Technology behind the craft
Infrastructure
A list of equipment tells you very little. What matters is what each machine lets a designer specify — and stop compromising on.
- 2 × 4 m
- CNC laser bed, cutting up to 20 mm
- 4 m
- CNC V-grooving length
- 10 ft
- Press brake capacity, five-axis
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- Metals cut, formed, welded and finished in-house
The workshop
What each machine makes possible.
- 01
CNC laser cutting
Cutting intricate patterns and precise components from a single sheet, without a joint.
Bed size 2000 × 4000 mm, cutting up to 20 mm. Handles mild steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, bronze, zinc and aluminium.
- 02
CNC V-grooving
Creating exceptionally sharp architectural folds and refined edges.
Grooves to four-metre lengths, producing C, L, U, T, V and W sections or any customised section a drawing requires. This is what allows cladding to turn a corner as a crisp edge rather than a radius.
- 03
CNC press brake
Forming accurate, repeatable bends across long components.
Five-axis machine handling sheets up to 10 ft in length.
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Laser welding
Joining visible surfaces with minimal heat, so a polished finish stays flat.
Specialised handheld German laser welding equipment for high-precision, clean, strong joints on show surfaces.
- 05
TIG welding
Accurate, neat welds across every metal we work with.
Fourteen TIG welding machines, including a dedicated setup for aluminium, which demands different technique and equipment from steel or brass.
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MIG and spot welding
Strong, fast joints where the weld will be dressed or hidden, and sheet joined to sheet without distortion.
MIG for the frames and carcasses a finished face will cover; spot welding for sheet-to-sheet work such as panel returns and stiffeners, where heat must not warp the visible surface.
- 07
Pipe bending
Forming handrails and frames to a true, consistent radius.
Bends pipe in stainless steel, mild steel, brass, copper and aluminium across a range of diameters and wall thicknesses.
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Sheet bending
Rolling flat sheet into curved and conical forms.
Cylindrical, oval, conical and arc forms, plus custom shapes.
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Lathes
Turning and refining components to accurate dimensions.
Precision turning for bases, collars, spindles and fittings.
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Power press
Forming, embossing and punching with repeatable results.
Used for pressed details, embossed patterns and volume components.
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Buffing and polishing
Building a surface up to mirror, hairline or vibration finish.
Dedicated buffing machines produce hairline, mirror and vibration effects across our metals.
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Lancer belt grinder
Refining edges and blending welds before finishing begins.
Fine grinding and surface preparation — the step that decides how good the final polish can be.
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Casting and coating
Producing cast elements and applying our full range of finishes in-house.
Induction furnace casting ladle for melting and casting, plus in-house paint booths and an oven so coatings are cured rather than air-dried.
The floor.
In-house finishing
Coating is not a subcontract.
A great deal of metalwork fails at the last step, because fabrication and finishing happen in different buildings under different management. A panel that leaves the workshop perfect can come back with a coating that does not match the batch.
We coat here. Our own paint booths and curing oven mean the finish is applied by people who saw the component being made, matched against the sample you approved, and cured properly rather than left to dry.
Casting is in-house too, with an induction furnace ladle for melting and pouring cast elements.
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