Make selections below to browse the hundreds of manufacturing processes ManufactureLink supports and locate a supplier, or return to the home page to conduct a search.
View suppliers with this capability
Browse the listings below to find suppliers of Forming and Fabrication Technology
Fabrication as an industrial term refers to building metal structures by cutting, bending, and assembling. The technology employed is therefore varied. Fabrication comprises or overlaps with various metalworking specialties.
The cutting part of fabrication is via sawing, shearing, torching with handheld torches (such as oxy-fuel torches or plasma torches); and via CNC cutters (using a laser, torch, or water jet). The bending is via hammering or via press brakes and similar tools. The assembling (joining of the pieces) is via welding, binding with adhesives, riveting, threaded fasteners etc.
Structural steel and sheet metal are the usual starting materials for fabrication, along with the welding wire, flux, and fasteners that will join the cut pieces.
Forming involves Hydraulic brake presses with v-dies which are the most common method of forming metal. The cut plate is placed in the press and a v-shaped die is pressed a predetermined distance to bend the plate to the desired angle.
Suppliers With This Capability
Advertisements