Tools and equipment company Stonegate has introduced a new materials handling and lifting range and for this week only - today (2 September) until Friday (6 September) - you can pick up some particularly special bargains.

The new range goes under the name of Hercules. The special offers include:

• Buy a forklift boom, get 50% off a lifting clamp
• 25% off all lifting clamps
• Hercules Cart - £600 (save £360)
• Hercules Tug Dolly -  £300 (save £125)
• 6ft Sink Bar - just £250
• A box of 50 Master Mount Eposy Clips - just £50

To order contact your Stonegate Rep or call 01482 620400.

The New Hercules lifting and handling range promises to help keep your workshop on the right side of health & safety rules during the peak autumn production period.

You only have to look at the reports of prosecutions on this website to see how the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is cracking down on all aspects of Health & Safety in construction and manufacturing.

With this in mind, Stonegate Precision Tooling’s New Product Development Department has worked with tooling manufacturers to bring the new lifting and handling range to market.

Working tables, A-frames, automatic lifting clamps and forklift booms are available in Stonegate’s new Hercules range.

The Hercules working table is sturdy, rubber-lined and has built-in brackets to allow you to create workstations to suit your needs. It has removable casters and adjustable feet to adjust to the individual user.

Slab lifting clamps are spring-loaded so they automatically release once the slab is lowered to the ground and the weight taken off. There is a swivel shackle to help in limited space.

The A-frame has four ratchet bars to secure the stone while the frame is lifted from the two eyelets on the top of the frame or transported by forklift. The quick-release mounting pins allowing you to change the unit from stationary to mobile mode using the four casters provided. The centre section of the A-frame can be used to store tools and small backsplashes.

A foldable table, carts and dollys complete the range, designed with the same attention to detail for safety and ease of use.

Stonegate Precision Tooling has also lately achieved  ISO 9001:2015 certification. The ISO is an international standard for a quality management system. 

Operations Manager Alan Pollard tells us: “The decision was made to go for the standard as it requires the business to periodically audit its quality processes that provide the objective feedback required to improve any processes that will keep Stonegate focussed on our goals.”