Materials, Forms & Tolerances


Materials

The company can work with and cut almost all machinable materials:

  • aluminium; carbon and alloy steels; brasses; copper; aluminium and phosphor bronzes; aerospace and heat-resistant metals; stainless steels; matrix and metal composites; niobium; titanium and titanium alloys; zirconium; lithium.

It can saw non-metals also, including graphite and engineering plastics.

Forms

The forms sawn are:

  • bar; tube; billet; block; slab; plate; castings; angle and structural sections; extrusions; forgings and fabrications; machines and part finished components.
  Best Tolerance Commercial
Billeting from +/- 0.1mm for non-ferrous metals+/- 0.1mm up to 60mm dia, thereafter +/-0.25mm ferrous metals +/- 0.25mm+/- 0.5mm
Plate   +/- 3.0mm
Billet from +/- 2.0mm on all dimensions +/- 5.0mm

(Tolerances dependent on size and application)