Waterjet Cutting, Plasma Cutting &
Flame Cutting from ML Fabcuts

Established in 2003, ML Fabcuts has steadily grown to become one of the leading suppliers of profiles in the South East of England. Originally starting with just a single CNC Waterjet and Plasma Machine, we have no expanded in size and can now boast more than four large machines which gives us capabilites of Laser Cutting, Plasma Cutting, Waterjet Cutting and Flame Cutting.

ML Fabcuts are specialists in CNC Profiling from a large range of materials and are an ISO Registered company. We offer profile cutting using the latest state of the art technology. The technologies that we use for cutting materials including Laser, Plasma, Waterjet and Flame processes.

The machines operators at ML Fabcuts together have over 20 years experience of using cutting machinery giving them an unbeatable knowledge of both machines and software.

The machinery that we use for our profiling is highly specialised and we use machines from the leading machinery manufacturers such as Esab for Plasma, Flame and Waterjet Cutting, Waterjet Cutting Machines from Flow and Laser Cutting Machines from Bystronic. All of our machinery is driven using the latest software from Sigmanest.

The Sigmanest software that we use has the ability import your vector graphic CAD files, including the more common .dwg and .dxf file formats. In addition to this we use magic eye technology which can "read" your templates and transfer these in to the Sigmanest Software.

ML Fabcuts carrys large supplies of materials which we can cut from. If however, you have your own materials then we will only be to happy to use them.

Services offered by ML Fabcuts

Waterjet Cutting

ML Fabcuts offer Waterjet Cutting of vitually any material up to a maximum of 200mm in thickness. Our Bed will take a maximum capacity of 6m x 2.5m

Waterjet Cutting is used to slice into a material by using a highly pressurised jet of water at very high speeds. It can also be used in conjunction with another, abrasive substance. This method of profile cutting originates in nature (Water Erosion) but is highly concentrated and accelerated. Waterjet cutting is the preferred method when dealing with temperature sensitive materials. Waterjet Cutting is used in a variety of industries from aerospace to mining where it is used for carving, reaming, shaping and obviously, cutting.

Plasma Cutting

The Plasma Cutting Machine that we have can cut Thick Mild Steel up to 40mm in thickness and Thick Stainless Steel up to 30mm thick. Our machinery has a bed size in excess of six metres which is one of the largest you will find in the region.

Plasma cutting is commenly used to cut materials such as steel by using a plasma torch. It works by blowing an inert gas at high speed out a nozzle at the same time that an electrical arc forms between the gas from the nozzle and the material's surface which is being cut.

This converts some of the gas to plasma. This plasma gets to such a temperature that it melts the metal being cut and moves fast enough to blown any molten metal away from where the cut is.

Dual Process Cutting

This is used when a project requires speed and details. On theparts where a high level of accuracy is concerned, Waterjet cutting is used but on the simpler parts we use Plasma Cutting on parts that don't require such a fine finish as this is quicker and can bring costs down.

This anables us to meet your exact requirements, keep your costs to a minimum and bring your project in on time. We can offer this on a bedsize of 6m x 2.5m.

Laser Cutting

We can offer Laser Cutting on Mild Steel up to 12mm and on Stainless Steel up to 5mm

With Laser Cutting a laser is used to cut the materials. This works by using a high powered laser and with a computer, directing the output and the material you wish to cut. The material in question then either burns, melts, vapourises or is simply blown away by a powerful jet of gas.

The end result is a cut with an extremely high quality finish. Laser cutters are used to cut both flat sheet materials in addition to piping and structural materials.

One benefit that Laser cutting has over other cutting methods is that there is not any phsical contact which means there is no chance of a cutting edge become contaminated and no chance of a cutting edge contaminating the material being cut. One other benefit is precision as there is no chance of any wear on the laser. Warping of materials is also reduced as the Laser Cutting Method has a very small zone which is affected by heat. It can also be used on materials that mechanical cutting might find difficult or more challenging.

Flame Cutting

Flame Cutting is commenly used when Waterjet Cutting is to slow or the finished shape is not needed. This is common on heavier mild steel profiles. Our Flame Cutting machinery can be used to cut steel plate ranging from 20mm all the way to 150mm in thickness and we have a bedsize of 4m x 2m.

Flame Cutting is still one of the most popular methods for the basic cutting of metal plate for many profilers. Due to the heat involved in the Flame Cutting process, temperature sensitive materials are best not cut by this method.

Hy Def Plasma Cutting

A recent development, Hy-Definition Plasma Systems are the latest breakthrough in cutting technology. Hy-Def Cutting offers significant improvements over other systems when it comes to thinner materials. The Plasma Jet is condensed and constricted which leads to a density of energy that is up to three times greater than a standard Plasma Cutting machine. This gives you an even better quality of finish and edge.

We are proud to be one of the first in the UK to offer this service and our cutting area can deal with materials up to 9m x 3m. We can cut Stainless Steel which is 80mm in thickness (from an edge start).

Other Services

We offer other services to our clients which include painting, powder coating, profiling and galvanised finishes. For more information on our service and a friendly no-obligation discussion, contact us now.