About Our Capabilities
In recent years, Total Connections has invested heavily in expanding its capabilities. With our new equipment and advanced manufacturing processes, we’ve increased both capacity and efficiency across our product range. Many of these upgrades focus on producing high-quality switchgear components, such as precision-engineered busbars and earth bars.
CNC Bar Puncher
Made to automate our busbar and earth bar manufacturing speeding up manufacturing. It can automatically load 15mm thick copper bar, feed it through to the interchangeable CNC tool heads and conveyor the cropped and punched product onto a collection tray. Capable of dealing with copper bar between 16mm to 200mm wide and 3mm to 15mm thick and busbars up to 3.5m long.
As of January 2025, we now have two of these machines to ensure we can keep up as demand continues to increase.
CNC Folding & Bending Machine
Designed to deliver up to 50kN of force. It provides fast and accurate bending and folding of earth bar bases. Total Connections has updated its earth bar manufacturing capabilities.
Our 2024 restructure saw the installation of a second unit, allowing us to better meet the growing needs of our customers.
Clinch-fastening Inserter
The press-stud/clinch-fastening inserter is capable of inserting studs up to M14, with a force range from 4kN up to 72kN. It contributes to the manufacture of a range of Total Connections’ products.
Haas VF-4SS High-Speed VMC
The Haas VF-4SS is a high-performance vertical machining center designed for high-volume production and reduced cycle times. It features a 12,000-rpm inline direct-drive spindle, ultra-fast side-mount tool changer, and high-speed rapids on all axes, making it ideal for machining complex parts in various materials
Pull-Testing Machine
The Tinius Olsen 50ST is a tension and shear-testing machine designed to test the mechanical strength of cable assemblies. Pull test can produces a tensile force of up to 25kN and can be used with any size of cable. It can be used to test the joint efficacy of crimping tools and terminals.
Certified BS EN 61238.
Available for external testing of cable assemblies for Total Connections’ customers.
Power Press OCP 110
The Chin Fong OCP-110 is a robust 110-ton C-frame single crank mechanical power press, engineered for precision and durability in high-volume metal stamping applications. This versatile machine excels in processes such as drawing, bending, marking, flattening, and trimming, and can operate in both single-action and continuous modes.
A wide range of machines used in the manufacture of its range of standard and bespoke terminals
- Hydraulic forming and punching presses – offering between 5t and 50t
- Mechanical forming and punching presses – offering between 50t and 180t
- Vibratory finishing/de-burring machine