Ladbrook to Offer Circle Shearing Service

UK pressed metal specialist Ladbrook have announced that they are now able to provide a circle shearing service, enabling them to supply metal circles, metal rings, round metal disks and a variety of shaped blanks with circular holes as used in the ducting and air conditioning industries. Ladbrook expect to supply engineering companies and manufacturers across Europe. They are also able to provide additional processes such as drilling, pressing, punching and folding plus complete fabrication where required. Using a computer controlled circle-shearing machine that can cut at up to 75m per minute, Ladbrook are now able to provide fast and accurate production of a variety of sheet metal components.

"We can now accurately cut metal discs and metal circles up to 1250mm and 3mm thick, said Paul Goodman, Manufacturing Director at Ladbrook. "The acquisition of the process has been due to a specific order but we still have capacity available to take on additional projects and now we've seen how powerful this equipment can be, we feel sure there will be manufacturers out there who would like to benefit from this technology."

Ladbrook provide manufacturing services for a range of industries such as water heating systems, automotive, medical equipment, agricultural equipment and the window industry. With a 70 year history in pressed metal parts, Ladbrook remains a leader in this field but now also provides a broad range of engineering services such as injection mould tooling design, metal spinning and product assembly. Key to Ladbrook's success has been its focus on employing knowledgeable and passionate engineers and a keen understanding of quality systems.