IN-HOUSE FABRICATION

IN HOUSE MACHINERY

V GROOVING

Creating precise, sharp angles and folds with V-Grooving machinery

Bending metal using a V-Grooving machine allows it to be folded to a tight radius, or sharp corner. This enables folded metal to mimic solid bar material at around a tenth of the cost and also avoids wastage. V-Grooved profiles look just like solid bar material but are light in weight and easier to transport and install.

See image on the right for a comparison of V-Grooved and folded profile with non V-Grooved profile

We can V-Groove and fold up to 4 metre lengths of material and thicknesses from 0.8mm to 6mm.

A way to achieve cost-effective high-specification finishes for today’s architects and interior designers

Architects aiming to achieve upmarket, high-specification interiors and finishes rather than specify solid materials can utilise V-Grooved folding. This method of creating solid-looking trims, architraves and skirting enables endless design options.

Using PVD stainless steel, the V-Grooving process is used to create colour-matched display fixtures, fascias, curtain-walling and cladding.

Where contractors are dealing with an existing specification for solid material this can be value-engineered to V-Grooved profiles with no loss of aesthetic. For boutique hotels and luxury retail brands these lightweight V-Grooved profiles are a cost-effective alternative.

For exterior cladding and curtain-walling V-Groove folds allow for seamless butting-up or can create decorative shadow gaps.

V-Grooving is also called score-folding, V-cutting and back-scoring.

V-Grooving – a summary

V Grooving creates decorative grooves, channels and shadow gaps. V-Grooving allows for sharp bends to be created from sheet material creating profiles that give the appearance of a solid material. Solid, or bar, metal is both more expensive to purchase and creates wastage once shaped. Bending sheet material is a more cost-effective alternative.

Both ferrous and non-ferrous materials can be V-Grooved, as follows:-

• Brass
• Bronze
• Copper
• Aluminium
• Stainless steel
• PVD coated     coloured stainless steel*
• Mild steel
• Gold
• Zinc.

*PVD coloured stainless steel can be V-Grooved and folded without any damage in appearance to the PVD coating. Therefore PVD sheet material is ideal for V-Grooving and folding as a cost-effective alternative to Brass, Bronze, Copper, Gold and Iron.

Benefits of V-Grooving – a summary

• ‍Speed – a V-Groover can machine more grooves in one hour than a traditional milling machine or router can perform in eight hours. This means it is cheaper in the cost of labour and large volumes can be handled in relatively quick timescales.‍
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• Accuracy – the V-Groover is set to a highly accurate measurement– so much so that a grooved sheet could be put through a second time with no deviation or alteration to the first groove. This means very precise and small profiles can be fabricated.‍
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• No wastage – channelling out solid bar material creates waste from an expensive commodity. V-Grooving and folding creates minimum waste and is on average a tenth of the cost of working with solid bar metals. Precision folding – V-Grooving allows for folding to a tight radius, creating sharp bends.‍
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• Groove shape options – V-Grooving can be created not just in one shape of V. Wider V, semi-circular and square grooving is also possible allowing for a range of design variations.‍
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• Aesthetic – V-Grooved and folded profiles in appearance look as if they are cold-drawn or extruded metal.

SHEARING & PRESS BREAK

Our factory and people are well armed and experienced to take care of any Metal Sheet Works. We are capable of shearing mild steel sheets and plates ranging from 1mm TO  20 mm thickness and  Stainless steel sheet ranging from 1 mm to 10mm; In addition, our press break machine is capable of bending plates of mild steel from 1 mm to 14 mm and for the stainless steel from 1 mm to 10 mm; thus any intricate and complex designs can be well handled.

FIBER LASER CUTTING MACHINE

(below is the description of the laser machine from supplier)

The integrated design for the cutting of the plate and tube. The single piece of equipment perfectly realizes the cutting process of the flat plate, the round pipe and the square pipe, with high degree of refinement, high speed, small slit, smooth section, simple operation and low energy consumption, and is suitable for continuous processing in large quantities.

• Bigger adjustment range: Focus on cutting carbon steel plate and tube within 15mm thickness, and stainless steel plate and tube within 8mm thickness .
• Less power consumption: Fiber laser technology improves the power efficiency and greatly reduces the power consumption of the system, no laser     maintenance is needed.
• More Efficiency: Servo motor bilateral drive, bilateral dust removal, dual-working table reduce loading and unloading time.
• High Speed: Without manual operation, it can focus automatically, greatly increase the processing speed.
• Multiple Uses: This fiber laser cutting machine is designed for pipes and sheets, it can save more than half of the space and cost, which effectively     improve the production efficiency and ROI.
• High precision: Clamps can position the sheet to prevent the moving of the sheet which will ensure the accuracy of the processing
• Fractional support installation: Solve the deformation problems in the process of long tube cutting

It can cut ss plates up to 12 mm thickness and  mild steel up to 20 mm thickness.

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