Sheet Metal Fabrication Services

Access Sheet Metal lists AS and ISO certified sheet metal shops that perform a wide range of services including the following:

 

Services/Operations:

• General: Precision, CNC sheet metal fabricating and manufacturing services for high-speed production
• Prototyping: Custom prototyping, quick-turnaround, first article prototype manufacturing and fabricating
• Production Manufacturing: High volume production manufacturing of established sheetmetal products
• Punching: CNC stamping, CNC turret press punching, general sheet metal punching, stamping and notching
• Cutting: Sheet metal plasma cutting, laser cutting, sawing and shearing
• Forming: Tube, sheet and plate forming and rolling and sheet/plate/bar bending operations
• Wire/Tube: Wire forming (wireforming), tube bending to form precision tubing shapes
• Cutting: Laser cutting, plasma cutting, shearing and sheet metal milling
• Secondary Operations: Drilling, deburring, countersinking, mechanical hardware installation and tapping
• Welding: Sheet metal welding – Wire feed, resistance, fusion, MIG and TIG welding of aluminum, iron and stainless steel
• Plating: Nickel electroplating, chrome electro-plating and aluminum anodizing
• Finishing: Sandblasting, painting, silk screening and powder coating
• Engineering: AutoCAD, CAD/CAM, SolidWorks and Metalsoft design, engineering and layouts. Downloading/conversion of dwg, dxf, 2D and 3D files
• Fabricating: Sheet metal fabrication (fab) and product fabricating services
• Manufacturing: Sheet metal manufacturing (mfg) and production services
• Equipment: Hydraulic brake press forming, CNC turret blanking, CNC punching, CNC cutting, etc.
• Metal Working: Precision metalwork and advanced, 3D contour metalworking

 

Specialties:

• Prototypes: Custom prototype sheet metal shops and prototype sheet metal fabricators
• Production: High-precision, CNC production sheet metal shops and sheet metal manufacturers
• Contract Shops: Contract sheet metal shops and sheetmetal job shops
• Fabricators: Sheet metal benders, formers, fabricators, manufacturers and precision sheetmetal shops
• Formers: Sheet metal working companies including forming, bending, forming, cutting and welding factories
• Tubes: Tube/wire/rod bending/forming companies and drawn/bent/formed tube/wire/sheet manufacturing shops
• Sheet Metal Product Manufacturers: New sheet metal product manufacturers and product manufacturing companies
• Custom Manufacturing: Custom sheet metal manufacturers, sheet metal fabricators and manufacturing houses
• Suppliers: Sheet metal suppliers, vendors, subcontractors serving as sheet metal job outsourcing firms
• ISO 9000 Quality: AS9000/AS9001, ISO 9000/9001/9002 Certified Sheet metal shop (ISO company/factory) for production
• California: Shops in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles (LA), Riverside/San Bernardino, Ventura, CA
• Outsource: Offshore (overseas) outsourcing available to ISO 9000 Certified sheet metal shops in India, Southeast Asia, China and Mexico for high volume production manufacturing

 

Materials:

• Aluminum: Aluminum sheet metal and other non-ferrous, thin sheets and thick plate materials
• Aerospace: Titanium sheet metal and aerospace alloy material sheets
• Carbon Steel: Mild steel sheets, hot rolled/cold rolled steel, annealed sheet and structural steel (steal) fabrications
• Stainless Steel: (304, 304, electro-polished 316/316L, 400 series, etc.)
• Yellow Metals: Brass, copper and bronze sheetmetal
• Thin Sheets: Thin gage, inch (in) and metric (mm) gauge sheet materials for miniature, precision formed sheet metal components for electrical and medical applications
• Plates: Thick steel plates (3/8, ½, 5/8, 3/4in) and large (10ft+) plates
• Post Processing: Hardened and annealed materials
• Tube: Aluminum steel and copper wire, tube and pipe (forming, bending and custom shapes)
• Composites: Carbon fiber, aerospace and military composite materials, ceramics, glass, Kevlar sheets, etc.

 

Industries:

• Avionics: AS9000 (AS 9000/AS9001 Certified) commercial and military aircraft components, aerospace (flat or 3D formed surfaces and complex, 3D contoured/formed/pressed sheets, aircraft fuselage, wing and structural components)
• Medical: Medical devices/products, surgical tools and research instruments (covers, housings, chassis, stainless steel and cleanroom, aseptic, CIP, food-grade wash down and sterile components, diagnostic/laboratory (lab) instrumentation enclosures and panels)
• Industrial: Custom automation equipment specialty machines, electrical panels and mechanical parts
• Commercial: High volume commercial products, residential and architectural building materials
• Electronics: Computer housings, industrial and consumer electronic device covers
• Entertainment: Amusement park, games (gaming), gambling equipment (slot machines) and audio/video
• Military: Approved suppliers for government, military and defense projects (DOD, DARPA, NASA, Army land vehicles, NAVY/AIR FORCE UAV and aircraft components)
• Transportation: Automotive (auto), agriculture, car/truck body panels, rail
• Kitchen: Commercial, residential, restaurant and food grade
• Carbon Energy: Oil, natural gas and coal plants, refineries and power generation/energy utilities
• Nuclear Energy: Nuclear power plants, storage, piping, fluid handling
• Alternative Energy: Components for wind turbines, solar energy panels, power generation and R&D development
• Heavy Industry: Welded and industrial structures
• Civil: Civil engineering, architectural and building products, high-strength steel, welded bridge members and structures
• Shipping: Large, Naval and commercial shipping and ship building, high capacity cranes

