Fabrication & What to look for in a shop

Some custom metal products require secondary finishing treatments to achieve their intended specifications. Assembly services may also be necessary for combining two or more components into a single functional unit. Common secondary custom metal fabrication services include adhesive bonding, bolting deburring, grinding, riveting, screwing, sawing, and painting all of which we are able to provide in house.

Choosing a custom fab shop
Choosing a custom fab shop appropriate to your needs is an important decision that can affect the manufacturing rate, production quality, and cost-effectiveness of a given project. To help in the selection process, consider some of the following factors:

• Experience: Fabricators that have been operating for a long time or have a well-established record of providing good service may present obvious reasons for choosing a shop.
  
  
• Industries Served: It can be helpful to note which industries a shop normally services, as well as the sorts of products or processes it specifically focuses on, to see if they match your needs.
  
  
• Resources: The types of machinery and tooling capacity of a custom fabrication shop can be important influences on its capabilities and the quality of its metal products.
  


• Production Type: The size of a production run, whether short- or long-term and low- or high-volume, should be one of the central considerations in choosing an adequate custom fabrication service.
  
  
• Stock Materials: Finally, it is important to ensure that a fabricator has and is able to form the specific metal that will be used for a product.