Manufacturing Services

The range of containers produced at Clay Cross include Rear End Loaders, Front End Loaders (open, canvas covered, steel or plastic lidded), Rolonof and Hooklift/Cablelift open or Compaction Demountable; Mini Skips, Paper Banks, Bottle Banks, Can Banks, Textile Banks; Clinical Waste Containers; Containers for Hazardous Waste; Offshore Containers and Containers for military use in the U.K. and abroad.

Raw Materials

Supply
All material are certified to EN10025, EN10210 & EN10219 standards.  100% British Manufactured Steel.
All Steel is provided with a Manufacturing & Test Certificate to ensure all materials are fully traceable.

Specification/Grade
All our steel is supplied to S275 specification and passes all recognised manaufacturing standards.

Fabrication Methods

Sub assemblies, manufactured in Jigs, Units fully assembled and tag welded dimensionally checked and then fully welded.
All lifting lugs are 100% MPI (Magnetic Partical Inspected) twice during the production sequence. At least 20%  of the primary structure is also MPI’d, to ensure all welds are safe and crack/fracture free. After welding, all units are given a total 100% visual inspection by a qualified welding inspector to ensure welds are correctly positioned ensuring total build safety. 

Welding

All welders are coded and are qualified to ENISO 15614/1 and M101 standards.
These welders are assessed annually by Lloyds Register to ensure standards are upheld.
The welding inspectors are qualified to: SNT-TC-1A (2001) Non Destructive Testing to level 2.
We ensure specific operations are carried out by suitably qualified personnel, for example the lifting lugs are welded as standard to EN287/ISO 9606. This is the maximum standard required by DNV  (Det Norske Veritas), who set the standards for the industry in Offshore Containers.

Coded Welders
All our welders are trained to the highest specifications and are certified annually to MPI Spec.

Shot Blasting

All the finished containers are cleaned by shotblasted using ‘Sintered
Steel Shot’ to cleanliness level SA21/5  to international standard BS EN ISO 8501-1:2007. This ensures a good surface profiling giving it a suitable ‘key’ for the paint coating. This is a standard required for these types of fabrication as set out by DET as well as customer requirements when paint coatings are requested.

Fitting Out

Fitting out may be varied to customer specifications, but can include, Freezer Units, Workshops, Stores, Compactor Unit and a wide variety of other uses and applications as may be required by the client.