OPIE SERVICES

WHERE CRAFTSMANSHIP MEETS METAL

Advanced contract metal fab­ri­ca­tion — design, laser, forming, welding, finishing & delivery across Sydney and Australia.

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Product Design

Our In­dus­tri­al Design team can help you through the design process of your product to ensure the product functions to its best ca­pa­bil­i­ty.

With our extensive suite of design tools, we provide 3D model designs to con­fi­dent­ly realise your concepts.

Rules based en­gi­neer­ing is one of our spe­cial­ties and forms part of this product design process. This allows a single pro­duc­tion template to be generated for the creation of further or similar products with all con­fig­urable variables, saving you valuable time.

Product Design

Materials Processing

Sheet metal materials

Our extensive range of equipment means we are able to process parts from a wide variety of materials, profiles and thick­ness­es.

Metals

  • GR 250–450, Chromoly, Gal, Zinc
  • Aluminium
  • Stainless steel
  • Wear resistant steel
  • Spe­cial­i­ty alloys
  • Brass, copper, titanium
  • Any ferrous / non-ferrous material

Non-metals

  • Wood products, MDF
  • Plastic, plywood
  • Rubber, nylon, acrylic
  • Neoprene
  • Com­pos­ites such as Alucobond

Laser welding & punch

Robotic laser welding

Opie Group is proud to offer large scale robotic welding services with our TruLaser Weld 5000 — the only man­u­fac­tur­ing company in the southern hemi­sphere to do so at this scale. Fine weld points or deep-welded seams across several metres, with expert team support.

Component Length Max loading
XL size cabin 8250mm × 4800mm × 3200mm
Rotate & tilt po­si­tion­er 2000mm × 1000mm × 700mm 400kg
Rotary table 1600mm × 800mm × 1200mm 250kg
Turnover po­si­tion­er 4000mm × 1500mm × 1000mm 1000kg

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Hand held laser welding

Hand held laser welding

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Lightweld tech­nol­o­gy for small scale and intricate ap­pli­ca­tions — faster pro­duc­tion, reduced waste, higher quality.

Laser & punch tech­nol­o­gy

Our “Combo” combines laser cutting, forming and punching. Brush table + de­scend­ing die for scratch-free surfaces — unique in Australia.

Multiple features & finishes

TruMatic 6000: sheets up to 8mm with tapping, coun­ter­sink­ing, roller off­set­ting, weld po­si­tion­ing and louvre tooling.

Laser and punch combo machine

“Punch it Chewie!” — Punch out swift solutions

Laser cutting & tube

Laser cutting

Wide variety of laser cutting machines — 20 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Laser cutting

5030 6KW Fiber5030 8KW Fiber5040 6KW
Max weight1100kg1100kg3200kg
Mild steel25mm25mm25mm
Stainless steel25mm40mm25mm
Aluminium25mm25mm16mm
Copper10mm10mm
Brass10mm10mm

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Tube laser cutting

Two TRUMPF TruLaser Tube 7000 systems — wall thick­ness­es up to 15mm. TruFlow CO2 laser and high-quality cutting data.

Tube laser cutting

Max wall thicknessTube lengthFinished part lengthWork piece weight
Stainless steel — 10mm10m max9.8m max37.5 kg/m
Mild steel — 15mm10m max9.8m max7.5 kg/m
Aluminium — 6.33mm10m max9.8m max7.5 kg/m

Tube laser cutting profiles diagram

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Bending, folding & welding

Bending & folding

TruBend 7030, 7036, 5170 and 5230 — pro­grammed complex bends with minimal downtime.

Metal folding

7030703651705230
Max tonnage36 tonnes170 tonnes230 tonnes
Bending length3123mm1020mm4250mm4250mm

Aus­trali­a's most extensive tooling range — complex folds under one roof.

Tooling range

Our bends have flex appeal — let's talk →

Manual welding

Manual welding & assembly

TIG, MIG, CMT, MMAW, spot & stud — rapid assembly under one roof.

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Bending & rolling

Plate, sheet, tube and section — com­pre­hen­sive bending and rolling.

Pre-bending capacityRolling capacityØ top & bottom rollsØ side rolls
3000mm × 4mm3000mm × 7mm205mm160mm
1550mm × 6mm1550mm × 6mm160mm
1220 × 3mm60mm

Machining, routing & finishing

Milling & machining

CNC milling

CNC milling & lathe — precision parts and add-on com­po­nents for assembly.

Routing

Large format CNC router up to 6.5m × 2.2m — aluminium up to 25mm, timber, acrylic & plastics, nylon & com­pos­ites up to 40mm.

Custom inserts & fasteners

Pemserter — self clinching fasteners, studs, nuts, inserts for rapid assembly.

Polishing & deburring

Grind­ing­mas­ter 2200 — capacity up to 900mm wide.

Laser marking

TruMark 5000 — label, number or code on metal, plastic or wood.

We mark, polish and route the best prices →

Powder coating & delivery

Powder coating

Powder coating line

State of the art facility in Emu Heights. All metals — aluminium, mild steel (raw, zinc or gal­vanised) and stainless steel. Rapid lead times, com­pet­i­tive rates.

  • Six stage pre-treatment, chromate-free tech­nol­o­gy
  • Automatic and manual powder ap­pli­ca­tion
  • Cyclonic powder recovery
  • Closed loop water re­gen­er­a­tion — zero waste water

Maximum capacity: weight 150 kg/m · length 4600mm · height 1800mm · width 700mm

Powder coating warranties

Approved ap­pli­ca­tors: Akzo Nobel (Interpon) and Dulux Powder & In­dus­tri­al Coatings — war­ranties up to 20 years where required.

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Packaging & delivery

On-site storage, pick-up or delivery with our own transport. On-site in­stal­la­tion and welding managed by our builders and fab­ri­ca­tors.

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Ready to scope your next fabrication project?

From design through to powder coat and delivery — talk to the OPIE team today.

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