Specialists in Industrial Workholding for Manufacturing, Maintenance, Repair, and Assembly Workshops
At Sorted® Workholding Systems, we understand that today’s technicians face an ever-changing range of tasks, each presenting its own unique workholding challenges. The sheer variety of these tasks demands highly adaptable solutions that can meet modern needs while remaining fit for purpose.
To address this, our products are designed with modularity at their core, ensuring they are future-proof and capable of adapting to the diverse and evolving demands placed on technicians.
We began by reimagining the bench vice —a staple of maintenance and repair shops. The revolving head vice, introduced in the 1930s, was the last significant innovation in bench vice design, with no notable updates since 1985. It was clear that both industry and technicians would benefit from a comprehensive redesign.
The development process involved a detailed, component-by-component overhaul. A wide range of applications were considered, including variations in material, size, shape, weight and positioning of workpieces. Collaboration with technicians across multiple industries identified critical inefficiencies and developed solutions to improve workholding performance, ergonomics and to reduce physical strain on users.
The result is the Sorted® Integrated Modular Bench Vice System, a fully accessorized, modular product range designed to meet both current and future demands. Its fundamental design features allow seamless incorporation of future workholding and productivity enhancements.
A key innovations is the SlotMate®, a patent-pending, tool free quick change (QC) system for jaw liners on bench and machine vices. SlotMate® products have the potential to revolutionise industrial processes, offering unmatched flexibility and efficiency. Sorted® Workholding Systems and SlotMate® products will:
Our Team
Neil Budgen
Founder & Chief Innovator
John Morgan
Chief Engineer
Dorothy Macedo
Chief Admin Officer
Neil Budgen is the Founder and and is responsible for the direction of the company. Neil has developed a number of businesses throughout his career and combines an ingenious creativity with a practical and cost conscious attitude. The Sorted WS product range is very much his brainchild and he is excited by the response to it and the potential that this amazing product range can deliver for customers
John Morgan, a first-class mechanical engineering graduate working on his MSc in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering brings expertise in mechanical engineering, manufacturing and project management. He has applied his skills across the public sector, FMCG, and Agri-tech, where he leveraged space technology to address farming challenges. Now, at Sorted WS Ltd., John drives business growth, combining his creative problem solving abilities with advanced manufacturing expertise to innovative solutions.
Dorothy Macedo FRSA is an LSE graduate and an experienced administrator with a depth and breadth of experience gained from a varied career across Local Government, Inland Revenue, University of London and various commercial enterprises. With a background in computer programming and strong language and financial skills her input to the success of Sorted WS Ltd while largely behind the scenes is significant to its success.
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