Sheet Metal Fabrication - Sheet Metal Fabrication Is A Task That Requires Flawlessness And Efficiency

The operations involved in sheet metal fabrication are varied and complex.

(prHWY.com) March 30, 2013 - CA, CA -- California, Mar 30, 2013 - The operations involved in sheet metal fabrication are varied and complex. Each step in the operation accomplishes a specific task and also produces a defined chemical and physical change in the metal. The finished product can be iron, steel, aluminum, copper, or a combination of several metals and alloys. Skilled craftsmen perform a series of operations that produce a finished product that can truly be a work of art.

Every operation is performed according to drawings prepared by engineers and draftsmen based on customer designs and specifications.

Sheet Metal Fabrication - Modern equipment uses computer numerical control. computer numerical control allows the machine operator to input dimensions for a part into a computer that controls the stops and tools in the machine the operator is using. computer numerical control reduces scrap, prevents mistakes, and makes production faster and more efficient. Many modern computer numerical control machines are designed to allow several operations to be performed by one machine. computer numerical control machines can shear, punch, cut, burn, and weld most metals.

Extremely intricate and detailed designs are possible using computer numerical control. computer numerical control burning operations can produce intricacy of patterns that look like lace.

Shearing cutting the metal to a specific length and width. The back stop is set by the computer numerical control to a specific length for each dimension. This operation is the most physically taxing of all operations and may require added equipment like magnets to allow the operator to move the piece.

Punching and Cutting using punches, dies, and burning to place holes of specific dimensions at specified locations of the flat sheet. Many computer numerical control devices have the capacity for as many as twenty-four different punches to be loaded in one operational setup. This allows the operator to produce more parts in less time. Some parts are so small that they have to be punched by hand on an iron working punch. For multiple punches on the same part a punch press in used.


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Sheet Metal Fabrication - Laser Industries, Inc., located in Orange, CA, is the premier job shop on the West Coast specializing in precision laser and water jet cutting. With over twenty years in business, Laser Industries has developed a diverse capability in tight tolerance sheet and plate cutting on materials from .001" to 10.0" thick and in precision 5-axis laser trimming and processing of 3-dimensional formed sheet metal details and tubes.

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Laser Industries, Inc.
677 N. Hariton Street
Orange, California, 92868

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