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Dowding Industries, Incorporated is a precision short to medium run manufacturer of progressive die stamping, fabricating and assembly. Dowding also specializes in the custom laser cutting, prototyping, machining, and component part double disk grinding processes. For more information on the services they offer, including metalworking, call or visit their website today!
At Iowa Laser Technology, we offer a timely, thorough and competitive quote and employee driven quality. Our highly skilled employees have refined our processes and equipment, including metalworking, for over 30 years, with experience continually defining our quality system. We are poised and ready to discuss your next project. Call or visit our website today.
With expertise in virtually all workable alloys, Spincraft is the company to turn to when it comes to metalworking. Lean and 5S programs ensure all parts leaving our factories meet the highest standards and specification requirements set forth by our customers, utilizing the most efficient processes. For more information on the services and products we offer, please call today!
At Advance Wire Forming, our goal is complete customer satisfaction and we pride ourselves on producing high quality products delivered to you on time and within budget. We offer the metalworking you need to complete your project. We are able to offer rapid turnaround and just in time delivery. Please contact us for more information on our extensive lines.
At Northern States Metals you will find our quality unsurpassed and our delivery reliable. But where our customers tell us we really shine is in helping them evaluate and fill their product needs from drawing board through delivery. For metalworking and all related needs, get us involved early so we can help you design-in material savings and performance improvements.
At Fab Masters Company, our main goal is make your life (at work) easier. We understand project complexities and the balancing act needed to fulfill our order. A one-stop shop that is willing to accept new challenges and handle a wide array of metalworking needs. FMC is able to supply quality services from raw extrusion acquisition thru delivery to your door.
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Industry Information
Metalworking
Metalworking processes are distinct from metal forming processes like forging, extrusion and casting in that metalworking processes are applied to metals that have already been formed; metalworking can be described as secondary to metal shaping processes. A metal rod would never be bent or stamped and then extruded, as the extrusion process would erase the changes imparted by the metalworking processes. Instead, extruded, forged and cast products are subject to metalworking processes after their primary formation. Metalworking is often a necessary part of metal product fabrication. For example, extruded metal beams for use in structural support applications often must be stamped or punched to allow for the attachment of fasteners once in use. The same is true for metal channels designed for use as street sign supports. Metal joints and other hardware products must often be bent or welded; bending and welding are both metalworking processes.
Metal fabricators offer a wide variety of metalworking services. A rich understanding of metallurgical principals, chemistry and other concepts related to the properties of different metals is a requirement of successful metalworking technicians. Metal bending services must be able to determine the composition of alloys, the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of alloys in order to determine to what extent they can be bent without becoming damaged. Welders require equally intimate knowledge of these properties, as the metal joints that they create can be used in bridge building applications as load-bearing elements and other important structural components. There are two main varieties of metal fabrication: heavy and light. Heavy fabrication involves the production of airframes, structural components and similar large metal products. Light fabrication processes are used to create components for furniture, ventilation systems and other smaller metal products. Regardless of the category, metalworking technicians cannot be successful without deep knowledge of the materials with which they work and their applications once fabricated.
