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TFC

TFC

About us

TFC, an AFC Industries company, is the sole UK & leading European supplier of Smalley Springs and Retaining Rings. Smalley and TFC have built a reputation for unsurpassed quality and an expert, collaborative engineering team.

With decades of experience, we’ve been a supplier of high-quality Smalley Spirolox Retaining Rings, Snap Rings, and Wave Springs. Smalley is the leader in the manufacture and development of these products, with a standard range consisting of 10,000 parts stocked in carbon and stainless steel.

If you can’t find a part to suit your needs, then Smalley’s No-Tooling-Cost manufacturing process allows for fast prototyping and production.

Appearing in the majority of the fluid transfer lines in the automotive market, ARaymond Quick Connectors provide solutions adapted to the constraints and requirements of today’s industries. Quick connectors bring many technical solutions for fluid connections in HVAC (Heating, ventilation and Air-Conditioning) and Sanitation, responding to the applicable standard requirements of these sectors.

TFC’s team of engineers are available for design consultations, providing a range of resources to ensure the application contains the most effective solution.

TFC has an unrivalled reputation for delivering Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solutions that provide a streamlined system tailored to significantly improve production performance, delivering what your manufacturing needs when they need it. Our customisable VMI Smart Solutions combines industry-leading intelligence software to enhance your control, leakage, security, compliance and availability.

Products

Smalley Revolox

Smalley Revolox

𝙍𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, especially in electric motors, gearboxes, and automotive transmissions. As the market leader for innovative retaining

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‘Smalley Wave Springs’

‘Smalley Wave Springs’

𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙧𝙚. They are manufactured by coiling on edge, also known as edgewinding. The name

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*Smalley Retaining Rings*

*Smalley Retaining Rings*

𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. Used as an alternative to machining a shoulder, retaining

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#ARaymond Quick Connectors

#ARaymond Quick Connectors

Appearing in the majority of the fluid transfer lines in the automotive market, 𝗔𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 provide solutions adapted to the constraints and requirements of

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Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Mᴀɴᴀɢɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛᴏʀʏ ɪs ᴀ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴀᴄᴛ. You need to maintain full availability of the parts and products you need without wasting time, space or

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News

Digitalising the Rail Supply Chain

Digitalising the Rail Supply Chain

The term “Automation” was coined in 1946, when Ford engineer Del Harder named the department that would replace the company’s research and experimentation assembly-line workers with machines.

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Job Ads

Business Development Manager – North West

Business Development Manager – North West

We are looking for a talented sales professional with experience in the fasteners or related industries including Vendor Managed Inventory solutions. Identifying potential new customers and developing opportunities to on board them as long-term partners to TFC for VMI services and solutions throughout the region.

As part of your remit, you will:

* Report to the European Vice President of Industrial Sales
* Work in close collaboration with our local services centres.
* Be responsible for developing and winning new customer accounts for TFC in the region
* Spending the majority of time travelling and visiting potential new customers, the role will be hybrid working, including a combination of home-working and office.
*Support the branches team with key customer development, identifying growth opportunities and assisting in the process to secure additional products and services to our key accounts

Find out more here https://tfc.eu.com/jobs/business-development-manager-north-west/

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