V and F Sheet Metal Co Ltd

V and F Sheet Metal are a UK Hampshire based sheet metal fabrication, sheet metal work and sub-contract engineering company. We provide sheet metal manufacturing services including CNC punching, CNC laser cutting, CNC bending, welding and press work. Using the latest CAD/CAM software modelling for the best accuracy and speed of sheet metal blank development for our in house CNC punching and CNC laser cutting processes. Supporting a wide range of industries in the UK from electronics to lighting, heating and audio.

Established in Fareham, Hampshire in 1985, with the ability to handle engineering projects from one off small batches of bespoke sheet metal work to high volume power press work V and F Sheet Metal are flexible enough to offer you the complete sub-contract sheet metal fabrication service for your growing company. Regular deliveries to Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, Eastleigh, Andover, Basingstoke and other towns in Hampshire from our factory in Fareham is easy. Over-night pallet and small package deliveries right across the UK for those who need it is offered to ease sheet metal component supply.

We have grown to a size where we can offer a complete sub-contract sheet metal fabrication and sheet metal work service to our customers right across the UK. This can include advice on the suitability of sheet metal work designs for manufacturing, sub-assembly work or sub-contract finishing and treatments to your specification e.g. zinc plating, alocrom 1200 / 1000, iridite NCP, surtec 650, silver and black anodising, powder coating, wet painting and screen printing. Continually investing in the latest CNC manufacturing equipment and CAD/CAM software enables us to offer the best combination of quality and price to suit your sub-contract engineering and sheet metal fabrication requirements.

We have a long history of working with UK based lighting companies to reduce their sheet metal fabrication costs and improve the quality of their sub-contract engineering/sheet metal work projects. With many standard CNC punching tools and material set-up costs can be kept to a minimum when considering new sheet metal fabrication projects.

Sheet Metal Enclosures and sheet metal housings for the electronics industry
Reflectors and sheet metal fabrications for the UK lighting industry
Sheet Metal Perforated Ventilation and Speaker grilles for the heating and audio industries
Front panel electronics and rack mount sheet metal work
Welded assemblies - thin gauge to 6mm sheet metal fabrications in ferrous and non-ferrous materials
CNC punching using Trumpf CNC punch presses
CNC laser cutting with our Trumpf 3030 3KW fibre laser cutting machine
CAD/CAM processes supported by Radan 3D and 2D software to aid CNC punching and laser cutting
Sheet Metal CNC bending up to 3.0M long (7 press brakes), including 3 Trumpf 7036 CNC press brakes and a 3M Safan e-Brake CNC press brake
Tig, Mig, Gas, Spot and Stud sheet metal fabrication welding capacity
Power press sheet metal work up to 50 tons with custom press tools

Where can I get sheet metal work? Look no further if you are looking for CNC punching, CNC laser cutting, CNC bending and other sheet metal working processes:

For further information and to discuss your personal sheet metal project requirements call us on 01489 577786.

For more information about sheet metal please visit this page What is Sheet Metal Work and how is it made?

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Laser cut components with a protective plastic film

27 September 2018

Laser cut stainless steel

This week our Trumpf 3030 3KW fiber laser has been going great guns, hardly stopping between jobs! The latest interesting project involved producing a batch of 300 laser cut brackets using stainless steel of 2mm gauge with a 4 thou plastic fiber laser coating.

We are able to offer you a complete laser cutting service from 3D modelling, CAD/CAM program development, laser cutting and down stream production processes. Using Radan 2017 sheet metal CAD/CAM software we take your 3D data in the form of STEP or SAT files. 2D drawings can also be acceptable of PDF files and we will calculate the correct developed blank sizes for you. Using advanced nesting algorithms we can experiment with different nesting patterns to produce the most parts from any given sheet. This technique helps to reduce costs at the quoting stage and speeds up production cutting times.

If you have a project that needs some input from a friendly sheet metal company then we are here to help. We can look at your designs and suggest areas that can be improved with a view to saving you money. Always a great start! Just send us your drawings to sales@vandf.co.uk and we will be happy to take a look for you.

Would you like to see more images of laser cut components to give you some ideas for your design? Take a look here: Pinterest Board We have many examples of our work on our Pinterest Boards and gallery pages within our website.

If you are interested in a more detailed description of the production of this component, please read our blog post :

http://www.vandf.co.uk/blog/laser-cut-stainless-steel-plates-with-a-protective-plastic-film/

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