Based in Kent UK, Cirrus specialise in high quality sheet metalwork and CNC punching that has full CADCAM capability using state-of-the-art offline programming.

The company has all the necessary facilities for high quality production and prototyping of all sheet metalwork and CNC punching applications. Professional MIG and TIG welding is also undertaken.

Cirrus handles a wide variety of sheet metal fabrication work drawn from many industry sectors. This has included components for amusement machines, gas fires and architectural metalwork, notably high specification window framing for prestige projects.

Much of this is contract-based, repeat business but the company is also geared up for one-offs and prototypes.

The new 1.5 m x 30 tonne upstroking machine and a 3.0 m x 110 tonne downstroking model, were supplied by sole UK agent for the Portuguese manufacturer, Press & Shear Machinery, Tamworth.

For Cirrus, the key benefit arising from CNC bending is the ability to completely fold a component to completion in one sequence, rather than in a series of separate set-ups. This also allows any necessary corrections to be identified at the start and distributed over the entire bending sequence.

"We've been very pleased with both press brakes, " Mr Mitchell concluded.

"They have certainly transformed our bending capabilities. Productivity is the obvious gain but overall quality has improved without a conscious effort. It is also the case that work that would previously have presented a challenge can now be done more routinely.

That's an important benefit for our customers as well as for us."

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