Among the variety of products marketed by steel fabricators are steel kitchenware, which can be found in many people’s homes, and steel gardening products, which are used by consumers as well as commercial property managers and landscapers. Steel reinforcements and wire are used in the construction of buildings, bridges and other large structures. 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.
Automotive components, auto bodies, airframes, marine vessels and other kinds of vehicles can all feature steel in their construction. The steel used for each of these applications must, before it can be used, be refined from iron ore and alloyed with carbon and other additives. Some steel fabricators may be involved with this process, but most are involved with the forming processes that follow.
After becoming steel, raw steel must be shaped. Because a given metal shaping process cannot produce all varieties of metal shapes (the process that produces metal wire cannot also produce metal sheets), many processes are necessary to produce the range of metal products in use today.
The long list of contemporary metal fabrication methods includes roll forming, press brake bending, punching, stamping, welding, laser fabrication and many more methods. Once a collection of raw steel has been engineered to the right specifications, it is usually formed through a rolling or bending process.
Rolling is a popular steel forming method because it can simultaneously shape and strengthen the metal as it is processed. A roll former is composed of a long series of rollers into which raw steel is directed. The first set of rollers is designed to fit snugly around the contours of the steel, drawing the steel in as they turn.
In some cases, the rollers can be designed to compress the steel, which can strain-harden the metal, making it stronger. Each subsequent set of rollers' configurations differ slightly from the previous set, and the steel's shape changes with those configurations. By the end of the process, the steel has taken the shape of the last set of rollers, emerging as a newly-rolled product.
Other fabrication methods like press braking are less complicated as well as less automated. A typical press brake can create one bend in once piece of metal at a time, and they are often manually operated.
