• Capabilities

Capabilities

Contour Architectural's skilled craftsmen have been scuplting metal for over half a century. Our specialist skills and capabilities lie in forming a wide range of sheet metals into precise, complex double-curvature structures.


Skills

Our individual bespoke metalwork projects and one-off commissions have encompassed our unique set of skills and experience with metal fabrication. For architectural projects we are one of just a few UK companies who can hand shape metal and mould metal into very challenging shapes including double-curvatures.

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Skills

  • Forming double curvature panels
  • Flanging & wiring edges
  • Folding
  • Swaging
  • TIG Butt welding
  • MIG welding
  • Resistance spot welding
  • Tool making
  • Jig making
  • Pattern making
  • Cabinet making
  • 3D design and development


Machinery

With a range of machinery available in our workshop we are able to produce intricate handmade metal fabrications for many complex architectural metalwork projects form large one-off pieces to smaller high volume repeat orders. Traditional hand tools along with larger machinery including our own purpose-designed English Wheeling Machine mean we can manipulate metal to suit your needs.

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Machinery

  • 3 x 42” Wheeling machines
  • 5 x 24” Wheeling machines
  • Contour 28” Power hammer
  • Eckold powered shrinker/stretcher
  • 3 x Hand operated shrinker/stretcher machines
  • Guillotine
  • 3 x Folders: Box & pan
  • 5 x Fly presses with comprehensive tooling
  • 3 x 200 amp AC TIG welding machines
  • 3 x 160 amp DC TIG welding machines
  • 2 x 180 amp MIG welders
  • 15 kva Resistance spot welder
  • 2 x Swaging machines
  • Band saw
  • Drill press
  • Various specialist hand tools


Materials

We have experience of completing a number of structural and sculptural projects using wide ranging materials and metals.

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Materials

  • Mild steel
  • Stainless steel
  • Aluminium Alloys
  • Copper
  • Titanium
  • Brass
  • Zinc
  • Lead
  • Timber & timber products


If your next project needs specialist sheet-metal shaping, large or small, from one-offs to long production runs, speak to Contour Architectural today.