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Projects that show how we design, cut, form and weld - from one-off prototypes to repeat production.
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Projects that show how we design, cut, form and weld - from one-off prototypes to repeat production.
The first steps to producing metal fabrications - from steel sheet to formed parts.
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In January we were asked to laser cut three brass plates each with a different intricate pattern, when finished they were put on top of each other to create an impressive prop that features in one of the theatres productions as a sanatorium grill.
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Recently we had been asked if the Laser could cut large brass baffles. After designing a clamping system for the sheets to compensate for material moving due to nearly 1700 holes, we were successful in cutting 30 discs with no failures.
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As simple as brackets can be, they play an integral part to many products - they may be supporting cables or components, or holding entire assemblies together. Even the most simple of brackets will need a drawing, a starting point. We can take a sample if need be and create a…
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Designing new sheet metal enclosures with CAD is an essential tool within a fabrication shop, the different colours identify the separate parts in the assembly.
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It is important to buy the best premium steels for cutting and bending, but also for tool life. Today has been clean down and new slats for the Laser. Every machine here is maintained to the highest standards and the workshop itself is one of the cleanest you will ever set…
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We offer two types of permanent engraving to customer parts. The first is Laser engraved by the Bystronic Fibre Laser - this is ideal for part identification or for in-house instruction on bending and part handing.
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We really could not ask for more. Building strong customer relationships is priceless and feedback like this is so important!
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After working closely with a customer on a previous design which successfully replaced an existing manufacturing method with a sheet metal enclosure, they were so pleased they asked me to redesign another product.
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We are always happy to take an existing product and reverse engineer it using Radan or SolidWorks, no matter how ugly a lump of metal is dropped on the bench.
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With over 30 years of experience in sheet metal fabrication and laser cutting, and our in-house CAD team, we can take products from sketches or ideas to prototype and large production runs in hours if needed. In this case a valued customer needed a CAD model, samples and 1200…
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A successful fabrication and welding facility should be diverse, highly skilled and adaptable.
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It proves that with a little thought and some simple retrofit clamps we can achieve high tolerance precision cutting. Although we quote +/- 0.15mm with offsets applied, these 3mm and 6mm plates are well within that - in fact the hole sizes are +/- 0.05mm.
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We are into the 2nd year of using our current laser and it really has been a game changer, and allowed us to work closely with customers to improve existing products whilst developing new ones. We have received more positive feedback on products we have re-engineered whilst…
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It's always a problem when only 2 or 3 very detailed parts are required in very expensive materials such as 6mm brass plate, but with a little thought and an adaptive engineer's approach, challenges like this can be manufactured to the highest standards with zero scrap.
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Wheeler Fabrications offers T.I.G. welding and testing to customer requirements.
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Please have a look at our recent publication about reduced cutting times on our Bystronic fibre laser:
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At Wheeler Fabrications we are actively looking to expand our current customer base as we are taking on two new members of staff - a general fabricator and an enthusiastic trainee Laser operator.
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I think it's quite obvious on this occasion who our customer is. We have built strong relationships up over the years with many of our customers, and when we were contacted on this particular project which had an incredibly tight deadline, we were there with our full support.
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Wheeler Fabrications offer a full design and fabrication service in stainless, aluminium, steel, brass or copper.
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We run three different sheet metal software programs and can offer you full design capabilities for any product you require.
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