Cost-effective CNC plasma cutting machine moves cutting in-house for metal fabricator

摘要

Industrial Revolution is a custom metal fabrication company located in Brantford, Ont. A key part of its business is supplying custom-fabricated components for wind turbines, which are produced to meet stringent specifications. As a new, growing business with limited resources, the company did not own a profile cutting machine to cut steel plate into CAD-drawn parts, so it subcontracted plasma cutting services. According to Ted Cowan, company owner, the process was restrictive and expensive, because the delivery schedules from local cutting service companies were not reliable, and the cut steel parts delivered were not always the parts required to support immediate production requirements.