 

Products:

• Precision Components: Small, precision sheet metal components
• Large Structures: Large, heavy sheet metal formed and welded support structures
• Sporting: Cab assemblies, golf cart accessories, sheetmetal cases, carriers
• Housings: Custom sheet metal (steel) cabinets, racks, drawers, housings, deep drawn sheet metal enclosures, electronic enclosures, chassis, cabinets, panels and covers
• Structural Members: Roll formed sheet metal structures, panels, profiles, angles, moldings, U-channels, frames, welded supports and structural weldements
• Prototypes: custom sheet metal parts, prototype sheet metal products and mach-ups, assemblies and prototyping
• Industrial: Furniture, shop equipment, steel panels, tables, tanks, guards, hoods, conveyors, brackets, fittings, signs, chassis, toolboxes and storage boxes
• Electronic Enclosures: Electronic chassis, POP (Point Of Purchase) displays, lighting and light fixtures
• Industrial: Tanks, machinery guards, tubs and pans
• Food and Beverage: Food grade/wash down sheets, services boxes, displays, stainless steel covers and guards, kitchen appliances, food-safe surfaces and range hoods
• HVAC: Heating, ventilation and air conditioning, ducting (duct pieces) and conduit
• OEM: OEM projects, private label, 3rd party manufacturing and partnerships
• Residential: Home roofing, siding, panels, mobile home and RV (recreational vehicle) sides/panels/sheets

 

Production:

• High-speed production sheet metal working projects
• Mid to high-volume sheet metal product quantities runs
• Automated, CNC production, large scale manufacturing
• Pilot production and limited production runs of sheetmetal products
• Production Manufacturing: CNC punching, shearing, forming and production metal working projects
• Low price/high quality/rapid lead time achieved via lean manufacturing and low cost methods

 

Prototypes:

• Custom sheet metal prototype manufacturing
• Research and Development, early stage projects, proof of concept
• High precision, turnkey prototypes including bending, welding, punching and finishing operations
• Low volume and manual sheet metal working for first article prototypes and new part/product samples
• Custom prototype models for show, presentation, proof of principle and fit checks

 

Regional Coverage:
Sheet metal shop services for Southern California. Specific areas served include:

• California (San Diego, CA): San Diego, Carlsbad, La Jolla, Rancho Bernardo, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, El Cajon, Vista, Del Mar, Fallbrook, La Mesa, Mira Mesa, Miramar, Mission Valley, Poway
• California (Orange County, CA): Irvine, Costa Mesa, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Orange, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach
• California (Riverside, CA): Inland Empire, Corona, Temecula and San Bernardino County
• California (Los Angeles, CA): Los Angeles (LA) city and downtown, Pasadena, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Pomona, Torrance, Palmdale, Lancaster, El Monte, Downey, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Ventura County and Oxnard

 

Certifications/Quality:

• ISO 9000 (ISO9000), ISO 9001:2000 (ISO9001) registered sheet metal shops with quality management (QMS) systems
• Aerospace AS9000 (AS 9000) and AS9001 (AS 9001), mil-spec and ANSI certifications, codes and standards
• UL/CSA and CE compliant sheet metal shops
• QC, QA inspection, materials tracking, digital CMM inspection
• Licensed, insured and bonded contractors

 

Equipment Operations:

• Machinery: Punch presses, rollers shears (sheer), folders, benders and formers, press brakes, precision profile bending machines, for sheets, tubes, wires, plates, bars and rod stock materials
• CNC turret punches and tools
• CNC cutting equipment: Laser, plasma and mechanical cutters
• 10, 20, 50 ton, CNC hydraulic punch presses, Cincinnati, Amada and Mitsubishi, 3, 4 and 5 axis equipment
• Press brake forming equipment, mechanical presses
• Sheet, plate, tube and wire benders, cutters and forming equipment

 

West Coast and Southwest Regions Served: serving Southern California (San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles-LA, Riverside and San Bernardino, CA), Northern California (San Jose and San Francisco Bay Area) and western US states (AZ, CO, ID, NV, NW, OR, TX, UT and WA). Offshore (overseas) outsourcing to ISO Certified sheet metal shops in India, Southeast Asia, China and Mexico for high volume production manufacturing.

California Area Coverage Serving Southern California (San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles-LA, Riverside and San Bernardino, CA), (the previous four underlined regions link to their respective contact pages. The following four underlined regions link to their respective information pages)Northern California (San Jose and San Francisco Bay Area) and western US states (AZ, CO, ID, NV, NW, OR, TX, UT and WA). Specific areas served include California (San Diego, CA): San Diego, Carlsbad, La Jolla, Rancho Bernardo, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido, El Cajon, Vista, Del Mar, Fallbrook, La Mesa, Mira Mesa, Miramar, Mission Valley, Poway / California (Orange County, CA): Irvine, Costa Mesa, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Mission Viejo, Orange, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach / California (Riverside, CA): Inland Empire, Corona, Temecula and San Bernardino County / California (Los Angeles, CA): Los Angeles (LA) city and downtown, Pasadena, Long Beach, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Pomona, Torrance, Palmdale, Lancaster, El Monte, Downey, West Covina, Norwalk and Burbank / California (Northern CA): San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Concord, Fremont, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Santa Clara, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Walnut Creek, Hayward, Livermore, (Silicon Valley, Bay Area, east, south and north bay, Santa Rosa. Sonoma, Marin and Santa Clara County)

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