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.
OEM Fabricators, Inc.
Woodville, WI | 715-698-2111Why go to another machine shop when you can get excellent CNC machining, design assistance, fabrication, welding, assembly & finishing, plus micro capabilities, all from us? For machining, milling, turning, grinding, Swiss Style, Lathe & more, we have OEM needs covered for more successful components. Since 1986 OEM Fabricators has been the one stop shop for delivering a quality product & on time.
Sterling Process Engineering & Services, Inc.
Columbus, OH | 800-783-7875Since 1983, Sterling Process Engineering and Services, Inc. has provided dependable service to customers in a variety of industries, including dairy processing, food processing, pharmaceutical, beverage processing, chemical, biofuel, and more. Through our process and mechanical engineering services and stainless steel fabrication, we offer piping, conveyors, tanks, as well as many others.
U.S.F. Fabrication
Hialeah,FL | 800-258-6873At U.S.F. Fabrication, metal fabrication is what we do best. We provide aluminum fabricating and steel fabricating, as well as custom metal fabrication for any design that you desire. Not sure which design suits your needs? Let our design wizard lead you in the right direction. Contact us today!
Wisconsin Metal Parts, Inc.
Waukesha, WI | 262-524-9100Since our inception in 1988, our business has grown to include services such as punching, grinding, 3-d grinding, welding, bending, forming as well as machining. Other services include hardware insertion, welding, grinding, machining, turning and assembly. We work hard to save you money. Start with us and we will help you spend your money wisely. Our state of the art machinery offers extensive capabilities including 20-ton Punching with tolerances up to ±.001”.
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.