Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Suitable for scaling from 1-10000 parts
- Offers wide variety of material
- Provides high precision tolerances
Sheet Metal Operations Available
CNC Bending
CNC bending uses dies to produce a U-shape, V- shape, hemps or channel shape along a straight axis as per the design.
Cutting Services
Laser and Waterjet cutting services for a wide variety of materials also including precision cutting from 0.2mm.
Welding & Assembly
Fabrication of sheet metal components for panels, brackets and enclosures.
Surface Finishing
Powder coating, anodising, sand blasting, bead blasting, Teflon coating, PVD coating
Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication Service
Unlike traditional sheet metal shops, Karkhana.io have infinite capacity and an easy-to-use online quoting system ensuring on-time shipment every time—whether you need a single part or 1000 parts. You also have access to our team of knowledgeable engineers to optimize part designs and user-friendly online resources. Trim your production time and launch products faster with one local sheet metal supplier from prototypes to assemblies to finishing options.
Advantage
Quality Assurance
We guarantee your custom sheet metal parts will be built to your specifications. We are constantly monitoring our manufacturing partners' finished products to ensure the highest quality parts at low prices and competitive lead times.
Instant Quotes & Manufacturability Feedback
Streamline your workflow with our digital quote-to-order platform. Simply upload your CAD model for instant pricing and DfM feedback.
Speedy Delivery
Karkhana.io has a distributed network of sheet metal partners with 100+ professional machines, promising speedy delivery on every order.
Materials for Sheet Metal Fabrication
Aluminium
Aluminium is remarkable for its excellent strength-to-weight ratio and low cost. This material can be used for fabricating quick enclosures, brackets and casings.
Price: ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹
Thickness: 0.5 to 8mm
Post Processing: Anodising, Black oxide coating
Lead Time: 3-4 days
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel being highly resistant to dust and corrosion make up for ideal enclosures, brackets and complex components. High versatility and robust designs help quick and easy manufacturing.
Price: ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹
Thickness: 0.2 to 8mm
Lead Time: 3-4 days
Mild Steel
Highly malleable and corrosion resistant material allowing excellent design features and manufacturability at a cheaper rate as compared to other materials.
Price: ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹
Thickness: 0.5 to 8mm
Post Processing: Powder Coating, Spray painting, Zinc Coating.
Lead Time: 3-4 days
Copper
Copper offers great conductive and strength which finds major applications in shin and busbar production.
Lead Time: As fast as 2 days
Price: ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹
Thickness: 0.2 to 8mm
Post Processing: Nickel Plating
Lead Time: 3-4 days
Nickel
Nickel is considered to be the most versatile and corrosion resistant material mostly used for chemical applications.
Lead Time: As fast as 2 days
Price: ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹ ₹
Thickness: 0.2 to 8mm
Colours: Any RAL and Pantone shade.
Lead Time: 3-4 days
Cutting Options
Laser Cutting
High power laser beam is used to heat the workpiece to the required temperature so as melt and vapourise the material, cutting as per the design.
Bed Size: 3000mm x 1500mm
Material | Thickness Upto |
MS and SS | 12mm |
Aluminum | 10mm |
Brass and Copper | 6mm |
Waterjet Cutting
In waterjet cutting, workpieces are separated from each other by a high-pressure water jet using either specially treated water or an abrasive agent.
Bed Size: 3000mm x 2000mm
Material | Thickness Upto |
MS and SS | 150mm |
Aluminum | 180mm |
Wood/Plastics | 120mm |
Precision Laser Cutting
Karkhana.io also provides precision laser cutting services for various applications such as shins and busbars.Operations can be done on materials of minimum thickness 0.2mm.
Materials: Nickel, Copper, SS
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What is Sheet Metal Fabrication?
Sheet metal fabrication is an umbrella term for a group of processes that use sheet metal to build machines and structures. It can be a complex process involving many different operations. The journey from sheet metal to metal product starts from CAD engineering. After making the models, each part goes through the necessary sheet metal fabrication processes.
Sheet metal fabrication is widely used for industrial and consumer parts and in specialist industries like automotive, aerospace, energy, and robotics. Karkhana’s metal fabrication services utilize the top sheet metal fabricators in the India. The efficiency and high precision of metal fabrication, coupled with Karkhana’s variety of materials, range of sheet metal fabricators, and post-processing options means you can get parts for any application.
Applications of Sheet Metal Fabrication
Sheet Metal Fabrication in Electronics
The majority of applications for sheet metal fabrication are in the electronics industry. This makes sense when you consider that it is worth nearly $839 billion and is incredibly diverse in its offerings. Cell phones, drones, computers, tablets, telecommunications communications equipment, audiovisual equipment, LED lighting, automated machinery used in factories, and automatic household appliances all fall into the ‘electronics’ category.Sheet metal fabrication is used when prototyping essentially almost all electronic enclosure and component parts.
It is an inexpensive process using CNC sheet metal turret punch presses, laser cutting, water jet cutting, and press brakes and is incredibly quick, which means that you can view and examine your prototype at a low price. If you need to make any adjustments, this can be performed quickly and efficiently. This will allow your electronic enclosure or component part to go to market ASAP utilizing the CNC sheet metal turret punch presses, laser cutting, water jet cutting, and press brakes for smaller quantities or Traditional sheet metal punch presses for a larger production.
Chasis Construction
Because you can take sheet metal and weld it into hard, durable, and long-lasting components, you can construct chassis easily. These structural frameworks are essential to a wide variety of equipment, including audio technologies, drones, and passenger cars. Frames must be sturdy enough to support the rest of the technology’s weight, which makes the durable machination methods used in sheet metal fabrication a great choice
Enclosures and Housings
Sheet metal fabrication allows economical enclosures and housing to protect gearboxes and other sensitive electrical equipment effectively and serve as a barrier between the mechanism and the elements from the outside world. Because sheet metal fabrication allows for custom-designed results, you can also create user interfaces on your housing. Areas can be ergonomically designed for buttons that users can press down on, which is useful for applications such as remote-controlled construction machines, video game controllers, and computer sheet metal housings.
Suppose you need a protective shell to enclose your electronic mechanism. In that case, sheet metal fabrication is a simple and durable alternative for small to medium-sized sheet metal enclosures to large sheet metal cabinets over panel benders and folding machines.
Enclosures and Housings
Sheet metal can be fabricated to create small parts such as brackets or cable connectors. Steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and copper alloys are sturdy enough to hold larger metal or plastic pieces together without breaking.
In conjunction with 3D printing technologies, sheet metal fabrication can also make small components that constitute electronic devices’ inner workings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Karkhana.io can make parts to your design with the materials you specify. Karkhana.io has no minimum order quantity, which makes the service valuable for prototyping as well as production services.
We provide advanced inspection reports using CMM or laser scanner technologies as well as material certifications and certificates of conformity. You can easily add these services to your order.
We have a range of finishing services, depending upon the material and process, to choose from. Many finishes like painting, silkscreen, or other coatings are compatible with metals, plastics, and composites.