Sheet Metal Forming

Sheet metal forming or bending is an art of its own. Many people do not realize how difficult it can be to form sheet metal. Since sheet metal has a thickness to it, it does not bend like a piece of paper. The thickness of the material causes the metal to shift and distort when formed. Especially if a sheet metal part has bends near a hole or an edge, it can be get difficult to achieve the right kind of bend without stretching the hole or bending a part straight near an edge. Therefore, a press brake operator needs to be creative in order to achieve the desired outcome. Continue reading

Turnkey Fabrication

Vista Industrial Products, Inc. has several manufacturing capabilities in-house in order to cater to the many demanding fabrication requirements out there. Many of VIP’s customers benefit from going to VIP because it is a one-stop shop for all their fabrication needs. We are known to our customers as the ultimate turnkey manufacturing company in Southern California. Besides the main services VIP provides, sheet metal fabrication, cnc machining, and welding fabrication, we also offer metal finishing, mechanical engineering, and mechanical assembly. For today’s blog, we will focus more on the mechanical assembly as this is a service that almost all of our customers require of VIP.

In-house, we have 12 hydraulic hardware presses that allows us to insert all types of hardware with precision and accuracy. We also have a speed rivet that allows us to rivet parts at a consistent speed with accuracy. To learn more about the different assembly equipment we have, please visit our Equipment List. Continue reading

What is Sheet Metal?

Aluminum sheet metal chassisHere at VIP we have a wide range of customers that we work with. Some of which are not familiar with metal manufacturing and what metal manufacturing entails. So we’ve decided to do a brief on the topic of sheet metal. You will see that sheet metal isn’t as foreign to us as you may think because we use sheet metal products on a daily basis! So let’s get started…. Continue reading