Solutions / 07 · Protect it
The most expensive tool is the one you can’t find.
FOD prevention boxes, shadow drawers, and shadow boards, built by toolmakers.
01 / The problem
When a missing tool stops the line or wrecks the machine
When it’s left inside the machine.
A socket left behind in a turbine, gearbox, or engine can destroy equipment that took months to build. Then come the teardown, the repair, the missed delivery, and the safety review.
When it’s lost on the floor.
Every minute spent hunting for a tool is a minute the line stands still. The crew waits, the machine sits idle, and the schedule slips.
Either way, the bill is far bigger than the price of the tool. Our systems make a missing tool obvious at a glance: every tool sits in its own cut-to-shape foam pocket with an engraved tag.
02 / Why Springfield
Why teams choose Springfield
01
We are toolmakers.
We have designed and built thousands of custom tools. We know what goes in the drawer, what it weighs, and how a technician reaches for it.
02
Layouts generated from your list.
Our layout software turns your tool list into CAD drawings and cut files. Every drawer follows the same rules, so you approve the standard once.
03
Built for fast checks.
Cut-to-shape pockets, thumb cutouts, and an engraved tag on every tool make a check take a glance, not a count.
04
One supplier, start to finish.
We source the tools, build the box, cut the foam, engrave the tags, and document every drawer.
03 / What we build
What we build
FOD prevention boxes
Tool control where one lost tool can wreck the machine
Shadow drawers
Foam-fitted drawers for roll cabinets and job boxes
Shadow boards
Visual tool control at the workstation
Kitting totes
Parts and hardware kitted to the line
Field tool kits
Complete, counted sets for service crews
04 / How it works
How it works
01
Send your tool list.
A simple spreadsheet is enough.
02
We engineer the layout.
You get drawings that show every pocket, tag, and drawer.
03
You approve a sample.
One sample sets the standard for the whole program.
04
We build and deliver.
Each kit arrives complete, with its layout drawing for audits.
05 / Proof
Proven where the stakes are high
- FOD prevention boxes and tool control kits for gas turbine assembly.
- Clean-room shadow boards for life sciences production.
- Foam-fitted tool kits for outage field service.
- More than 15 years of tool storage and kitting work.
Ask an engineer for relevant examples under NDA.
Find every tool. Leave none behind. Send us your tool list. We’ll send back a layout. Talk with an engineer →
Drawings and models move through a secure link we send you, never through the website.
06 / FAQs
Technical & procurement questions
Do I need a finished drawing to start?
No. A part, a photo, a sketch, a failed process, or a plain description of the problem is enough to begin. Engineering helps define what the hardware needs to become.
Can you work under an NDA?
Yes. An NDA is available on request before you share details.
How do I send drawings?
Not through this website. Start an RFQ and we reply with a secure upload link. All drawings and specs move through that link to keep them confidential.
The design does not have to be finished before we talk.
Bring us a requirement, application, existing tool, photo, sketch, component, or drawing.
Path 1
Talk with an engineer
Describe the application or problem. No drawing needed.
Path 2
Send an RFQ
Have a drawing or spec? Start an RFQ and we’ll send you a secure link to transfer it, so your files stay confidential.