Mining
Services
Stephenson Engineering has worked in the mining industry since we first opened our doors in 1908, and have been designing and manufacturing mine cage suspension gear under Edward Ormerod & Co. since 1867. This unparalleled sector knowledge and experience is combined with modern engineering techniques and processes to produce an unbeatable range of products and specialist services.
Stephenson Engineering specialises in the design and manufacture of safety-critical mine cage suspension equipment for deep mine shafts. Over the past 156 years, we have produced over 13,500 sets of cage suspension equipment for mines all over the world, and continue to provide this service today.
Mine cage suspension equipment
Cage suspension gear
Ormerod safety detaching hooks
Fork links, plate links & pins
Winding rope sockets
Shackles
Hydraulic adjusting links for multi-rope friction winders
Balance rope suspension gear
Fork links, plate links & pins
Totally enclosed swivels
Guide rope suspension gear
Forged weight rods & weights
Rope clamps
Fork links, plate links & pins
Our Sectors
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Sub-sea oil & gas
Stephenson Engineering has supported the subsea oil & gas sectors for the past 45 years, working with all the oil majors and service companies. We produce high-integrity customer-designed products to customer-designed specifications.
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Renewables
Keen to play our role in ensuring a sustainable future, Stephenson Engineering is increasingly active in the renewable energy sector. We’ve been manufacturing components for offshore wind platforms for many years, creating fabrications that are precise, tolerant and reliable.
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Nuclear
Stephenson Engineering works across both the civil and defence nuclear sectors, producing machined steel fabrications including Class 1 nuclear components.
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Rail
Stephenson Engineering has worked within the rail industry for many years, producing a variety of components, from bridge bearings and shear plates to steam locomotive motion.
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Defence
Our engineering facilities are ideally suited to manufacturing large steel machined fabrications, and in this respect we deliver a variety of components to the defence sector.
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Civil Engineering
Civil engineering projects have always formed an interesting and challenging part of our work. We have manufactured components for many UK and overseas projects, concentrating mainly on large and complex engineered nodes and fittings.
