Capability overview
What this service covers
Sheet-metal fabrication combines geometry, bend behaviour, joining and finish. Provider evaluation should cover both individual operations and control of the complete assembly sequence.
- Common industries
- Industrial equipment
- Automotive
- Electrical systems
- Renewable energy
- Core processes
- Laser cutting
- Punching
- Bending
- Welding and finishing
Requirement handoff
Typical inputs and outputs
- Useful inputs
- Fabrication drawings
- Material and thickness
- Weld and finish specifications
- Inspection criteria
- Typical outputs
- Cut and formed parts
- Welded frames
- Finished enclosures
- Complete sheet-metal assemblies
Production fit
Materials, equipment and quality questions
- Materials or items
- Mild steel
- Stainless steel
- Aluminium
- Copper sheet
- Equipment examples
- Fibre laser or plasma cutting
- CNC press brakes
- MIG, TIG and spot welding
- Powder-coating or finishing lines
- Review considerations
- Flat-pattern and bend allowances
- Material thickness range
- Weld and finish requirements
- Assembly datum strategy
Equipment names indicate the kind of evidence to review; they do not prove that a provider is suitable for a particular requirement.