The floor of the factory:
8,000 m² laid out
along the part, not the machine
Sheet comes in at one end and a numbered crate leaves at the other. In the middle, the largest empty space in the building exists for one reason.
Everything described here happens in our own factory in Foshan, working 304 and 316L stainless steel.
- Floor
- 8,000 m²
- People
- ~120
- Trial-fit area
- Largest clear span
- Location
- Shunde, Foshan
How the floor is laid out
The layout follows the part, not the machine. Sheet comes in at one end and a numbered crate leaves at the other.
| Zone | What happens there | Why it is where it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sheet store | 1500 × 4000 sheets, on trestles, by grade and finish | At the door, so sheet never crosses finished work |
| Laser cell | Two beds, cutting outlines and patterns | Next to the store; dust is contained here |
| Forming | Five press brakes and the V-groove stations | Close to the laser, because formed parts are bulky |
| Welding | Twenty TIG stations on a separate grid | Separated from forming so grinding dust does not settle on ground parts |
| Finishing | Brush, polish, and the PVD line | Downstream of welding only; nothing goes back up |
| Trial-fit area | The largest clear span in the building | A full lobby job has to lie flat with room to walk around it |
| Packing | Crates, numbering, documents | Last, next to the loading door |
Why the trial-fit area is the biggest space
It is the one zone that produces nothing you can sell, and the reason the rest of the promises hold.
A building full of machines can make parts. It cannot prove that the parts fit, because proving it needs an empty floor the size of the room you are cladding.
We took that space anyway. It is the difference between selling capacity and selling a fitted job, and it is the reason the site can promise zero site cuts.
The area is also where the honest argument happens. Two parts that do not close are found here, while both are still ours to remake, and before the finish has been paid for twice.
What we do not have
- ×Structural steel fabricationWe do not design or certify structural frames. Envelope work is cladding on someone else's structure.
- ×CastingNo foundry. Complex solids are fabricated and dressed, not cast.
- ×Anodising in-houseAnodising is outsourced. If a job needs it, the lead time is the anodiser's, not ours.
- ×Site installationWe do not send fitting crews abroad. Packing, numbering and drawings are how we replace them.
- ×Granite or timber workWe make the metal that meets them, and we draw the interface. We do not supply the stone.
- ×A catalogueThere is no product list with prices. Every job starts at a drawing.
The floor, in four frames
These four frames are being shot with a wide lens. Until they exist, ask for a video call walk-through instead — we would rather show you live than show you a stock photograph.
Come and look.
Or ask for the
records instead.
A factory visit answers more in two hours than this section can in ten pages. If you cannot travel, ask for the documents and we will send specimens.