Know The Difference Betweeen Metal Fabrication And

Metal Stamping

Fabrication services involve in a process of building metal structures by cutting,

bending and assembling. It is a process that involves construction of machines and

structures from various raw materials. Almost all the manufacturers and industries in

the world rely on metal fabrication companies to help them in the business. These

companies give high quality precision metal fabrication products to industries. They

offer a huge variety of fabrication capabilities to cater to different customers in the

electronics, aerospace, transportation, medical and computer industries.

It is a crucial decision for industries to decide how to manufacture their metal

parts, by either using metal stamping or metal fabrication. Here’s a brief overview of

each of these processes:

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Metal stamping or pressing is a straight forward process. A flat sheet of metal is

placed on a stamping press and then it can be bent, pressed and folded or stretched.

This process can be in a single or multiple stages.

It is an economical and faster technique in order to produce large quantities of

products. As the production increases the cost per piece also reduces. So if you are a

bulk producer, metal stamping is the best option. Moreover to the forming process, it

also gives customised work like fastening, welding, riveting, nut insertion and such

other assembling processes.

However, at times metal stamping may not suit your needs. Sometime you may need

one –off product then stamping is cost prohibitive. It also adds tooling costs and

takes longer time to complete your order. As hard tooling in not flexible, making

changes in the design you want to implement will become expensive.

As against this, metal fabrication services all manufacturing requirements. Metal

fabrication is a process that gives shapes to the metals into various parts by removing

materials i.e. by creating cut outs or holes. You can also change the material through

the process of stretching and bending the metal.

There are typical advantages of the metal fabrication process. It enables rapid

prototyping results with immediate designing to the production schedule. It is

flexible and thus enables quick and easier implementation of design to change a part.

A wide range of techniques like laser cutting, water jet cutting and shearing are used

in cutting raw sheets of metal.

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Precision control and repeatability are being applied in a wide range of formed

metals. With the introduction of new technology, equipments and expertise results

in creative solutions using press brakes. The machined parts are assembled and

welded together and checked for accuracy.

Metal fabrication is labour intensive takes a longer duration than metal stamping.

The cost of materials for metal fabrication is higher and the complicated components

or parts may not be possible to use with metal fabrication. Lastly the repetition

process is more challenging than in metal stamping.

Conclusion:

From the above discussion you must consider working with experienced fabrication

service company Forgacs which is capable of undertaking both task of metal

fabrication as well as metal stamping. This will enable you to effectively manage your

costs and provide you high quality standards.