Claim back the hours spent cutting, folding, drilling, and tapping
Steel & Tube's quality Plate Processing and Press Brake service is the perfect solution to ordering tailoured steel products. From custom brackets to patterned cutting, our production sites can offer:
- Plasma/Oxy Cutting
- Bevelling and edge refinement
- Folding up to 32mm thick steel
- Drilling, Tapping & Countersinking
- Milling and profiling
- Punching & Guillotining
Our team work with DXF, DWG and NC files, or we can help programme a file from your drawings or 3D files. All our products are provided with end to end traceability including mill certification.
We're here to help! Our team can quickly and cost-effectively recommend the best solution to fit your needs.
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PLASMA/OXY CUTTING
Programmed cutting for intricate shapes.
Depending on the thickness of your piece, we process plate using Plasma arc cutting or Oxy fuel cutting. See below for the specifications of each method:
Bed Size:15 m L x 3.1 m W x 300 mm D
Placement tolerance:+/- 2.0 mm
| Plasma Cutting | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Sheet thickness | 2 mm to 60 mm |
| Minimum curved radius | From 5 mm* |
| Minimum straight edge | From 4 mm* |
| Oxy Cutting | Measurement |
| Sheet thickness | 60 mm to 300 mm |
| Minimum curved radius | From 15 mm* |
| Minimum straight edge | From 4 mm* |
BEVELLING
Edged refinement.
Weld preparation or aesthetic touches, Steel & Tube offers the following plasma or oxy edge processing:
- Standard Bevel
- K Bevel
- Bevel with landing
| SPECIFICATION | MEASUREMENT |
|---|---|
| Minimum bevel thickness | 6 mm |
| Maximum bevel thickness | 60 mm |
| Minimum angle | 55 deg |
| Angle tolerance | +/- 1 deg |
| AWS/ISO weld programs | YES |
| Bevel standard | AS/NZS 1554 and ISO 9692 |
FOLDING
A brilliant option for customer brackets.
Take your project and ideas to new levels with our press-brake machine, turning flat steel into folded 3D products. Our team are happy to help transfer your CAD files or drawings into a finished product, talk to our specialists today.
| SPECIFICATION | MEASUREMENT |
|---|---|
| Maximum bending length | 3.6 m (single hit) |
| Maximum thickness | 32 mm |
| Angle range | 0 deg to 179 deg |
| Accuracy | +/- 5 deg |
DRILLING & TAPPING
Precise metric and imperial fitment
For when accuracy matters, you can get drilling programmed into your piece with tight positional tolerance. We can also tap holes for fittings, and provide countersinking or counter-boring.
Movement:3 axis
Positional tolerance:+/- 0.15 mm
| DRILLING | MEASUREMENT |
|---|---|
| Maximum depth | 100 mm (4") |
| Minimum diameter | 3 mm |
| Maximum diameter | 50 mm |
| TAPPING | MEASUREMENT |
|---|---|
| Thread types | Metric ISO, Imperial UNC/UNF |
| Metric size range | M6 to M24 |
| Imperial size range | ¼” to 1” |
| Minimum edge distance | 1.5x hole diameter (M10 = 15mm) |
MILLING
Automated and repeatable products
Whether it’s prototyping or production, our milling capabilities and experience can turn your ideas into reality
| SPECIFICATION | MEASUREMENT |
|---|---|
| Positional Tolerance (X/Y) | +/- 0.15 mm per meter |
| Repeatability | +/- 0.05 - 0.10 mm |
| Z-axis (spindle height) | +/- 0.05 - 0.10 mm |
| Surface finish | Ra 3–6 µm ** |
*Specification varies on plate thickness. Ask our team for confirmation.
**Specification varies on tooling. Please ask for confirmation on your piece.
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We encourage our customers to come and see our operation and talk to a specialist face to face. We are located at: Steel & Tube, Plate Processing, 68 Stonedon Drive, East Tamaki, Auckland, 2018
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