Lian Li Factory Tour: Only Ever Aluminium

August 24, 2010 | 10:11

Tags: #aluminium #case #chassis #factory #factory-tour #laser-cutter #taipei

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Turret punch! HI-YA!

Most of a Lian Li case is made via two methods - laser cutting and turret punch press (quarter circle with X and Y). Lian Li has a couple of turret presses that use a variety of different shaped heads to pneumatically hammer shapes from an aluminium sheet to make the panels and internal parts. Aluminium is pretty soft so it's a ninja fast machine.

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The off-cuts in the red box underneath are all recycled.

The punch-heads have to be entirely changed for every different panel made. Generally Lian Li makes a batch of cases a day, but its chassis can vary largely in complexity with some requiring many different panels and frequent changes. Lian Li has a few machines to spread the load though and each morning they are calibrated.

Lian Li Factory Tour: Only Ever Aluminium Lian Li Factory Tour: Turret Punch! HI-YA! Lian Li Factory Tour: Only Ever Aluminium Lian Li Factory Tour: Turret Punch! HI-YA!
The array of punch-heads Lian Li uses: 72 in total!

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The starting aluminium sheets and newly made top-panels for the upcoming PC-V2120 case - those three holes are 120.3 watercooling radiator ready.

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In for a close-up

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