Metal Cutting Laser and Digital Brake Purchase

We have purchased two pieces of fabrication equipment that will allow us to expand our trailer manufacturing capabilities, and to improve the quality of our finished product.

The first machine is a 4,000 watt metal cutting laser made by Bystronic (a Swiss company). This machine is capable of making very detailed cuts in metals as thick as 1” This unit will enable us to make very intricate cuts with a high degree of accuracy, such as exact placement of bolt holes on a sheet metal panel. We also will have the ability to etch text or placement marks directly on the sheets, helpful for when these parts are placed in a die for bending or installing accessories. This machine will allow us to fabricate parts for our own consumption, but also to make parts for anyone that may need medium to high volume production of parts.

Secondly, we purchased a computer controlled brake for bending metal. This unit is much more powerful than our existing brakes allowing us to bend thicker and longer pieces of steel. The machine is made by LVD, and produces 190 Tons of force with a 10 ft wide die capability. Ironically, this machine is more valuable to us for bending thin sheet metal very accurately, but it does have the power to bend thicker and longer pieces when needed.

These two investments will compliment our powder coating system that we added two years ago. After a short learning curve, we will be able to design, cut; bend and powder coat a wide variety of parts in a wide variety of metals.

Our employees are very creative. These new machines are going to have a hard time keeping up with our abilities to provide innovative equipment or mechanized solutions!!