Services

Component Design

Our highly skilled engineering team excels at converting complex client problems into practical, efficient solutions on demanding schedules, often delivering within 2-3 weeks. We leverage the latest version of Siemens SolidEdge 3D CAD software to design and test solutions prior to manufacturing, ensuring optimal quality and precision.

In addition, we use a variety of advanced image, drawing, and modeling tools to create concept presentations that are especially important for projects where design aesthetics are critical, such as office fit-outs and architectural installations. Our use of CAM software further streamlines the manufacturing process, enabling us to convert CAD designs into machine code and produce objects with ease.

We are dedicated to collaborating with our clients and developing prototypes and components that meet their precise requirements. Our final 'design for manufacture' solution is cost-effective and optimized for efficient production. For reliable, top-quality engineering services, trust our team to exceed your expectations.

CNC Press Brakes

We have multiple CNC press brakes ranging from 1200mm to 4000mm in length. We offer high speed, precision bending of sheetmetal up to full sheet lengths. See our guide for designing items for press brake folding. Our robotically operated press brake can fold components fully unmanned.

CNC Turret Punches

We produce a wide range of small deformation sheet metal features using specialised tooling on our CNC turret punches. Supported by an extensive tooling library of more than 7,000 tools, we have the capability to create a variety of formed details, trimming operations, and secondary features directly in the punching process, reducing the need for additional manufacturing steps.

These features include part shear details for clip-together or component location during assembly, formed dimples for feet or countersunk fasteners, louvered ventilation openings, small formed flanges, and roller tool operations for features such as ribs, beads, offsets, and surface detailing. We can also emboss or stamp symbols and identification marks into sheet metal, including lettering, earth symbols, and other custom requirements.

Power Presses

When fitted with custom tooling, our power presses can perform drawing, blanking, punching, and forming operations in a single stroke, providing an efficient and economical solution for high-volume production.

Our press shop includes a variety of power presses with capacities ranging from 25 to 150 tonnes. The machines feature flexible tool mounting interfaces and bolster configurations to accommodate a wide range of custom tooling requirements. They can be set up to process individual blanks, as well as strip or coil-fed material, delivering consistent and repeatable results across production runs.

CNC Turret Punch Press

We have four turret punch presses - A Murata C2000, Murata C5000, Amada EM2510NT & Amada Apelio Punch-Laser. These offer a broad set of capabilities for punching up to 8mm thick steel, stainless steel and aluminium. High volume work is run on the Amada EM2510NT as it has automated sheet handling which allows overall unattended operation and significant production savings. We typically process standard 2438 x 1219 mm sheets but can handle larger sizes, including 1500 mm wide material.

NC Guillotine

We have two sheet guillotines to cover cutting a range of sheetmetal up to 8mm thick. We offer NC cutting precision and guillotine up to 3600 mm in width.

Power Press

With a range of mechanical power presses ranging in capacity from 30 to 150 Tonnes for both profile punching and forming operations. High quality tooling can be arranged for specific parts to run in these presses. Coupled with automated coil feeding plant, we offer very competitive mass production of plates and brackets.

Surface Finishes

We have an onsite powder coating plant with pre-treatment facilities. Our powder coating oven measures 2 m high by 1.7 m wide and can accommodate parts up to 4 m long. In addition to powder coated surface finishes we arrange for products to be screen printed, removing this hassle for you. Your products are delivered fully finished and on time.

Spot Welding

Spot welding is an ideal assembly operation for light steel gauges. It allows highly repeatable and reliable metal welding, all with rapid process times and a very small heat affected zone on the welded part. We have a variety of spot welding machines of different duties and specialised fabrication workbenches, jigs and fixtures to ensure accuracy and square-ness of any fabrication work. We typically spot weld steel gauges up to 1.2 mm

MIG/TIG Welding 

We offer both MIG and TIG welding services for steel, stainless steel and aluminium. MIG welding is significantly faster but can require finishing work, whilst TIG welding gives a much cleaner as-welded finish and is reliably used for lighter gauge metals. We have experienced engineering fabricators on staff to meet your requirements for both MIG and TIG welding.

Soldering

We use soldering techniques to seal items, making them waterproof. Typically joins are secured first with spot welds before soldering, for a mechanically sound joint as well as a waterproof one.

Inserts

Sheet metal inserts typically allow assembly using threaded fasteners, for example press fit nuts in an enclosure allows items to be securely bolted into or onto the enclosure. The world of inserts, and our experience with them, ranges beyond typical treaded options however, see this catalogue for what is available. We have an insertion press with a range of tooling for insert installation. We also have spin riveting and Riv-nut installation options.

Fasteners

We have a skilled and efficient assembly line where parts are assembled using fastener systems ranging from common place to customised. We can accommodate fastener technology appropriate to your designs. 

Light Fabrication

Fielden Metalworks do light fabrication work, both for discrete products and to compliment sheetmetal items. We have significant experience manufacturing fabricated tubular items such as display stands and racking. We have highly skilled fabrication staff, specialising in MIG and TIG welding, and can undertake steel, stainless steel and aluminium fabrication.