Design Fabricators specializes in providing design development, engineering and custom fabrication services to creative professionals and organizations. Our collective experience and facilities offer the latest in state of the art technology, enhancing our ability to serve the needs of our clients projects. Our goal is to build a close working relationship with each client that is both successful and rewarding.
We provide project development and design, engineering and manufacturing, along with installation and after care. We coordinate with developers, local authorities and private institutions, providing itemised budgets, installation specifications, project management, RAMS and maintenance scheduling and can act as a general liaison in negotiation with relevant parties to oversee time, budget and construction constraints and details.
Areas of expertise:
Architectural Metalworks
GRC & GRG Decorative Surfaces
Fine Art Fabrication & Facilitation
Motion Control & Technical Special Effects
Our workmen are IPAF 3A & 3B ticketed are all CSCS ticketed. We also partner with a specialist transport and lifting company and as such, we are able to provide a complete fabrication and installation service.
We are capable of producing high relief patterned or sculpted surfaces that can be integrated into built objects or environments. Patterns can be directly tooled into the material or used for repeatable casting.
Materials used for direct tooling include timber, MDF, tricoya, plywood, plastics, laminates and non-ferrous metals. Large areas can be assembled from multiple interlocking panels.
Repeatable/reusable designs are machined in high density modelling board, from which rubber moulds are made for casting purposes.
Feature Walls / Surfaces
Decorative Panels, Mouldings & Trim
Interior and Exterior Surfaces
Integration of cast panels into metal or wood frameworks
Plaster: glass fibre or hessian reinforced
GRC & GRP: glass reinforced cement and fibreglass
Jesmonite: polymerized gypsum or cement – durable, versatile, lightweight, eco friendly (water-based, non-VOC), fire resistant. Many surface finishes and colours available. -link to Jesmonite Surfaces Gallery-
Resins: clear/coloured/opaque/translucent
We can also provide CNC routing services for your project. Routing wood, laminates, plastics and light metals up to 3m x 1.5m. CAD file formats accepted; DXF, DWG, STL, SAT, IGES (please enquire about other formats).
Materials
Non-ferrous metals
Plywoods, MDF, Tricoya
Hardwood
Plastics, Corian, LG Hi-Macs
Laminates