Fabrication as an industrial term refers to building metal structures by cutting, bending, and assembling.

•  The cutting part of fabrication is via sawing, shearing, or chiseling (all with manual and powered variants); torching with handheld torches (such as oxy-fuel torches or plasma torches); and via CNC cutters (using a laser, torch, or water jet).
• The bending is via hammering (manual or powered) or via press brakes and similar tools.
• The assembling (joining of the pieces) is via welding, binding with adhesives, riveting, threaded fasteners, or even yet more bending in the form of a crimped seam.

Structural steel and sheet metal are the usual starting materials for fabrication, along with the welding wire, flux, and fasteners that will join the cut pieces. As with other manufacturing processes, both human labor and automation are commonly used. The product resulting from (the process of) fabrication may be called a fabrication. 

The Machine Shop is the advanced custom metal working division of Pre-Pack Machinery, and offers the following services:

• Stainless steel fabrication
• Steel & metal fabrication 
• Sheet metal fabrication 
• Plastic fabrication
• Aluminum fabrication
• Professional quotes based on long experience
• Give us a call:
  • (800) 475-3030 USA
  • (217) 352-1010 Outside USA