Sheet metal project December 2014
Simple zintec coated mild steel fan decks used within the heat and ventilation industry.
Once again it’s that time to take a look at what sheet metal projects are going through our factory and I can’t believe it’s December already, such a busy year. We have such a range of sheet metal projects that I am never lost to take pictures of and show off the projects we have just worked on. They may be complete one offs for customers with bespoke design projects to repeating batches of hundreds or thousands of parts. From the smallest stainless steel spring clip or angle bracket, through mild steel housings, front panels and fully welded assemblies we are always busy producing new sheet metal work for our customers. From laser cutting using a Trumpf 3030 fibre laser (new 2013) and CNC punching to bending sheet metal work up to 2.5M long and welding along with many ancillary production operations (take a look at our plant list pages) we have all your sheet metal needs covered.
Sheet metal project December 2014
Aluminium enclosures for the LED display industry
These bespoke aluminium enclosure housings and covers were laser cut from 2mm thick aluminium and the folded up. They are shown here before being welded up and cleaned off. These enclosures house all the electronics for LED display boards. All the outer profiles and hole positions were set out in a 3D model created in Radan 3D sheet metal software enabling us to check the fit of the main housing and front as well as all the hole positions before cutting any metal work.
Sheet metal project December 2014
Mild steel brackets for the electrical switchgear industry
These mild steel brackets have been produced on our Trumpf 3000 CNC punch press. The brackets have M3 and M4 threads tapped into the 3mm thick mild steel parent metal. The Trumpf 3000 has the ability to form threads directly into a pre punched pilot hole. We have several tapping modules to cover the range of standard thread sizes making it a much faster and cost competitive operation than using a standard tapping head in a pillar drill. These brackets were then folded up on our Trumpf 7036 CNC press brakes using standard press brake tooling.
Should you require any sheet metal work in the new year please give us a call or send over your drawings and we will be happy to help you.