Custom Steel Fabrication: From Design to the Perfect Parts
There are many complex steps to proper custom steel fabrication. From designing a product to transforming that initial part design into a custom metal fabricated piece, every step takes experience and precision. But, Elite Welding & Fabrication streamlines this process with 3D modeling. Through this, we facilitate the transition from CAD drawings to prototypes to make it seamless.
Working with a structural steel detailer experienced in fabrication is crucial. When you work with Elite Welding, we adeptly navigate 3D CAD software to determine the most efficient processing methods for your part design. This often improves turnaround, especially for projects where several stages must be completed before advancing to subsequent development phases.
Design Analysis and Custom Steel Fabrication
Design analysis is pivotal in custom steel fabrication. This turns your concept into a tangible part. The initial design serves as a “first draft” for the custom metal fabrication process.
Once the initial design is created, our team uses 3D modeling to generate shop drawings for the fabricator. This allows for modifications to help optimize the part design.
As experienced steel fabricators, Elite Welding & Fabrication acts as your engineering and design partner. We make sure your final product can:
- Be successfully fabricated
- Maintain strength, durability, and integrity.
- Be assembled or arranged as intended.
Metal Forming: Shaping Your Product
Your custom steel fabrication partner must skillfully handle metal forming to meet fabrication requirements. This process involves bending, shaping, punching, and forming raw metal stock using industrial machines that achieve precise tolerances.
Rolling
Sheet metal rolling often uses hot rolling for raw metal stock, while cold rolling shapes sheet or plate metal into cylinders or curves. Plate rolling creates curves, and angle rolling forms defined angles, typically 90 degrees.
Bending
Bending involves mechanical and CNC hydraulic press brakes to bend metal plates at precise angles. Elite Welding & Fabrication can bend metal for heavier fabricated products or more delicate projects.
Metal Cutting: Meeting Specifications
The best way to meet industrial specifications for custom steel fabrication comes with custom metal cutting. Cutting methods may include specialized saws, shears, and high-heat sources like plasma and laser cutters. Punching, a subset of cutting, creates holes or openings in metal.
Elite Welding & Fabrication provides a variety of cutting services, including CNC laser cutting, plasma cutting, and shearing. Our equipment, such as the Mitsubishi 4Kw CNC laser cutter, supports a wide range of specifications and materials for any project that requires custom metal cutting to go from design to production.
Custom Steel Fabrication for Quality Assemblies
In addition to custom steel detailing, Elite Welding & Fabrication offers custom welding services. These ensure every metal assembly fits together as planned. Our certified welders have years of experience and are familiar with all welding industry standards and processes.
Whether MIG, TIG, or stick welding, we have the tools and expertise for the job. We have provided welding services for a variety of products in different industries. Offering both in-house and onsite welding, any welding that your custom metal fabrication needs gets it done with us.
From start to finish, Elite Welding & Fabrication provides some of the best custom metal fabrication where and when you need it. Whether you have a project in mind or need assistance through the design process, we can help. Give us a call today!
