History of Horizontal Plate Clamps

A little bit of perspective and history of Horizontal Plate Clamps Before the invention of the horizontal plate clamp, so many welding shops made their own types of clamps. The problem was that once the shop foreman or owner wasn’t there, usually the young apprentice would use this home-built device improperly and accidents would happen, […]

Plate Clamps Seem Like An Unsafe Lifting Attachment

To the average person, vertical plate clamps seem like an unsafe lifting attachment. How do they work? And how are they safe? A vertical plate clamp consists of a jaw with sharp serrated edges and a sharp button that bites into the plate. Due to the thickness and limitations of the cams and jaws, manufacturers […]