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For your sheet metal work, Iowa Laser has 175+ years of combined experience in making metal perform well. This multi-disciplinary laser manufacturing facility offers the latest technology in sheet metal work, along with CAM/CAD, cutting, welding, machining & forming. Smooth cutting of carbon steel & aluminum sheet metal for prototypes to large production sheet metal components.
Since 1965, Dowding Industries has been providing a variety of industrial markets with fabrication services including the production of sheet metal work products, with care, precision and affordable pricing. Our quality is well known and our consistency respected. We specialize in the custom laser cutting, prototyping, machining and component part double disk grinding processes.
At Advance Wire Forming Inc. we can manufacture products with sheet metal work processes like punching, forming and coating, to your specifications. Our design, engineering and creative group staff can also assist you in developing your product ideas from concept stage to final product, including rapid prototyping services so you know exactly what you are going to get. Give us a call today!
At Spincraft, we are experts in all workable alloys, including sheet metal work. The company consists of two state-of-the-art plants, staffed with highly trained engineers and metal-working experts. Our Quality Systems ensure all parts leaving our factories meet the highest standards and specification requirements set forth by our customers, utilizing the most efficient processes.
The team at Fab Masters Company Inc. has been serving the aluminum extrusion industry for over 25 years with exceptional customer service and quality assurance. We are a one-stop shop for many processes like sheet metal work, which is willing to accept new challenges and handle a wide array of fabrication needs. FMC supplies services from raw extrusion acquisition thru delivery to your door.
Northern States Metals, which was one of the first extruding companies to offer value-added operations, has been employing state-of-the-art extrusion processes for sheet metal work for nearly 30 years. Today, NSM continues this tradition with its diverse customer base in the lighting, electronics, automotive, information technology and sporting equipment industries.
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Industry Information
Sheet Metal Work
Sheet metal work is the process of metalworking that forms new products from various types of sheet metal. Heating processes are used to harden or soften sheet metal by heating or cooling it until it reaches the desired level of hardness, and also so it is in a form that is workable. Several important techniques may be used in the heat treating process, including annealing, quenching, precipitation strengthening and tempering. Annealing is a process by which a metal is heated and then cooled very slowly, leaving the metal soft and ductile. Quenching, on the other hand, refers to the rapid cooling of metal that can increase the metal's strength. In tempering, the metal is heated to extreme heat, between 400 and 600 degrees Celsius, and is maintained at this temperature until the carbon diffuses to produce bainite or pearlite. Precipitation strengthening, which can also be referred to as age hardening, is another way to increase the strength the metal. Tempering can also strengthen the material.
After the metal is heated, it can be stretched into various forms. During stretching, sheet metal is clamped around the edges and stretched to make various products, including car doors. Sheet metal can be subjected to bending and curving. Bending involves straining sheet metal by moving it about a linear axis on a neutral plane. Other than bending and stretching, several other techniques may be used to shape sheet metal. Drawing and deep drawing, for instance, are stamping processes that make flat sheet metal into varying three dimensional forms. Cutting changes the size of the sheet and can also be used to cut the metal into different shapes. Comparatively, punches perforate the sheet and cut specific shapes out of the metal. Sanding or deburring of the product can be applied to remove any rough spots or edges. The metal can then be polished for a shiny finish or buffed for matte finish. To finish the product additional steps such as thermal spraying or plating can also be applied.
