Views: 0 Author: Mancy Li Publish Time: 2023-04-24 Origin: Zhongshan Yishang Metal Products Co., Ltd
Sheet metal fabrication: Assembly
The cutting and deformation of metal plates are two ways to form metal plates. The third method is to assemble by using ordinary fasteners or other methods.
Although this is not always considered a manufacturing process, assembling different components of metal sheet parts using fasteners, bolts, screws, and rivets is an important component of the entire manufacturing process. Other metal sheet manufacturing processes, such as stamping, can be clearly carried out to manufacture holes for rivets and other fasteners.
Metal plate components can also be connected together using welding processes, where heating is used to melt the part of the metal that is connected to another component. The molten metal of two components melts to form a solid connection. Common metal plates such as stainless steel and aluminum have good weldability, although different metals may be better welded in certain types of welding: arc, electron beam, resistance, etc.
If you’ve already designed sheet metal parts, chances are you have a good idea of the fabrication processes that will be used to realize the design. In fact, some CAD utilities like Autodesk Fusion 360 and Dassault Systemes Solidworks let you create features that correlate with physical sheet metal manufacturing processes like bending and stamping.
Regardless of your level of experience, the sheet metal experts at 3ERP can help you finalize your designs and choose between similar processes like laserjet cutting and water jet cutting.
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