Stainless Steel Shims

Our precision laser cutting technology allows us to produce metal shims with tight tolerances and repeatability, ensuring that each shim is precise and accurate. We can manufacture bespoke steel shims from coil or sheet  in a variety of shapes and sizes, including custom designs to fit the specific needs of our clients.

At Datum, we use advanced laser cutting technology to produce high-quality metal shims for manufacturers and machine builders. Our team of experts can work with clients to create bespoke solutions that meet their specific requirements. Contact us today to learn more about our laser cutting services and how we can deliver your precision cut shim requirements.

Key features include:

  • Highly efficient process
  • Components up to 690mm²
  • All common grades and tempers of stainless steel between 0.05mm and 0.50mm
  • Highly accurate and repeatable
  • 3D features
  • Fast turnaround

Laser Cut Shims To Customers Drawings

We specialise in prototype laser cutting to bespoke shapes and sizes to drawings, as well as strips of shim. Our precision manufacturing process uses high quality materials and production methods to produce superior performance packers, shims, gaskets, washers and spacers to customer specification. Using the latest equipment our precision technicians produce stainless-steel shims from 0.05mm to 0.5mm thick. We can also micro laser cut other alloys such as Aluminium, Alloy 42, Nickel coated steel and Copper to suit your requirements.

Our production facilities in the UK and US provide precise, efficient manufacturing and fabrication of your finished part, ensuring consistency with every order.

Prototype Steel Shims

Gaps can often occur between different components in the manufacturing process. When components are able to move around they can cause friction damage to your product or device. Steel shims are thin pieces of material commonly used to fill gaps between objects to remove excess play or to make a surface level. Shim washers can improve alignment between components without having to make alterations to your mechanical device – offering a cost effective and non invasive solution.

Steel shims have very low distortion and breakage when subject to high load. As such they are able to absorb impact and protect against damage in tight spaces.
Our shims are used in highly precise apparatus requiring specific spacing requirements and can be manufactured from 0.05mm to 0.50mm thick. At Datum we can supply pre-cut shims to your exact specification, or provide stainless steel on foil or sheet. Our 301 & 304 stainless-steel shim stock rolls are easy to form and can be laser cut or milled to tight tolerances.

We can create bespoke steel shims for many applications including:

  • Precision adjustments and alignments in machinery
  • Tool and die set up
  • Machine repair
  • Machine maintenance
  • Prototype work
Our process produces scratch free, precision stainless steel shims to our customers precise specification. Our UK and US shim manufacturing facilities specialise in both high precision small batch prototyping and large scale manufacture. In addition we produce components with 3D features by micromachining; a second operation carried out after laser cutting that produces microscale features on your components. These processes together give you the precision and repeatability of laser cutting and micromachining with the flexibility of etching.

Custom Laser Cut Shims

Our laser cutting process can produce shims to the most intricate of sizes fast and efficiently without compromising on quality.

At Datum we use high grade metals for our laser cut parts including:
304 Stainless:
Datum PhD hard rolled stainless 0.02mm to 0.50mm thick.
301 Stainless:
Datum Tension extra hard stainless 0.05mm to 0.20mm thick.

Nickel 200/201 Nickel coated steel, Nickel coated Copper

Industries Using thin laser cut shims:

The aerospace industry requires precision components for aircraft engines, turbines, and other equipment.
The automotive industry requires precision components for engines, transmissions, and other critical components.

Industrial Machinery

The industrial machinery industry requires precision components for various applications, including hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Quality Control

Our Quality Control department performs robust quality checks. Datum is ISO 9001 certified.

Why Choose Datum?

Quality

Oil, grease and scratch free foils and components, produced to tight tolerances

Experience

With decades of experience, Datum leads the way in innovation and technology development

Efficiency

Rapid prototyping and production, short lead times and fast delivery

Precision

Our tolerance controls ensure you receive precision foils and components