An apprentice toolmaker who designed and produced parts for an automated robotic system has saved his company almost a quarter of a million pounds by keeping the work in-house.
Jordan Clayton, 19, is a fourth year apprentice with Mason Pinder Toolmakers, part of the Polypipe Group which manufacturers plastic piping and ventilation systems. As an apprentice toolmaker, Jordan is responsible for the manufacturing, stripping and servicing of plastic injection mould tools, but his greatest achievement has been the modification of a robotic cell that inserts rubber…
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