Steel profiles in the UK have been made easier to mold steel into different shapes and sizes as specified by the customers. Mild steel to stainless steel can be easy manipulated into different shapes and sizes by the use of tools like hacksaws and chisels. However, these tools require more effort and time to manufacture small quantities of steel products. Steel profilers today make the use of advancing technology in the metal industry to make bulks of steel products in various sizes and shapes.

Steel profilers make the use of machines like lathe that spins a cutter quickly to cut through sheets of steel. This process is called turning. Another common process is grinding, that employs the use of an abrasive wheel to cut through the surface of metal sheets. Drilling is commonly associated to make holes in the steel sheets based on the customers' requirements.

Welding and burning are applied to heat the surface of steel to the point of melting and breaking it into a layout. Steel profilers closely monitor the temperatures during welding, as stainless steel melts at 1510 °C, while carbon steel melts at around 1425 °C to 1540 °C.

Laser cutting is the first of its kind employed on steel profiles in the UK. A laser is a highly concentrated ray of light which is reduced to a high temperature small point. It is controlled in such a way that it makes the most complex designs and shapes possible to be carved out of steel. Then end product is of great quality, as the focus and accuracy of the laser cutter is very sharp. Beam cutting is mostly controlled by computers, with patterns pre-installed in its programming.

Gas flames are somewhat similar to laser cutting. The flame goes up to about 3500 °C in temperature. It is an oxy acetylene cutter that heats up steel to its melting point and then blows oxygen onto the spot. This causes steel to burn and melt at the same time into the required shape or lines.

Plasma cutting is only used by a handful of steel profilers. Plasma cutting involves pumping oxygen or any other inert gas out from the nozzle at a high while, while it sends an electrical arc at the same time through the gas. This creates a plasma can melt steel and simultaneously moves to clear off any molten steel. It provides a sharp cut, and the most up to date versions of plasma cutters can be as accurate as laser cutters.

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