Sheet Metal Fabricating
Sheet metal fabricating is the process of stretching and compressing metal materials into thin sheets. Generally, sheet metal is created by compressing the metal between two rollers. Once compressed, it can be drawn, cut, punched, or stretched. These processes are responsible for giving sheet metal a different shape, surface, or size.
Sheet metal fabricating may involve several different individual processes. Stretching is the process by which sheet metal is clamped around edges and stretched to make various products, including car doors. Drawing and deep drawing are stamping processes that makes flat sheet metal into various three dimensional forms. Cutting changes the size of the sheet and can also be used to cut the metal into various shapes. Punches, in comparison, perforate the sheet and cut specific shapes out of the metal.