Specifications, not adjectives.
Every figure below is something you can hold us to at first article. Where a job sits outside these envelopes we will say so rather than find out at the machine.
CNC machining
Three-, four- and five-axis milling and turning, from first article through production volume.
Programming runs from customer CAD with in-process probing on the five-axis cells, so setup is verified before the first cut rather than measured after it.
- 5-axis envelope
- 800 × 600 × 550 mm
- Turning capacity
- Ø 350 mm × 1,050 mm
- Positional tolerance
- ±0.013 mm
- Surface finish
- Ra 0.4 µm achievable
- Materials
- Aluminium, stainless, tool steel, brass, engineering plastics
Press & brake forming
Blanking, piercing and forming for sheet and light plate, with tooling built and maintained in house.
Every press is guarded to the Industrial Establishments regulation and two-hand controls are verified at shift start; the safety case is part of the process sheet, not an afterthought.
- Press capacity
- Up to 200 t
- Brake capacity
- 175 t × 3,100 mm
- Sheet range
- 0.5 – 12 mm
- Bend tolerance
- ±0.2 mm, ±0.5°
- Tooling
- Designed, cut and maintained on site
Welding & assembly
MIG, TIG and spot welding, fixtured sub-assembly and mechanical fastening to print.
Weld fixtures are held with the job so a repeat order in eighteen months runs from the same datums, not a rebuild.
- Processes
- GMAW, GTAW, resistance spot
- Materials
- Mild steel, stainless, aluminium
- Fixturing
- Designed and built in house
- Inspection
- Visual to AWS D1.1 acceptance criteria
- Assembly
- Torque-controlled, logged by serial
Powder coating & finishing
Pre-treatment, powder application and cure, plus deburring, tumbling and passivation.
Cure charts are retained with the lot record, so a coating question two years later is answered from data rather than memory.
- Part envelope
- 2,400 × 1,200 × 900 mm
- Film thickness
- 60 – 120 µm, logged per batch
- Pre-treatment
- Five-stage, monitored per shift
- Cure
- Programmed profile, chart recorded
- Also
- Deburr, vibratory finish, passivation
What we cut, form and finish.
If your material is not listed, ask. The answer is often yes with a lead time on stock.
| Family | Typical grades | Processes |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | 6061, 5052, 2024, 7075 | Machining, forming, welding, anodise (outsourced), powder |
| Carbon steel | 1018, 1045, A36, HRPO | Machining, blanking, forming, welding, powder |
| Stainless | 304, 316, 17-4 PH | Machining, forming, welding, passivation |
| Tool steel | A2, D2, O1 | Machining, heat treat (outsourced) |
| Engineering plastics | Delrin, UHMW, PEEK, nylon | Machining only |
How a dimension gets proven.
Metrology is scheduled with the job, not squeezed in after it.
| Equipment | Capacity | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| CMM | 900 × 700 × 600 mm | First article, designated characteristics, capability studies |
| Height gauge | 600 mm | In-process checks at the cell |
| Optical comparator | 300 mm stage | Profile and formed features |
| Hand metrology | Calibrated, 12-month cycle | Operator checks, logged as readings |
| Coating thickness | 0 – 300 µm | Powder film, recorded per batch |
Have a drawing in front of you?
Send it across. You will hear within one business day whether it suits our equipment, and what the lead time looks like.