What is Sheet Metal Fabrication?

The sheet metal fabrication process takes many steps and requires a team to complete the process. We usually use steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and similar metals for manufacturing, as the industries that use our services need reliable products, fabricating sheet metal involves stretching, cutting, and bending the metal to create the desired shape, thickness, and suitability for its intended application. Once it reaches these specifications, we weld it, rivet it or fasten it in place according to our customers’ needs.  

Sheet metal parts in industries like these

· Automobile

· Aerospace

· Construction

· Electronics

· Farming

· Military

· Pharmaceutical

· Railroad

How Does the Sheet Metal Fabrication Process Work?

The fabrication process uses specialized machinery to achieve the right specifications. For example, this machinery includes press brakes and cutting torches. We typically work with metals like steel, stainless steel, copper, and aluminum, but our team has experience with many other materials.

The process begins with the design. We work with designs that you create from your blueprints and drawings that meet your exact specifications. Then, we cut the metal using techniques like shearing, roll forming, punching, blanking, metal stamping, and laser cutting.

Once we’ve cut the metal, we bend it into U, V, and L shapes. After we form all the pieces, we join them by welding, adhesives, riveting, fastening, or other methods best suited to the project. Finally, we apply a finish to the finished product to match your design.

Sheet metal fabrication leaves almost no room for error, and each step from cutting and bending to powder coating requires precision. Our quality control practices mean that we catch and prevent mistakes early on, so you get uniform products every time.

Why Use Sheet Metal Fabrication?

Sheet metal fabrication provides a solution that lasts longer than other products with similar uses. For example, you may get a similar shape and function using casting. However, a cast doesn’t have the same durability and longevity you get with metal, when you need precision, sheet metal fabrication allows you to cut, bend, and shape the metal the way you need it. Metal gives you a material that not only conforms to its new shape but holds it indefinitely, in industries that need materials to survive impacts or harsh conditions, metal far outstrips plastics of any kind when it comes to strength. Fabricating sheet metal is also a faster and more cost-effective alternative to other methods of creating similar products.

Talk to Us About Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication

We offer custom sheet metal fabrication services for applications in any industry. When you choose RIGID, you get high-quality sheet metal, and a job completed to your expectations. Contact us today to learn more about our metal fabrication services and how we can help you with your production requirements.