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The Processes Within Custom Metal Fabrication

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Metal fabrication is a general term used for the process of transforming raw metal into a working piece. Metal fabrication may involve hot-water spinning or grinding, bending, drilling, punching and cutting. The fabrication of metal may be part of a larger production process such as fabricating a whole section of a metal or a component of a metal. Metal fabrication may also involve the fastening of varying shapes to a particular metal. Metal fabrication is especially useful in the building of mechanical parts and components, such as valves, bearings, pump sets, and springs. Many people envision a simple brass wire stretched across a stainless steel bolt as the foundation of a modern-day motorbike. Although this is certainly an example of a complex manufacturing process, there are many more simple processes that go into the fabrication of metal. In order to get a stainless steel bolt or plate made into a brass-bodied part, for instance, a fabricator would need a lathe, a tooling, a hea