Tool control system

November 2013 saw the opening of a multi-million pound new maintenance hangar at Birmingham Airport. With safety a top priority for MAEL, a decision was made to partner with global tooling solutions specialist Snap-on Industrial UK to facilitate the replacement of more than 27,000 hand and power tools with its Level 5 tool control system. 

Lee Burgess at Monarch Aircraft Engineering said: "Snap-on Industrial understood the need to work with us pre- and post-implementation to develop the tools held in each cabinet. The hands on involvement in development ensured our team had the right tools in the correct volumes to do the job without holding up production."

Snap-on’s Level 5 programme TCMax Asset Software Management was chosen by MAEL as it offered secure storage of assets and the detailed control and traceability required by the business.

It works to counter Foreign Object Damage (FOD) and make the workplace safer and more productive through five key measures: tool organisation, tool visibility through engineered coloured foam inserts, tool security, tool tracking and digital tool accountability which provides full audit trail and torque calibration schedules.