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Sign Project
A leader in the sign industry was seeking an alternate supplier for lettering elements. Current practice relied on a CNC router to cut individual letters from raw sheet, but this approach failed to produce sharply defined contours and edges. CIM Metals applied abrasive waterjet cutting technology to meet the customer’s requirement to create very crisp, tight details in the signage letters. The process enables treatment of plastic, steel, or stone without re-tooling while maintaining tolerances to +/- 0.0037”. Referencing CAD files supplied by the customer, we produced 22 letters in 0.25” thick aluminum within 48 hours.
Letters for the sign industry
| Specifications | |
| Process | Precision cutting of 2 dimensional shapes using abrasive water jet technology |
| Tightest Tolerance | +/- 0.003" (+/- 0.076 mm) |
| Material Thickness | 0.25" (6.35 mm) |
| Product Length | 22” (559 mm) per individual letter |
| Product Width | 36” (914 mm) per individual letter |
| Base Material | Aluminum 3003 |
| Industry for Use | Signage |
| Quantity | 22 letters for 1 sign |
| Delivery Time | 48 hours |
| Project Scope | Manufacture from stock plate |
| Design Work | Import CAD data to CNC programming |
| Drawing Type Accepted | DXF |
