Metal Fabrication

Metal fabrication means cutting, bending and assembling metal to form metal structures, often on an industrial scale, though not necessarily so. Metal fabrication is often automated to varying degrees.                             Custom metal fabrication means doing this for custom structures.    Cutting in metal fabrication or custom metal fabrication means manual or powered shearing, sawing and chiseling, natural gas powered torching, water jet cutting, plasma cutting and laser cutting.

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Aspects of Metal Fabrication

Bending in metal fabrication or custom metal fabrication means hammering and press braking and assembling means adhesive binding, welding, threaded fastening, riveting and crimped seam bending.    Structural steel, sheet or plate metal, welding wire, flux and fasteners are common components of metal fabrication or custom metal fabrication assembly.

Other raw materials can include formed and expanded metal, square stock, tube stock, sectional materials, hardware, castings and fittings.   Metal fabrication is one of the things we can do for you at G-Tech Manufacturing.

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Metal fabrication is distinct from other types of metalworking like forging, casting, machining and metal stamping, though metal fabricators can also engage in some of these other methods of working metal. Machining means the making of special parts out of metal using machine tools. Welded metal structures, also known as weldments, are considered part of metal fabrication. Steel is a common metal used in metal fabrication and custom metal fabrication.

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Metal Fabricators

Businesses involved in metal fabrication or custom metal fabrication work off of engineering drawings often for general contractors, original equipment manufacturers and value-added resellers. Loose parts, stairs and railings and the structural frames of heavy equipment and buildings are common metal fabrication or custom metal fabrication projects.

We can do quite a variety of different projects for you. Metal fabricators often sand blast, prime and paint projects after they cool. Further assembly to complete the metal fabrication or custom metal fabrication process may occur if specified by the client. Finished products are finally inspected, then shipped.

The Clients of Metal Fabricators

Metal fabrication and custom metal fabrication is often employed by general contractors in construction projects. General contractors are in turn employed by other clients. General contractors use blueprints and specifications in the building of their construction projects, some of which may require the services of metal fabricators, and so metal fabricators are often subcontractors of general contractors. Whatever your needs are, we can work with you.

Other Clients

Original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, also use metal fabrication and custom metal fabrication services. These businesses manufacture components or products that are purchased and sold by retail companies. These manufacturers are useful to retail companies because using them means that retail companies do not have to own and operate factories. Original equipment manufacturers are also known as resellers. Any potential client: give G-Tech Manufacturing a call.

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Metal fabrication and custom metal fabrication can also be used by value-added resellers, or VARs. Value-added resellers add features to existing products and then resell those products either to retail companies or to end-users directly. Some assembly, or erection, of metal fabrication components may also occur on-site at a construction site that the metal fabricators have shipped to. This is one aspect of construction work. Our clients are diverse.

The Metal Fabrication Process

Automated machine tools used in various metal fabrication and machining applications are referred to as computer numerical control, or CNC. In modern systems automated design is called computer-aided design, or CAD, and automated manufacturing is called computer-aided manufacturing, or CAM.

Automation occurs to different degrees in different processes, from only partial automation to full automation. In relation to metal fabrication, computer-aided manufacturing can also assist with the operation and management of metal fabrication shops and the transportation and storage of raw materials, finished products and everything in between.

Overall, metal fabrication and custom metal fabrication are common components of the production processes of many diverse industries.

   G-Tech Manufacturing can help you with diverse projects

 

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