{"id":25336,"date":"2026-10-01T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=25336"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:38:21","slug":"parallel-thinking-solving-everyday-engineering-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/parallel-thinking-solving-everyday-engineering-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Parallel thinking: solving everyday engineering challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British brand Maun Industries designs and manufactures specialist pliers and tools that help professional overcome everyday challenges with greater precision, comfort and efficiency.<\/p>\n

At the heart of many of Maun\u2019s most popular products is a unique, parallel-action jaw design. Unlike conventional pliers, Maun\u2019s jaws always move in parallel, providing more secure grip and greater control across a wide range of applications.<\/p>\n

This innovative design offers several important benefits. The parallel jaws grip more effectively, particularly on nuts, bolts and other flat-sided components, or metal sheet, helping to reduce slippage and improve accuracy. They also make straightening wire significantly easier, as it can be manipulated more effectively between the parallel jaws. Maun\u2019s best-selling parallel pliers also feature a high-leverage side cutter that multiplies hand force by up to twenty-five times. The result is a more comfortable user experience, reducing hand fatigue during repetitive tasks and improving productivity throughout the working day.<\/p>\n

Designed to perform in demanding industrial environments, Maun\u2019s specialist pliers are manufactured from high-grade steel and precision engineered to deliver exceptional durability, reliability and long service life. Combining robust construction with ergonomic performance to provide a solution that is both practical and cost-effective, every tool is designed with the end user in mind.<\/p>\n

Among the company\u2019s most popular products are its Flat Nose Parallel Pliers, Side Cutter Parallel Pliers and Smooth Jaws Flat Nose Parallel Pliers. Each has been developed to solve specific challenges faced by engineers and technicians, delivering precise handling, superior grip and consistent performance in applications where accuracy matters.<\/p>\n

Behind every Maun tool is a highly skilled team of engineers, machinists and assemblers based at the company\u2019s Nottinghamshire facility. Working closely together, they transform high-grade steel into innovative tools that help customers work more efficiently while achieving professional results.<\/p>\n

Timothy Scholes, managing director at Maun Industries, said: \u201cOur parallel-action pliers ensure the jaws always move in parallel, so users benefit from a stronger grip, greater precision and improved comfort, particularly during repetitive tasks. It is a simple concept, but one that delivers significant advantages in real-world www.maunindustries.com<\/a> \/ 01623 554599<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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British brand Maun Industries designs and manufactures specialist pliers and tools that help professional overcome everyday challenges with greater precision, comfort and efficiency. At the heart of many of Maun\u2019s most popular products is a unique, parallel-action jaw design. Unlike conventional pliers, Maun\u2019s jaws always move in parallel, providing more secure grip and greater control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2622],"class_list":["post-25336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-news","tag-pliers","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/specialist_pliers.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25340,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25336\/revisions\/25340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}