As a natural progression from our press
toolmaking origins and with repeated requests from our
existing customers to
add a “small run” facility to our in house design
and manufacture of press tools Metal Shapes and Pressings
Ltd was incorporated in 1996.
With an initial single 40 ton hme press the company has
expanded to four factory spaces with a range of presses from
5-120 tonnes. A hydraulic shear was added in 2004 to our
plant to reduce lead times on material waiting and improve
flexibility on short run requirements reducing excessive
coil stocks and providing our customers with a fast and effective
small batch capability. While doing this we have kept our
coil fed capability to accommodate medium to high batch quantities.
Learning our trade in the automotive industry we have since
expanded our customer base to include aerospace, electrical,
computer, construction, food and medical industries.
We provide a clean and safe environment for our employees
whilst constantly improving our working methods, training
and organisational skills to improve our efficiency and meet
the requirements of our customers.
Working
from sheet/cut blanks, strip, wire and coil. In house guillotining. Production from progression, pierce and blank, pierce and
crop, form, compound, draw, swaging, rivetting and assembly
tools.
Ancillary
operations added to our capability include production tapping
(multi head and rotary), spin rivetting, spot welding.
Gallery:
Presswork
capacity 5 tons - 120 tons
Coil feed capability 250mm x 3mm
Strip feed capability 200mm x 6mm
Manual press and form ability on all presses
Gallery:
For
examples of our work, take a look through our presswork
gallery.
