At Custom Steel Appeal we are not just your standard laser cutting shop.  We can assist with a range of laser cutting services, including small batch runs and fast turnaround times for many materials and services. We have an ever expanding range of laser cutting services designed to assist multiple industries such as sign making, general fabrication, prototyping, security and electrical down to the home hobbyist.  We enjoy working with you to understand the part you are creating and any potentially efficiencies we can bring to the design to optimise the cutting and manufacturing process.

If this is something you are interested in learning more about, or are after a quote please get in contact with us.

  

Profile cutting material capacities:

Large format laser cutting

1.5KW IPG Laser

Bed size 1250x2500mm
Mild Steel – Capacity 3mm (Air Assist) / 12mm with O2 Gas Assist
Aluminum – Capacity 5mm
Stainless Steel - Capacity 6mm (Air Assist – will leave slight edge discolouration)
Galvanised Steel Sheet – Capacity 3mm (Air Assist) / 10mm with O2 Gas Assist
Most other non-ferrous metals can be cut up to 5mm (such as copper / brass etc)

 

160W CO2 Laser

Bed Size 1250x2500mm
Wood / Bamboo / Ply / MDF – 16mm
Acrylic / Perspex – 16mm
Other type of material that can be cut include: Leather, Paper, Cardboard, rubber, some foams, polyester.
**Note that a laser cannot cut PVC/PC as this creates chlorine gas

 

Smaller format laser cutting

100W CO2 Laser/engraver
Cutting Capacities:
Bed size 1300x900mm (with pass-through if item is larger)
Wood / Bamboo / Ply / MDF – 12mm
Acrylic / Perspex – 12mm
Other type of material that can be cut include: Leather, Paper, Cardboard, rubber, some foams, polyester and fiberglass.
**Note that a laser cannot cut PVC/PC as this creates chlorine gas

 

Laser Engraving & Metal Marking

Engraving capacities:
50 watt galvo fibre etching laser
Bed size 280 x 280mm
Black etch onto stainless steel

Engraving Capacity & Metal Surface Marking:
Bed size 1200x800mm
Acrylic / Ply / MDF / Wood / Fiberglass / Rubber / Thick cardboard
Label engraving using Romax / Multi Clour Laminate / Traffolyte
Allows permanent all weather black marking using CerMark LMM Spray on mild steel / Stainless Steel and Aluminium

 

Metal Bending

The newest addition to our machine line up is a pair of CNC press brakes, which will allow us to expand our metal bending capability to add custom planters, letterboxes and other types of signage to our portfolio along with the manufacture of custom brackets and other non-standard commercial fittings.

Machine capabilities:
1500mm wide 40 ton CNC Press Brake
Full length capacity 3mm mild steel
Full range of segmented top & bottom dies to allow internal bends and features to be created