Welding and fabrication services

Structural steel fabrication

Miscellaneous metals and light structural for commercial and industrial construction. We work from the engineer's drawings, produce our own shop drawings for approval, and weld to AWS D1.1 with certified welders and a CWI sign-off.

Codes	AWS D1.1 structural steel; AISC-compliant detailing
Capacity	Up to 40 tons per package; 10-ton bridge crane; 60 ft bay
Materials	A36, A572 Gr. 50, A500 HSS, A992 wide flange
Processes	FCAW and GMAW in shop; SMAW and FCAW-S in the field
Deliverables	Approval drawings, cut lists, weld maps, welder certs, inspection reports
Lead time	Typically 2–5 weeks depending on tonnage and steel availability

Typical jobs

• Stairs and landings
• Handrail and guardrail
• Mezzanines
• Equipment platforms
• Lintels and embeds
• Moment and shear connections
• Canopy frames
• Bollards and dock steel

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Custom metal fabrication

The one-off work: something that does not exist yet, or does not exist in the size you need. Bring a sketch, a photo, a broken original or a full drawing set. We handle design-for-fabrication, material selection and finish.

Starting point	Napkin sketch, photo, sample part, or CAD (DWG, DXF, STEP)
Design	Shop drawings for approval on every job; 3D model where fit-up matters
Materials	Carbon steel, stainless 304/316, aluminum 5052/6061, brass and copper on request
Finishing	Grind, brush, blast, prime, powder coat, hot-dip galvanize (partner)
Quantities	One-offs to short runs of a few hundred
Lead time	1–4 weeks for most work

Typical jobs

• Railings and gates
• Machine guards
• Brackets and mounts
• Enclosures and cabinets
• Carts and stands
• Truck and trailer accessories
• Signage frames
• Architectural metalwork

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Mobile and on-site welding

Two fully equipped service trucks and a crew that is used to working on a jobsite, in a plant, or in a field. We handle scheduled field welding for contractors and unscheduled breakdowns for everyone.

Fleet	Two trucks with 300-amp engine drives, oxy-fuel, plasma, 20 ft ladder, generator
Range	120 miles from Dayton; further by arrangement
Processes	SMAW, FCAW-S, GMAW with shielding, GTAW with wind screens
Availability	Mon–Sat scheduled; 24-hour emergency callout
Safety	Hot-work permits, fire watch, confined-space trained crew, $2M liability
Billing	Hourly portal-to-portal, or fixed price on defined scopes

Typical jobs

• Erection welding
• Embed plates and anchors
• Equipment repair in place
• Trailer and truck repair
• Farm equipment
• Conveyor and rack repair
• Handrail installs
• Emergency breakdowns

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Pipe and process welding

Process, utility and sanitary piping in carbon and stainless. Our pipe welders are qualified to ASME Section IX and we back-purge stainless as standard, because a weld you cannot see is still a weld the product touches.

Codes	ASME B31.1 / B31.3 practice; ASME IX qualified welders; 3-A sanitary practice
Sizes	½" tube to 12" pipe; Sch 10 to Sch 80; sanitary tube OD ¾" to 4"
Materials	A106 carbon, 304L/316L stainless, some duplex and P91 on request
Processes	GTAW root and cap on stainless; GTAW/SMAW on carbon; orbital available
Testing	Hydro, pneumatic, dye penetrant; third-party RT/UT arranged
Documentation	Weld maps, material certs, welder continuity, test reports

Typical jobs

• Process lines
• Compressed air and gas
• Steam and condensate
• Sanitary product lines
• Tank nozzles and repairs
• Skid piping
• Glycol and chilled water
• Pipe supports and racks

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Aluminum and stainless TIG

The clean work. Aluminum and stainless punish shortcuts, so we dedicate benches, brushes and grinding wheels to each alloy and TIG-weld anything that will be seen, washed down, or hold liquid.

Materials	Aluminum 5052, 6061, 3003, cast; stainless 304/304L, 316/316L, 2205 duplex
Thickness	0.040" sheet to 1" plate
Processes	GTAW (AC for aluminum, DCEN for stainless); pulsed GMAW for production aluminum
Contamination control	Dedicated tooling per alloy; back-purge; post-weld passivation on request
Finishes	#4 brushed, mirror on request, bead-blast, anodize (partner)
Common clients	Food and dairy, marine, pharma, architectural

Typical jobs

• Sanitary frames and stands
• Aluminum truck bodies and boxes
• Boat and dock repair
• Stainless countertops and hoods
• Tanks and hoppers
• Handrail and cladding
• Heat exchangers
• Custom exhaust

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Repair and restoration

Fixing what broke, and fixing why it broke. Cracked buckets, split trailer frames, worn wear plates, snapped cast-iron housings. We look at the failure before we strike an arc so the repair outlasts the original.

Approach	Find the crack end with dye penetrant, V-out, preheat where the alloy needs it, weld, gusset or doubler if the design was the problem
Cast iron	Nickel-rod cold process or preheat and post-heat; braze on thin sections
Hardfacing	Chromium carbide and tungsten carbide overlays on wear surfaces
Heavy equipment	Buckets, booms, quick couplers, dozer blades, stick and arm cracks
Where	In our shop or on site with the mobile trucks
Turnaround	Same-day for most emergency repairs

Typical jobs

• Excavator buckets
• Trailer frames and hitches
• Dump body floors
• Cast iron housings
• Auger flighting
• Cracked machine bases
• Loader arms
• Handrail and gate repair

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Cutting and forming

Parts that fit the first time. Our CNC plasma table, press brake and plate roll let us cut and form in-house, so we control tolerances and lead times instead of waiting on a vendor.

CNC plasma	5 ft × 10 ft table; up to 1" carbon steel, ¾" stainless, ½" aluminum
Oxy-fuel	Plate to 6" thick; bevel cutting
Press brake	175 ton, 12 ft; bends to ½" plate
Rolling	Plate roll to ⅜" × 8 ft; tube and angle roll
Files	DXF or DWG direct to the table; we can draw from a sketch
Tolerances	±0.030" typical on plasma parts; tighter on request

Typical jobs

• Base plates and gussets
• Flanges and rings
• Brackets
• Signage and decorative panels
• Wear plates
• Formed channels and boxes
• Tank shells
• Custom blanks for other shops

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Inspection and finishing

A Certified Welding Inspector on staff means we catch our own problems, and yours. We also handle the finish so the job goes from our door to yours ready to install.

Inspection	Visual to AWS D1.1 acceptance; dye penetrant; magnetic particle; UT and RT via partner lab
Documentation	Weld maps, WPS/PQR, welder qualification records, inspection reports
Third-party work	Independent inspection of other shops' welding for GCs and owners
Surface prep	Sandblast to SSPC-SP6/SP10; grinding and blending
Coatings	Shop primer, two-part epoxy, powder coat and hot-dip galvanize through partners
Turnaround	Add 3–7 days for coatings

Typical jobs

• Pre-turnover weld inspection
• Failed inspection remediation
• Blast and prime
• Powder coat coordination
• Galvanizing coordination
• Weld procedure development
• Welder testing
• Documentation packages

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