Sheet Metal Equipment
CNCROi.com has expanded it’s sheet metal capabilities tremendously, we can now roll, bend and cut metal inhouse!
Why does CNCROi.com need sheet metal equipment?
Simple answer, customer demand. We are annealing and marking a lot of custom metal tags but thus far, we’ve been limited to simply flat production with our CNC laser using blanks. By having the ability to cut, roll and brake metal in-house, we can diversify our offerings into the “3D metal” world.
We already have the world’s best CNC laser (fiber & CO2 in one… a Trotec Laser 400 flexx!) for our needs. A few weeks back ordered a large format hot/cold stamping machine to add color and embossing services to our production lines but in the “metal department”, we were just lacking the capability we needed for more specialized project requirements.
Why so small? I have larger requirements!
Our roll and shear can handle sheet metal and anodized aluminium up to 12 inches in width and the pan and box break up to 24 inches which for us right now, is more than fine… that being said, we will be using these for both product creation and to quote larger projects that will require bigger equipment. Most of our projects take a week or two to finalize so if you requirements exceed these ones, we can get the equipment here within a few days. Unlike most CNC equipment, this stuff is readily available on very short notice.
What are their capabilities
Hand Shear Machine
- Maximum working width: 12″
- Maximum sheet metal thickness: 17-gauge mild steel at half width, 20-gauge mild steel at full width
- Front stop scale range: 0–7-1/2″
- Rear stop scale range: 0–9-1/2″
Slip Roll
- 12″ forming width
- 20 gauge max capacity in mild steel
- 5 wire-grooves (3/16″, 5/32″, 1/8″, 1/16″, 1/32″)
- 1-3/16″ roll diameter
- 1-3/4″ minimum forming diameter
Pan and Box Brake
- Material capacity: 24″ x 20 Ga. mild steel
- Brake angle: 0-135 degrees
Feeder Equipment
If you notice a pattern here, it’s that we are investing in equipment to feed our CNC laser. If you want custom desk plates, we can now do that completely in-house once this machine arrives from the metal engraving/annealing/marking to the cutting and so forth. We are a custom CNC shop and any requirements a customer may have, I want to be able to control the production environment it’s being done in. This field is massive so I can’t do everything “in-house” but the more that we can do in our facilities, the less prone we are to delays and the more we can watch over the QA processes.
What’s next?
There are always holes found in production environments, I think filling the biggest gaps first gives the quickest ROI. I do see a full sheet CNC router and plasma cutter in the near future with an industrial CNC laser a littler further down the road, those would be more MAJOR leaps in capability and the types of projects we can do for our growing customer base.
If you are looking for a company investing in the future… you found it! Contact CNCROi.com with your project requirements and we’ll get it done for you on time and in budget!