metal fabrication
Industrial metalworking trade
Metal fabrication is the process of cutting, shaping, and assembling metal into finished products or structures.
The term covers a range of techniques—welding, bending, machining, stamping—used to transform raw metal stock into everything from aircraft components to building frames: The shop handles custom metal fabrication for industrial clients.
- CNC machineProgrammed automated fabrication tool
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- plasma cutterTool cutting metal with ionized gas
construction · lathe · aluminum · metalworking · tool and die · titanium · assembly line · milling machine · stainless steel · bending · stamping · copper · aerospace engineering · brass · sparks · hydraulic press · shipbuilding · grinding
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
- vocational educationauto shop, trade schools, welding class, practical training, technical colleges
- metalworkblacksmithing, gilding, silversmithing, enamel, metalsmithing
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- Metal Industrygold trade, precious metals, refineries, smelters, foundries
- naval maintenanceship repairs, deck repair, dry dock, dry docks, dockyard
metal fabricationwoodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
carpentry · cabinetmaking · glassblowing · pottery · masonry
metal fabricationmetal casting
Shaping molten alloy in molds
casting · die casting · forging · machining · 3D printing
metal fabricationdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
dismantling · metal recycling · deconstruction · wrecking · salvage