pipe bending machineTaiwan, ø10 to ø38 x 2.5 mm wall
Hydraulic pipe flaring machineø10 to ø28 mm

Welding Shop

CO₂, spot, ARC, gas and induction welding processes, matched to the joining requirements of each customer's component and applicable standards.

25 welding machines across five processes

CO₂ welding machine×11England
Spot welding machine×7England
Gas welding×3
ARC welding machine×2England
Induction welding×2

Quality Inspection

Dimensional inspection using a FARO Arm with laser scanner alongside conventional gauging equipment, applied at sample, trial and production stages.

FARO Arm with laser scanner
Pull & push gauge
Height gauges
Micrometers
Digital vernier calipers