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      Xiange are able to perform large volumes in a short time. We quickly and inexpensively carry out work on cutting and fabrication sheet metal in China. Our equipment allows you to cut sheet metal up to 5 mm thick and bend at any angle with a bend length of up to 1000 mm.

   Sheet metal fabrication is an umbrella term for many of the processing methods used to transform flat and thin sheets of metal into a quality end use part. Sheet metal refers to thin sheets of metal stock that are no more than 0.25 inches thick.

   The process starts with a cad file – a digital copy of the final design intended for the part. Depending on the manufacturing process, sheet metal can be cut on a laser cutting machine that uses pre-programmed instructions to guide the cutting tool path. Alternatively, parts are made using one or more laser cutting, milling, shaping, bending, punching, cutting, or stamping processes.

   Sheet metal parts can have simple or complex geometries. Affordability, scalability and a wide choice of materials make sheet metal fabrication popular in several industries. It is widely used in the manufacture of housings, brackets and chassis for parts.

Sheet Metal Fabrication Processes

The manufacturing method usually depends on the size of the part, the complexity of the design, and the type of finish.                      We offer the most popular metal fabrication operations covering cutting, forming and joining processes.

Laser cutting

Laser cutting speed, high quality, dimension accuracy of parts up to ±0.05mm. With smooth surface, surface roughness is only dozens of microns, no mechanical processing, parts can be used directly.

Plasma cutting

Plasma cutting machine does not need to preheat the workpiece, melting speed, cutting surface smooth, not easy to cause workpiece deformation; When cutting the workpiece with thickness less than 40mm, both quality and speed have obvious advantages.

Water cutting

    High-velocity concentrated water streams for cutting sheet metals.

Water cutting is a technique that allows to cut some materials characterized by particular resistance in an easy and fast way.  It is the force of the pressure that allows this ease, pressure that is exerted by a water jet concentrated in a very small space.

Bending

Bending is the final step in forming sheet metal parts. They can fold the sheet metal into the desired shape.  Through the bending machine knife and the next knife on the sheet metal cold pressure deformation, get the required shape of the process called bending.

Riveting

Sheet Metal Riveting refers to an environmentally friendly connection method that connects nuts, screws and other materials to sheet materials by means of pressure riveting, riveting, extrusion or pull riveting

Welding

Welding requirements are neat and uniform, firm and reliable.  The traditional welding process has been replaced by laser welding, because of the rapid development of laser technology; laser welding is faster, higher efficiency, small deformation, low labor cost.

Polishing

Many metals lose their gloss after processing. Stainless steel, aluminum, copper, zinc, and brass are among the hardest metals to polish. The common processes used to polish metals are sanding, filing, and ultrasonic polishing. Mirror polishing is achieved by sanding stainless steel with grits ranging from 400 to 2000. The final step is the application of the polishing compound to the finished surface.

Finishing options

After our sheet metal parts have been fabricated, Xiange proceeds with post-processing and finishing services to improve functionality and offer protection or beautify your parts. Some of our finishing options are summarized below:

• Standard

• Bead blasting

• Anodization

• Powder coating

• Painting

• Plating

• Silk-screen

Materials of Sheet Metal Fabrication

      The manufacturing method usually depends on the size of the part, the complexity of the design, and the type of finish. We offer the most popular metal fabrication operations covering cutting, forming and joining processes.

Advantages of Sheet Metal Fabrication

Strength / Weight ratio

Sheet metal parts made of steel, aluminum and copper have an excellent strength to weight ratio. This makes them ideal for applications where high strength and lightweight are vital.

Scalability

Sheet metal fabrication can make quality parts independent of volume. With sheet metal fabrication, you can expect the same quality on ten parts to match one thousand. This is great for rapid prototyping and small scale production.

Availability

Sheet metal parts allow the production of high volume end pieces at a lower unit cost. it is a more efficient solution for producing quality end parts.

Durability

Sheet metal produces high-strength metal parts and is well suited for both functional prototypes and end-use manufacturing.

Customized finish

Sheet metal parts can be painted, anodized, electroplated and finished in several ways to decorate and improve your parts functionality.

End use product quality

Sheet metal parts are durable for direct use of components and as part of other parts. Most sheet metal parts can be used directly for end-use product after painting or electroplating.

Sheet Metal FAQ

1. What’ the thinnest sheet plate can you use for sheet metal manufacturing?

 The thinnest sheet plate we can use for manufacturing is 0.05mm.

2. What’s the thickest sheet plate can you bend?

 The thickest sheet plate we can bend is 8mm.

3. Can you rivet the parts for us?

 Yes, we can rivet the parts for our clients.

4. Can you bend the aluminum 6061?

 Generally, we can bend the aluminum 6061 at no more than a 90-degree angle. Otherwise, the parts would be cracked.

5. Can you source the PEM nuts and install them for us?

 PEM nuts would need a MOQ to be sourced here and we would use the equivalent inserts to install if that can be accepted.