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Fabrication is the process of transforming materials from simple shapes into finished products. Metal is commonly bought in sheets, bars, wires, tubes, and pipes. These simple shapes can be modified and combined into more useful shapes by cutting it, shaping it, and joining it. The advantage of fabrication is that it uses stock material shapes, which are readily available and may already have many of the desired features of the final product. A wide range of parts can be fabricated, from sheet metal enclosures and automotive body panels to the skins of airplanes.
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Request a QuoteCommon Fabrication Techniques
Bending, Rolling, Drawing, and Spinning
Sheets, bars, and pipes can be formed by bending and rolling them in specialized machines. Metal boxes and enclosures are made by bending sheet metal. Sheet metal can be sculpted into more complex shapes by a process called drawing, where it is pressed between two pieces of shaped steel that force it into a new shape. The bodies of most cars are made by drawing sheet metal. Thin sheet metal can be made into rounded forms by a process called spinning, where it is pushed onto a metal form as it spins rapidly in a machine.
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Shear, Punch, Stamp, Laser, and Water Jet
Metal can be cut in a number of ways. Metal sheets can be cut by shearing them between two hard steel edges, much as paper is cut with scissors. These methods are mostly used to cut metal in a straight line, but more complex shapes can be punched out of a sheet by specially made steel tools in a process called stamping. Complex metal shapes can also be cut with a plasma cutter which vaporizes the material with super-heated gas, with a laser cutter which vaporizes the material with a high-powered laser, and with a water jet cutter, which uses a very thin stream of water and abrasive powder to eat away the metal.
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Fasteners, Manual and Robotic Welding
Metal parts can be joined mechanically by screws or rivets, but if a strong and rigid connection is needed, welding is the best joining process. Welding uses metal heated until it is in liquid form to join two parts. The hot metal heats the parts so that that they melt together. When the metal cools, the parts are permanently joined. While there are more than thirty, the four most commonly used welding processes are MIG, TIG, Stick and Flux-Cored arc weld. Some processes can be automated using robotic welding equipment but trained welders mostly practice them.
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Brake Bending
Presswork
Punching
Stamping
Welding
Gas Cutting
Laser Cutting
Plasma Cutting
Water Cutting
Shearing
Deep Drawing
Metal Spinning
Roll Forming
Tube/Wire Bending
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