Author Archives: Matthew Halliwell

Submerged Waterjet Cutting

Waterjet cutting can be noisy and messy, however one advantage is the ability to raise and lower the water table to submerge the cutting process. This does not affect the quality or the accuracy of the cut but does allow us to keep the noise and spray to a minimum. This is especially useful for […]

M20 Tapped Holes

We cut these holes on our Waterjet to make tapping easier. The laser would harden the material increasing the chances of the tapping tool breaking. We provide a lot of parts for other fabrication and engineering companies and where holes are required to be tapped in thick steels we would always recommend waterjet cutting. Although […]

Aluminium Powder Coated Brackets

These aluminium brackets were cut on our laser and then folded as part of a complete service. No drawings could be supplied for these parts so they were reproduced and colour matched to a sample which was made available to us. We appreciate that sometimes electronic drawings are not always available and try to accommodate this where […]

Complicated Mild Steel Component

We were recently asked to try to achieve some complicated folds, I can gladly say we achieved it. The hardest part about producing such components is working out the most efficient “bend order”. This is made easier by our press brake as the console gives us a visual diagram of when a fold cannot be […]

12.7mm Aluminium Component

This profiled aluminium component was cut on our waterjet cutter earlier today. The waterjet cuts thicker aluminium parts than our laser cutter and provides a nice smooth finish with a sandblasted cut appearance. This aluminium part was then rumbled as per the customers request. The “rumbler” removes any sharp edges from tight corners and leaves the […]

Christmas Office Hours 2012

Well it soon comes around and the decorations are up in the office! As we deal with a wide variety of industries it’s important for us to know if and when you are closed over the Christmas period so we can plan our production and deliveries to suit. We have already received a few emails […]

Bonfire Party 2012

We’ve had a good year and we wanted to show our appreciation to our team a bit sooner than Christmas. Every employer knows that it can be tricky getting the right people in the right places, but with our careful selection process we’ve got just that. Over the previous year we have grown in size […]

New Summary Video

We have added a 2 minute video which briefly outlines the 3 main services we offer, laser cutting, waterjet cutting and sheet metal fabrication. Check out our video and let us know what you think to it!

Customer Satisfaction Results ’12

The results are in! Thank you to all those who responded to our questionnaire, we have reviewed the results and the feedback comments provided. 100% of the respondents said they would use us again and would happily recommend us to others. These are a fantastic set of responses and we will begin on achieving the […]

Do Not Scale.

Producing laser cut parts is a straightforward process providing it is done correctly from the start. It is frustrating for both client and supplier when parts are received and they are not what the client desired, it is even more frustrating when it is discovered the inaccuracies are caused by issued drawings. Although quality checks […]