Insight

With a strong fastener manufacturing background, San Shing’s tooling factory has developed to be a global supplier using reliable tooling production techniques. This has been possible thanks to the company’s commitment to continuous improvement.

San Shing Fastech Corporation’s tooling factory was founded in 1968 and was initially established to generate tooling for its own fastener production. It started as a small shop with a traditional lathe and handful of turning machines – with a couple of technicians and a few operators making up the entire production team. Over the years, with a strong fastener manufacturing background, the tooling section has developed to become a global tooling supplier and serves its customers with established tooling production processes.

“Today our tooling factory is fully equipped with a total of 360 sets of processing equipment, including CNC milling and CNC turning machines, grinding machines, EDM wire cutting, EDM discharge machines, 5-axis high-speed milling machines and CMM for inspection,” states San Shing proudly. 

This wide range of machinery enables the company to offer an extensive product range, with San Shing able to produce tooling for cold forming, hot forging, press production, as well as task specific parts applications in industries – ranging from the fastener industry to the automotive and aerospace sectors.

“As it is widely known, the optimum performance on forging tooling undoubtedly has become one of the key subjects in seizing an extra edge on market competition,” mentions San Shing. “Our self-contained tooling factory spares no effort in not merely satisfy the huge internal demands of consumable tooling – for more than 5,000 tonnes of production – but also serving hundreds of thousands of quality oriented punches and dies annually to the well known automotive and aerospace manufacturers around the world.”

One of the core elements of the tooling factory’s capabilities and growth has been the company’s dedication to continuous improvement. “We are always looking to develop and improve as a business, which can take many forms,” states San Shing. “For instance, in order to cope with the growing demand from our customers, we expanded our factory in 2015, adding up to 6,000m2.”

For its manufacturing related operations, San Shing committed to improving its production efficiency, as well as boosting its capability to face up to more challenges for high-end moulds from different fields. “Nowadays, full automation in a production line is expected in order to upgrade production techniques and efficiency to a new level,” mentions San Shing. “That is why we have introduced new robotised manufacturing systems to several workstations – including EDM, milling and grinding processes. This will allow us to continue to work with customers and meet their developing needs and requirements.”

For more than 50 years, San Shing has dedicated itself to offering quality oriented services in fastener-related industries. With the pioneering experiences and background in fastener manufacturing, San Shing’s tooling department has been able to meet the needs of customers for the improvement of tooling life span.

San Shing concludes: “To uphold the high-quality level and flexible delivery and service the company is known for within the industry, we will continue to develop our tooling products and processes so that they can satisfy customers’ demands – with a special focus on adding further ‘full automation’ systems within manufacturing.”