Plasma Cutting or Laser Cutting – What’s Right For You?

Paint Line

Plasma Cutting is a very similar to Laser Cutting in that they both use compressed gas to cut materials. The difference is that whilst Laser Cutting uses either nitrogen, oxygen or compressed air to cut, Plasma Cutting uses a combination of of compressed air and inert gasses, such as hydrogen and nitrogen which when combined … Read more

No if’s, just cuts! – Find Out More About What Laser Cutting Can Offer!

Sheet Metal Laser Cutting

We here at Saint Anns are very proud of our state of the art Trumpf 3030 fibre laser cutter. It’s laser beam has a typical radius of 0.15mm (0.006 inches, for our “distinguished” readers). This means that our laser is more than capable of cutting complex and intricate patterns. With the technology behind our laser … Read more

Top 5 Benefits of Laser Cutting

Benefits of Laser Cutting in Sheet Metal Fabrication – five reasons it will benefit you Laser cutting in sheet metal fabrication is a novel procedure in manufacturing which excludes the need for machining on a number of engineering jobs, thereby saving you money on manufacturing projects. Before now, traditional cutting methods such as flame and … Read more

Sheet Metal Replication, Reproduction and Redesign

Reproduction cabinet

St. Ann’s Sheet Metal have long specialised in reproduction of existing products, especially where potential customers do not have existing drawings or CAD files. One of our customers has seen first-hand the application of these skills in the creation of their product. Reproduction When they first came to St. Ann’s Sheet Metal, the project entailed … Read more

May – Showcase of Products & Services

Quality Inspections Another laser cutting inspection underway at Saint Anns. Full inspections are carried out at every stage producing customer’s products and components. This job is now receiving an inspection before moving on to its next stage, CNC bending. Brass Cutting & Bending This 0.7 bright polish brass with vinyl coating is just ready to … Read more

Parts Washer – Complete Fabrication

Wayne Parts Washer

Parts Washer the Background For some time now, one of our many valued customers has been working with us using our laser cutting and bending facilities for the sheet metal components of a Parts Washer. Over this period, we have been consistently working alongside them providing valuable design assistance which has enabled us to improve the … Read more

Design Improvements in Sheet Metal

Sheet Metal heating after

Design Improvements  (Sheet Metal)– Hexagonal Heater Casing We caught up with Graham Gee, St Ann’s Sheet Metals’ Project Development Engineer, on a recent visit, and he showed us one of his latest Design Improvements he has been involved in. The customer is extremely happy with this re-design, and so are we, as it is now … Read more

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