Traditionally these would have been made from cast metals, milled from plate, produced as pressings or plastic mouldings.
All these processes would have had their limitations impacting on practicality and competitiveness and as such not an option as the material specification for these items was 5mm stainless steel. By laser cutting these, it was possible for us to overcome these hurdles keeping costs to a minimum that otherwise would have been incurred by conventional machining.