The metal fabrication industry has been around for centuries. As time has evolved, the processes of fabricating sheet metal has progressed and developed due to the broadening of the uses for sheet metal. Some of the processes of sheet metal fabrication include (VIP provides the bolded processes in-house):
- Shear
- Bend
- Coin
- Incremental forming
- Laser cut
- Punch
- Forming
- Roll bending
- Rubber pad forming
- Raising
- Decabering
- Deep draw
- Flowforming
- Hydroforming
- Hot metal gas forming
- Hot press hardening
- Shear forming
- Spinning
- Stamping
- Superplastic forming
- Water jet
- Wheeling
In addition, there are other forms of metal fabrication that can be utilized besides sheet metal in order to create other metalwork pieces. Some of these other processes include sand casting, mold casting, die casting, ablation casting, closed-die forging, deep drawing, extrusion, machining, welding, and powder metallurgy. Besides machining and welding, Vista Industrial Products, Inc. does not offer many of these processes in-house.
There are several industries that utilize sheet metal fabrication in a wide variety of ways. Below is a list of well-known industries that use sheet metal for their products or services (VIP caters to the bold industries):
- Aerospace
- Defense
- Medical
- Commercial
- Industrial
- High technology
- Computer / Electronic
- Retail
- HVAC
- Architectural
- Transportation
- Solar / Renewable Energy
The sheet metal fabrication industry has grown rapidly from constant product development within these industries. As a result, many products contain all kinds of metal componentry. Below is a list of the types of parts that are fabricated by sheet metal fabricators (VIP manufactures the part types in bold):
- Chassis
- Enclosures
- Brackets
- Drawers
- Cabinets
- HVAC ducts
- Signs
- Airplane wings
If you have sheet metal parts that need to be fabricated and they fit within the above bolded items, please contact us today for a quote.