Fabrication is a blanket term for many metalworking processes; these include rolling, punching, stamping, sintering, welding, machining and many others. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Maysteel Industries, LLC
Allenton, WI | 262-251-1632Maysteel provides complex sheet metal fabrication with a focus on design for manufacturing. Founded in 1936, we combine our extensive engineering experience and market knowledge with an expanding supply chain footprint, allowing us to fabricate products that others can’t. We design, engineer and manufacture custom OEM sheet metal enclosures, kiosks, cabinets and racks. We have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as partnerships in Europe. For more information, visit www.maysteel.com.
Accurate Metal Stamping (AMS)
Fort Worth, TX | 817-284-9444Accurate Metal Stamping is a dedicated and trusted leader in the metal fabrication industry. We are committed to providing our customers with unbeatable service, high-quality products, and competitive prices. Accurate Metal Stamping is your one-stop shop for all your metal fabrication needs.
Genesee Global Group
West Henrietta, NY | 585-475-0450Genesee Global Group offers a diverse range of metal fabrications designed to meet our customers' needs. We are well-known nationwide for consistently providing high-quality products and exceptional customer service. Our capabilities include machining, custom metal fabrication, specialty welding, and complex assemblies. We focus on continually improving our products and our service, so you are only ever getting the best from us.
Mayville Engineering Company
Mayville, WI | 920-387-4500Mayville Engineering is a provider of metal fabrications, mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies. In addition, we provide secondary operations such as hard tooled stamping, laser cutting, NC punching, machining, welding, powder coating and electro-deposition coating.
SFI
Conway, AR | 501-329-8328SFI provides metal fabrication services and customer metal fabrication to Original Equipment Manufacturers. We utilize skilled craftsmen and the latest technologies to produce parts that feed into planned-demand manufacturing operations. The customers and geographies we service are diverse. The common thread is the value we produce from our know-how, quality, location, engineering support and risk mitigation. We understand the vital role we play in the Supply Chain.
Fabricated Metal Products - AccuTrex Products, Inc.Fabrication is a secondary metalworking process. Primary processes involve forming raw metal materials into shapes; extrusion and molding are both primary processes. Metal fabricators take extrusions and molded metals and weld them together, bend them and cut them to size. Nearly all products of primary metalworking processes require secondary processing to some extent before they become usable.
For example, metal plates don't become hinges until their edges are bent, holes are drilled or punched and pins are inserted to connect them. Bar stock and small metal rods don't become fasteners until they are machined and slotted. Fabrication services are essential to a long list of industrial operations including the automotive, aerospace, marine, construction, engineering, plumbing, petrochemical exploration and development, food and beverage and commercial product industries.
Fabricated metal products are prominent features of most bridges, airplanes, ships and buildings. Smaller metal fabrications are also important parts of water tanks, electrical wiring enclosures, metal cabinets, frames, brackets, panels, outdoor grills and even sculptures.
Fabricated Metal Products - AccuTrex Products, Inc.Fabricated metal products are produced by fabrication processes. These processes range in complexity, expense and labor intensity and can be used to create stock products and custom fabrications. Roll formers, for example, involve long series of rollers in different configurations that are used to bend raw metal into useful products.
Roll forming can be a completely automated process once the rollers have been configured. Roll formers are often managed by advanced computer software that monitors and controls the movement and positioning of the rollers, ensuring the closest possible relationship between product concept and reality.
On the other end of the labor intensity spectrum are processes like press braking, which require the constant attention of trained technicians. Press brakes are essentially indented work benches above which are suspended movable pressing tools. The pressing tools are shaped to match the indentation in the workbench, so when a sheet of metal is positioned between the pressing tool and the working surface, the metal is pressed into the indentation, forcing it to take the indentation's shape.
A technician is generally required to manually position the metal and operate the pressing tool in this process. Other processes that involve moderate labor intensiveness are semi-automated robotic welding and mechanical punching processes.
