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Flat profiles

Laser Cutting

Accurate laser profiles in mild steel, stainless and aluminium—nested for material use and ready for brake work or dispatch.

Accurate flat profiles in steel, stainless and aluminium.

Laser cutting mild steel plate
Laser cutting mild steel plate

Cutting capability

Laser cutting delivers repeatable profiles for brackets, gussets, signage backings, machine plates and architectural screens. Nesting is optimised for material use while respecting grain direction where you specify it.

Edge quality suitable for fabrication, coating and assembly is standard; finer requirements are noted on the drawing.

File preparation

DXF/DWG with clean contours, correct scale and layer separation speeds programming. Duplicate lines, open contours and overlapping geometry cause delays—we return files for correction when needed.

For etching or marking, provide layer names and depth expectations explicitly.

Thickness range

Thin sheet through commercial plate thicknesses are cut subject to machine capacity. Very small holes in thick plate may need process review or secondary drilling.

Tap holes and countersinks can be programmed where tooling allows.

Downstream

Cut parts can move directly to bending, welding or dispatch. Combining cutting-only with fabrication in one order avoids freight between suppliers.

Kerf, edge squareness and tap holes

Laser kerf is compensated in the program so finished parts match drawing size after cut. Tap drill and clearance holes are programmed from your hole table—mixed tables on one part are common on bracket plates.

Thick plate may show slight taper on edges; if a part mates with a precision bore, call out which face is datum for machining or reaming.

Nesting and material certificates

Nesting respects your grain direction notes on structural plate where orientation matters for slots and bends. Mill certificates can be linked to heat numbers on nominated projects when material is traceable from supply.

Cut profiles ready for forming or dispatch
Cut profiles ready for forming or dispatch

Frequently asked questions

Answers grounded in how we quote, programme and fabricate from Point Cook—relevant to this page.

State whether edges are for hidden interfaces or visible architectural faces. We deburr and break sharp edges to coater expectations when noted on the order.

Open contours, duplicate lines and micro-segments from poor flattening prevent safe nesting. We return files rather than guess kerf behaviour.

Very small holes in thick plate may need process review or secondary drilling—we advise at quote with hole diameter and plate thickness.

Yes when bends or stiffeners follow rolling direction. Note grain requirements on the drawing or order.

What clients say

Feedback from contractors and project teams we supply across Melbourne and Victoria.

“Having cutting and welding in one order removed the ‘wrong hole pattern’ problem we had when suppliers were split.”

Fabrication coordinatorOEM equipment · Melbourne

“First-off on the brake was signed before the full batch ran—repeat panels matched across six drops.”

Production managerManufacturing

Related fabrication work

Examples from our Point Cook workshop with scope and outcomes described on each project page.

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Send a drawing for review

Describe your laser cutting requirement and we will respond with scope, programme and technical comments.

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