What is sheet metal processing?
Sheet metal processing is a broad concept that covers a large number of machining operations applied to metal sheets. It is often done on behalf of diverse industrial manufacturing companies, who then incorporate the processed sheet material into their own production lines.
Examples of sheet metal processing:
- Assembling
- Autogenous cutting (fire cutting)
- Boring
- Coating
- Cutting
- Deburring
- Drilling
- Edge rounding/deburring/silking
- Edging/bending
- Galvanizing
- Laser Cutting
- Milling
- Plasma cutting
- Punching
- Sawing
- (Smooth) rolling mills
- Tapping
- Welding
- Water Cutting
247TailorSteel specialty: online sheet metal working
Companies that carry out these operations make up the sheet metal processing industry. These include companies that offer a wide variety of operations, all under one roof. Other companies specialise in a particular operation. For example, we at 247TailorSteel specialise in the 2D laser cutting of metal sheet material, but also in edging and edge rounding.
Fast and easy metal sheet processing with Sophia®
247TailorSteel started laser cutting in 2007. This process is handled completely by Sophia®: Sophisticated Intelligent Analyser. Since 2017, we have also digitised the bending process in the same way, which means that 247TailorSteel is able to offer an unparalleled method of laser cutting, edging and edge rounding.