CNC laser profiling in mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium up to 25 mm, delivered from our sister company's works in Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Overview
Group profiling capacity, single point of contact
Laser cutting is provided from JEM Sheet Metal & Engineering in Stockport, our sister company. It is a genuine in-group capability rather than a bought-in service: the schedule, the material and the responsibility stay inside the group, and you deal with one company throughout.
For customers in Greater Manchester and the North West, work can be placed and collected directly at the Stockport works on Borron Street, Portwood. For customers in the East of England, profiles are cut in Stockport and processed onward at East Harling (folded, machined, welded and finished) so a job that needs cutting and fabricating does not have to be split across two unrelated suppliers.
Profiles are cut from your DXF or DWG. Where you have a 3D model rather than flat patterns, we will develop the flats and confirm bend allowances with you before cutting.
Capability
Cutting from your DXF or DWG, or from flats we develop from your 3D model
Nesting for material yield where quantity justifies it
Mild steel up to 25 mm; stainless steel and aluminium to the maximum the grade and tolerance allow
Progression straight into CNC folding, punching, welding and assembly without leaving the group
Prototype and single-part cutting as well as production quantities
Collection or delivery from the Stockport works for North West customers
Applications
Typical work
Flat profiles, brackets, gussets and plates
Folded sheet metal enclosures, panels and covers
Base plates, cleats and connection details for fabricated structures
Prototype parts and development iterations
Decorative and architectural perforated or profiled panels
Replacement parts profiled from a sample or a measured sketch
What we need
To quote accurately
A DXF or DWG of the flat profile, or a STEP model if flats have not been developed
Material type, grade and thickness
Quantity per profile and total order quantity
Whether folding, welding or finishing is required after cutting
Any grain direction, cosmetic face or edge-condition requirement
Collection or delivery preference: Stockport or East Harling
Missing something from this list? Send what
you have. Most enquiries can be priced from a dimensioned sketch, and we would rather ask
one question than quote round a gap.
From file to part
What happens to your DXF
Five steps, and the one that matters most is the first.
01 Review
Geometry checked against the process:
internal radii, tab sizes, hole-to-edge distances and anything that will not cut cleanly
at the specified thickness.
02 Nest
Profiles nested for material yield
where the quantity justifies it. On a single part, yield matters less than lead time and
we say so.
03 Cut
Mild steel, stainless steel and
aluminium up to 25 mm. Pierce points positioned away from cosmetic faces where the
part has one.
04 Onward
Straight into CNC folding, punching,
welding and assembly without leaving the group, or delivered flat if that is all
you need.
Working from a 3D model rather than flat patterns?
We develop the flats and confirm bend allowances with you before anything is cut.
Profiling
Cut in Stockport. Folded, machined, welded and finished in Norfolk.
A job that needs cutting and fabricating does not have to be split across two unrelated suppliers, and the material certification does not have to cross a company boundary to get to you.
The group's profiling capacity sits at Borron Street, Portwood,
Stockport SK1 2JD, minutes from the M60 and within easy reach of Manchester,
Salford, Oldham, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Trafford, Tameside and the wider North West.
JEM Sheet Metal & Engineering has operated from Stockport since 1976
and holds laser cutting, CNC folding to 3 m, CNC punching and MIG, TIG and spot
welding under one roof. Enquiries placed through Van Driel are handled by the same
estimating process and the same group standard.
At the Stockport works in Greater Manchester, operated by our sister company JEM Sheet Metal & Engineering, not at East Harling. We are explicit about this because a supplier who implies a machine is on site when it is two hundred miles away is telling you something about how they will handle the rest of the job. For customers in the East of England, profiles are cut at Stockport and processed onward at East Harling.
Up to 25 mm in mild steel. Stainless steel and aluminium are cut alongside it with lower maximums, which depend on the grade and on the tolerance required and confirmed when we quote rather than stated as a headline figure that may not hold for your part.
Yes, and that is usually the point. CNC folding to 3 m and CNC punching sit alongside the laser at Stockport; welding, machining, assembly and finishing happen at East Harling. A job that needs cutting and fabricating does not have to be split across two unrelated suppliers, which is where material certification, the schedule and the responsibility normally get lost.
A DXF or DWG of the flat profile. If you have a 3D model rather than flat patterns we will develop the flats and confirm bend allowances with you before cutting because getting the allowance wrong is the most common reason a folded part comes out the wrong size, and it is entirely avoidable.
No. Single parts and prototypes are cut alongside production quantities. Where quantity justifies it, nesting is used to improve material yield, and that shows up in the price.
Related capability
Rarely one process on its own
Most jobs cross two or three disciplines. Quoting them together removes handling,
transport and the interface risk that comes with splitting a job across suppliers.
