For project development to design and prototyping to full production, finding a metal fabricator to work closely with your in-house team of engineers and designers will be a critical factor.
By developing a strong partnership and finding the custom metal fabricators willing and able to provide the customized services you need, OEMs can save time and money on every order.
Why Custom Services are Important
Many metal fabrication shops are set up to provide specific services. This allows these fabricators to produce high volume, high-quality parts which meet specific design parameters. As an OEM, the parts and components you need may not be within these design parameters, which means you have to redesign the project to meet those parameters in order to use these standard metal fabricators.
On the other hand, with custom metal fabricators, the fabrication shop will tailor the specific services required to create the part. This can include working on parts and components that are very large or very small. They also have the ability to provide both manual as well as automatic fabrication services, which offers the versatility OEMs need while still offering the cost-effective, time-saving features of robotics and automation.
Secondary Services
In addition to welding, CNC machining, punching, plasma and laser cutting and sawing, these custom metal fabricators typically offer an extended range of secondary types of services.
These can include full inspection services through in-house quality assurance labs, as well as assembly of parts and components as needed. They may also provide both prefinishing and finishing services, making them a one-stop type of fabrication shop.
The more services the fabricator offers, the more streamlined the production. This is a benefit to the OEM as there is one fabricator for the job, allowing for quality control throughout the process.
