Custom Sheet Metal
Fabrication Services

Sheet metal is a common form of raw metal stock, usually 0.006 and 0.25 inches thick. Fabrication is a collection of processes used to shape raw metal stock into a usable product. Sheet metal prototyping includes many machining processes meant to assemble, cut, or form a sheet metal workpiece. After fabrication, a product often needs to undergo finishing processes.

There are 3 common stages in the sheet metal fabrication process, all of which can be completed with various types of fabrication tools. The stages are:

1. material removal
2. material deformation (forming)
3. assembling

Sheet metal prototyping and production solutions are a cost efficient and productive way to make metal parts.

Typically, sheet metal fabrication services can cost anywhere from a hundred dollars up to ten thousands of dollars. The price depends on the raw material cost, part complexity, post processing work involved and cost of labor.

Many industries are heavily reliant on sheet metal rapid prototyping solutions, including:

• aerospace
• automotive
• construction
• electronics
• farming
• transport

Any metal thinner than 6mm is considered sheet metal. Any metal thicker than 6mm is considered a metal plate.