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.
Stealth Industry
Dallas, TX | 972-870-5226Stealth industry is a leading manufacturer of metal fabrication. We pride ourselves on our fast turn arounds with no delays and quick responses to requests. Our clients can be sure that our products are the best in the industry because we manage the entire project. Stealth Industry makes, delivers, and installs the finished project to ensure high quality and efficiency. Every order is handled with special care because each order is unique. Contact us today to get started!
Impact Fab
Holland, MI | 616-399-9970With over 30 years of experience, and a family line of experienced leadership, Impact Fab is your go-to choice for metal fabrication. We build our products tough and durable, made only with the best materials available. We work directly with our customers to offer custom-solutions to their needs. Our specialty is in short-run production, prototyping, and machine building. We offer water jet cutting, laser cutting and forming, CNC machining, design and engineering, and metal fabrication and assembly.
M & W Shops
Union Grove, WI | 262-878-4220At M & W Shops, our mission is to continually improve through the utilization of best practices, workforce empowerment and the latest technology in order to be your top source for metal fabrication. Since 1972, our team has proven ourselves over and over again with projects varying from CNC shearing to punching and burning. Call us today to apply our advantage to all your custom metal fabricating needs.
Weco Manufacturing
Ontario, NY | 585-265-3000For 70 years, Weco Manufacturing has been at the forefront of contact manufacturing. We are capable of machining, precision machining, fabricating, finishing, assembly, 3-D model printing. and 5-axis machining. Our fabricating services include shearing, punching, laser cutting, deburring, forming, welding, spot welding, hardware insertion, and orbital riveting. We use steel, brass, tantalum, and stainless steel. We take pride and interest in accomplishing custom orders, and we succeed in crafting products that fit the needs of every customer we have.
Manufacturing Sciences Corporation
Oak Ridge, TN | 865-481-0455MSC has the technical expertise for collaboration on new product ideas, customer solutions, and manufacturing. Many of the products manufactured are made in small batches for prototyping and testing, prior to full production. The ability to develop, manufacture, and support bespoke solutions, puts MSC at a significant advantage in the market. We offer many flexible services around product design, engineering, prototyping, and manufacturing to fit your needs.
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.
