The Role Of Metal Products In Life
From appliances and lighting fixtures to tableware, chairs and utensils, metal is the stabilizing element that makes all day-to-day conveniences and activities easier.
Metal fabrication is the process of turning raw metal into pre-fabricated shapes for assembly use.
For example, the panels that cover an automobile’s frame are fabricated through custom metal fabrication processes, typically performed at a fabrication facility and then sent to an automotive assembly plant.
However, the processes involved are complex and varied.
The following sections explore and answer two simple questions: What is metal fabrication and how does it work?
Popular metal processing processes
Each process takes a degree of practice and skill to master, and the tools and machines required are often expensive and require large spaces to work in.
Cutting process
Perhaps the most commonly used metal fabrication processes involve cutting, in which sheets of metal are divided into halves, thirds, or smaller sections.
In many applications, the metal to be cut is freshly made, and has not yet been shaped into anything specific.
Cuts are made on a wide range of machines from laser and plasma cutting to more elaborate, high-tech machine parts.
Procedure process
One of the more complex metal fabrication processes involves punching, in which a metal surface is manipulated to form at a certain angle.
For certain folding applications, the goal is to make the metal surface fold at a 90 degree angle
Pressing can only be performed in facilities equipped with specific high-tech equipment due to the complexity of the entire process.
In many bending cases, joining two metal plates at the corners is one of the ways used.
Welding processes
Along with cutting, welding is one of the most popular metal fabrication processes among craft enthusiasts.
The welding process involves joining two separate metal parts.
The parts used in the welding application can be plate, sheet, rod or figure – as long as the parts are made of metal, it really doesn’t matter.
Welding can be achieved through many methods and types of tools.
Typically, a weld is made through the application of heat along the points where the two pieces are joined.
Processing process
When a machine is used to remove parts from a piece of metal, the process is called machining.
Typically, this process is done on a lathe, which rotates the metal against angle and edge cutting tools to cut the piece down to the desired shape or measurement.
In other machining applications, a hole or set of holes will be formed directly through the metal surface. As such, a metal drill can be classified as a machining tool.
Successful process
When holes are formed in a piece of metal, the process involved includes punching, where the metal is placed under a die and filed with a through-hole drill.
CNC punching technology is highly modern, automatically controlled, pre-set parameters and displayed on the electronic screen to help users easily operate.
The operation of the machine is stable, with high accuracy in the hole punching process, so with metals of different thicknesses or sizes, the hole punching is always accurate.
Additional metal fabrication processes include broaching, grinding, and milling. Depending on the needs of a particular application, some metal bases even perform specially customized types of fabrication.
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