We specialise in laser cutting and engraving, fabrics and other materials. We use two 8 metre flat bed tables carrying 200 watt lasers for cutting the larger panels as required in sails and fabric structures.

Cutting widths up to 1900 mm are possible and with the ability to register the “frame” ends on the material being cut, we can cut objects of virtually infinite length. Fabrics range from light nylon and silk to PVC and sail-fabrics containing Kevlar and Spectra yarns. Some of the materials we can cut include:

Acrylics	Laminates	Perspex	Stencils
Card	Leather	Plexiglas	Sailcloth
Corrugated Board	Paper	Silk	Technical Textiles
Decorative Cards

Many customers do not have access to CAD programs and only have some measurements or a template of what they want cut.

This presents no problem as we can either enter the measurements or digitise the pattern entering the offsets into one of CAD programs. This will then enable us to create the necessary vector files. If there are a number of pieces to be cut we nest these to provide the maximum utilisation of the material being cut.

We were recently sent half of a shape for cutting in the form of a paper pattern. This we had to digitise and then in CAD produce the full size image. A paper version was cut and sent to the customer for his approval. One or two small changes were made and we then cut a short pre production run to show the tight nesting and cutting pattern produced the desired results. Now we are ready to cut the shapes in volume.

The same detail is required for all our cutting except, of course, where only single objects are being cut and nesting is not an issue.

Copyright ©2006 Automated Cutting Services

Home About Us Services Gallery Contact