Custom Steel Fabrication by Experienced Fabricators Ensure the Specifications and Integrity

Steel fabrication is required by various industries including aerospace, construction, railways, defence, metallurgy, and more, to meet their varying project requirements. However, custom steel fabrication poses its own set of challenges, which requires expertise and experience. As opposed to standardised mass production, custom steel fabricators may need to align their process and equipment to meet the specific requirements of a project. Custom steel fabricators possess specialised knowledge, skills and have access to the right tools and techniques to complete steel fabrication as per the specific requirements of the project. Thus, it is important to select a fabricator that has the infrastructure and equipment to meet the requirements of your project, as per your specifications.

The success of any steel fabrication in Brisbane depends on careful planning, design, build, finishing and assembly. In the design phase, the project goals are specified in terms of required performance, along with quality and appearance. Constraints need to be identified at this stage by the team performing the task – like specialist steel fabricators in Brisbane or your project’s local area. It is essential to set the design right, as mistakes in large custom steel fabrication projects can be very expensive and hard to correct.

Forming and cutting operations

When the shop drawings are prepared, cutting and forming is started. Oversized custom steel fabrication projects need heavy-duty equipment, such as a bed laser that can handle thick carbon steel plate, as well as stainless. Forming comes after cutting, which involves rolling and bending. Rolling is used to turn a flat plate into curved pieces. It is used for making cylindrical storage tanks and drums. Bending puts corners into flat plate to create components such as brackets and structural support.

Once components are cut by the custom steel fabricators, the welding process follows. The first step is fit-up. Work pieces are brought together to make sure that everything joins together as per the design blueprint. Depending upon the requirements of a project, various types of welding techniques such as TIG welding, MIG welding or plasma cutting may be used. Working with experienced steel fabricators in Brisbane will provide you value for money as they have certified welders and state-of-art tools to provide you with the best outcomes.

Ensuring quality control

The last step of the build phase is quality control. Every assembly is inspected thoroughly by custom steel fabricators for conformance to drawings, and weld integrity, to ensure that the welding is accomplished to the right standard, as per the applicable welding codes. If there are any mistakes in the initial stages, these can be fixed at this stage, before finishing and final assembly.

Every steel fabrication in Brisbane, except stainless steel, needs an appropriate protective finish to prevent it from rusting. This requires a good surface finish, which will be applied by the custom steel fabricators. A full-service shop for steel fabrication in Brisbane, like Brisbane Metal Products (BMP), performs the preparation on-site, rather than contracting it out to a third party vendor. This is done to ensure that there is no delay between assembly, preparation, and coating, and results in faster delivery and a longer-lasting finish.

Preparing a workpiece for finishing

The workpiece is usually prepared with the help of girt blasting. This removes surface contamination to the agreed level at the design stage. The process may consume some time but results in a better finish. The workpiece is then primed and painted, or can go for direct-to-metal (DTM) paint, as per the requirements of the project. Hot dip galvanization, in which zinc is coated, can be done in some steel fabrication projects as an alternative to paint. In some other cases, powder coating may be preferred.

Final assembly is the last step of the process for custom steel fabrication in Brisbane. However, it is more common to transport sub-assemblies to the installation site for assembling in larger custom steel fabrication projects.

Meeting unique requirements of your custom steel fabrication projects

While partnering with BMP, you can order steel to custom specifications as per the unique requirements of your project. As the trusted steel fabricators in Brisbane, Brisbane Metal Products has the right tools and equipment, such as saws, lasers, notches, and plasma, to cut and drill the steel beams according to the blueprint of your project. BMP has various job routings, and capabilities for frequent setups to meet significant swings in demand for steel fabrication in Brisbane. BMP has the equipment, fixture and tooling modification capabilities to facilitate quick changeover and rapid setup. The Brisbane Metal Products team insists on customer reviews and approvals of shop drawings before any metal is cut to ensure the best outcome for the customer.

Brisbane Metal Products has over 50 years of experience in custom stainless steel fabrication, aluminium, metal and wire fabrication. You can rest assured you’ll get exactly what you asked for in your steel fabrication projects. BMP has the capabilities, resources and technical know-how to handle all custom steel fabrication projects of any level of complexity. It has served some of the most critical projects, for customers such as Virgin Australia, Valvoline, Quest and Austech Industries. The entire operations of custom steel fabrication at BMP are Australia-based, so you can be assured of getting the highest quality outcomes from a local business, with a country-wide distribution network.

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