Platt / Self-checkout counters
Your software. Our steel.
Enclosures, work surfaces and frames for self-checkout — screen-agnostic, scanner-agnostic, terminal-agnostic. We build the furniture. You keep the intelligence.
We do not make software. That is deliberate, and it is permanent.
No cameras. No AI. No platform. We do not design products at all.
You bring the hardware, the software and the drawing. We bring the factory that turns it into a unit you can ship for a decade — and your drawing stays yours.
Three build envelopes
Build envelopes · 3Compact
minimum footprint, basket-sized transactions.
Standard
full bagging area, the volume envelope.
Bulky-goods
deep well and reinforced load path for DIY, garden and station formats.
These are envelopes, not products. You draw the counter; we tool for the family.
How your drawing becomes a repeatable part
4 steps- quote1Estimate
You send the drawing. We estimate what it takes to build it.
Tooling costed as its own line, so you see what the changeover buys — not a piece price with the setup cost buried inside it.
- 6–8 weeks2Initial Sample
We integrate your part into our production system.
Production documentation, tooling, fixtures, the CAD/CAM programs that drive the cut, the bend, the weld — built once, so every unit after the first runs from the same file. If a process change would cut cost without touching form, fit or function, we flag it here. You decide.
- measurement report3Validation
We validate the first article — not just build it.
The first article is measured against your drawing, with a report attached. It either matches, or it doesn't, and you see which, before a single production run starts.
- 4 weeks from order4Manufacturing
Series production begins.
Four weeks from order. Minimum ten pieces. Minimum two hundred a year — the volume that keeps your tooling live and your part on our floor, not idle in a warehouse.
Build envelope
Sheet 1–15 mm| Sheet | 1–15 mm |
|---|---|
| Materials | carbon steel and stainless (about 90% of our work); aluminium (about 10%) |
| Welding | MIG-MAG, TIG, stud, resistance and handheld laser for thin sheet — certified to ISO 3834-2:2021 |
| Preparation | vertical-track chamber shot blasting |
| Finish | powder coating in-house, any colour and texture. Galvanizing and KTL through certified partners |
| Assembly | mechanical and electronic assembly, with testing |
| Series | 200–10,000 a year, from batches of ten |
Cut → Bend → Weld → Blast → Coat → Assemble → Test
7 steps
A checkout is furniture that has to behave like an instrument.
Cut-outs that fit bought-in electronics with no slop. Cable routes and service access an engineer can reach without dismantling the till. A load path that holds a full basket leaned on. And a finish that still looks new after a year of trolley strikes.
We have taken this exact product from drawing to delivery.
A customer sent us a drawing for a self-service checkout. We cut, bent and welded the body, integrated the electronics they supplied, then assembled the unit, tested it, packed it and shipped it — a working machine, not a kit.
It is why this page exists.
Send us a drawing, or book 30 minutes.
One page, in the language you are reading. The same envelope, tolerances and numbers as this page — nothing extra to ask for.