Aluminum Fabricators
Aluminum fabricators manufacture custom components that make up larger assemblies or end products. Aluminum fabrication encompasses a wide variety of operations that are performed on comparatively thin sheets of aluminum. Aluminum fabrication typically falls into two categories: heavy fabrication, like bridges, cranes, and ship structures, and light fabrication, such as automobile bodies, water tanks, and metal chairs.
Aluminum provides a very beneficial material for fabrication. Silvery-white in appearance, aluminum is one of the most recycled metals in the world. In its natural form, aluminum is soft and pliable, but aluminum alloys formed with copper, zinc, magnesium, manganese, or silicon can be very durable. Aluminum is used industrially for its low weight, resistance to corrosion, and ability to withstand very cold temperatures. While other metals become brittle when exposed to extreme cold, aluminum actually becomes stronger. Aluminum is also non-toxic, non-magnetic, and a good conductor of electricity.
Aluminum fabricators use such operations as stamping, cutting, bending, forming, laser cutting, and welding to form products. Aluminum fabricators have an understanding of metal structures, are able to read and interpret engineering drawings, and can fabricate shapes using geometric development techniques. Other products manufactured by aluminum fabricators include enclosures, frames, brackets, panels, grills, cabinets, etc.