Custom metal fabrication has transformed the transportation industry for centuries, providing more efficient travel and increased safety in countless applications. We use this process to manufacture metal gratings, perforated panels and other metal products for uses including highway drains that help prevent flooding without rusting, machine guards, safety barriers and screens, handrails, railing filler panels, protection Industrial tornado screens commercial structures and more.

Custom metal fabrication in the transportation industry isn’t just about I-beams, trusses, and girders, but the nuts and bolts that hold structures and objects together—an entire industry that relies on custom fabrication of metal parts. Choosing the right material is critical. Materials must have the correct mechanical properties for the application - tensile strength, corrosion resistance, durability, etc. Metals and metal alloys such as low carbon steel sheets, stainless steel, aluminum,prepainted galvanized color coated steel coil/sheet/plate/strip, copper and brass are commonly used materials in manufacturing applications across the industry.

There are some common transportation industries that rely on custom metal fabrication:

Vehicles

Cars, trucks, and other vehicles are made up of countless parts, and many have metal components fabricated throughout their designs for safe and efficient functions. Think vehicle screens, grilles, headboards, and pedals on larger vehicles like trucks and SUVs. Wire cloth and perforated metal play a key role in the manufacture of these items for vehicles.

Big rig safety grating step

Large rigs and trailers use safety barriers so drivers have a safe area to step on. Even the sidewalks of railroad cars and truck cabs use different metalwork to keep the entire vehicle safe and usable.

Bridges and Platform

These structures are present enough in both interior and exterior areas to make having the right metal fabrication an issue that nearly all architects face. Bridges of any height usually have metal surfaces, railings, safety walls to prevent falls, etc. Elevations that workers need to access frequently, such as highway signs and billboards, often have platforms made of sturdy metal.

Railroads

It is no exaggeration to say that custom metal fabrication is the backbone of the rail industry. Engines and various railcars to accommodate the various passenger and freight modes (boxcars, flatbeds, open and closed hoppers) as well as the needs of the tracks on which the cars travel, rail bolts, fasteners and spikes to hold everything together are specially designed and manufactured metal components.

We are experienced in custom sheet metal components and structural fabrication components for the transportation industry and beyond. To learn more about our capabilities and services, please contact us today.