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.
Tampa Sheet Metal Company
Tampa, FL | 813-251-1845Tampa Sheet Metal Company is a provider of metal fabricated products such as electronic enclosures, electronic metal cabinets, and many more. We provide unique metal fabrication solutions for markets such as food processing, pollution control and chemical. Our team are dedicated and highly trained to help bring your product from an idea to completion. To learn more, contact us today!
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.
Styme Industries, Inc.
Kimball, MN | 320-398-8486Styme Industries is a leader in precision metal engineering and fabrication. Our services including design, engineering, laser cutting, shearing, forming, metal fabrication, welding and packaging. Partnerships with our clients are top priority, and we make it our mission to work with our customers to come up with cost-effective solutions. For more information, please call or visit our website.
Versatility Tool Works and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Alsip, IL | 866-382-0482Versatility Tool Works located in Alsip, IL is a custom manufacturer of complex fabricated precision metal components and assemblies. Capabilities include design engineering, Qstep Quality System, lean manufacturing culture, prototyping, sheet metal fabrication, turret punching, press brake forming, combined laser and punching (up to ¼”), stamping (up to 250 ton), high stamping, tooling, and multi-axis CNC machining.
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.