Steelfab, Inc.

SteelFab operates eight different fabrication plants across the Southeast, Texas and Oregon with a combined capacity of over 140,000 tons annually. These plants utilize the latest high-tech machinery, top-notch facilities, and cutting edge computer driven processes. The most important components of our fabrication capacity are the over 900 highly skilled employees working throughout these plants. Our employees are truly craftsmen whose skills, knowledge, and passion are poured into each piece that leaves the plant.

Equipment

SteelFab has invested in several new pieces of CNC equipment that utilize the latest technology in the industry including high speed drilling, automated tool changing, and advanced part layout marking. This equipment is capable of sawing, drilling, punching, shearing, and burning every type of structural steel. Using these automated machines SteelFab, as a corporation, is capable of machining up to 2,000 tons of material each week.

Plate:

Using CNC equipment, all plate and flat bar is processed in each plant’s plate shop. Typical plates pass through machines capable of cutting using plasma and/or oxy-fuel torches. This type of advanced equipment can also punch slots or drill holes using high speed carbide drills. Simpler shapes can be cut using 10’ wide shears and then bent using a press brake to make concrete pour stops, embeds, or other forms of bent plate detail.

Beams, Columns, Channel, Tubing and Pipe:

Each plant has several beam lines equipped with saws, drills, copers, cambering machines, and all the necessary material handling equipment to run efficiently. This equipment is housed outside of the shop to increase fabrication space and improve safety. As each piece of material is machined, there are checks to ensure the dimensions are within tolerance of our internal quality standards. Each piece created is bar coded, scanned and documented as completed in SteelFab’s database software.

Assembly & Fabrication

After all the required steel has been machined, employees begin transferring crucial dimensions from the drawings to the actual piece of steel. This information contains detail part marks, exact dimensions, and the necessary weld symbols used for final fabrication. This process requires skilled craftsmen, many of whom have been working for SteelFab for several decades.

Heavy Fabrication:

SteelFab has a dedicated shop for the fabrication of heavier assemblies that can weigh up to 120,000 lbs. Using robotic controlled Submerged Arc machines, we are capable of building any dimension plate girder, box column, or truss required by our customers.

Truss and Frame Fabrication:

SteelFab has areas in some shops for the assembly of large frames and trusses. By fabricating the finished assembly together, SteelFab is able to ensure customers that the truss will fit properly when erecting the assembly in the field.

Miscellaneous:

While each plant has the ability to fabricate miscellaneous steel, one facility specializes in the manufacturing of stairs, handrails, ladders and other non structural metal products. These custom designed assemblies can be made from several different materials including stainless steel, brass, and aluminum.

From our beginnings as a small handrail fabrication shop in Charlotte, NC to our position today as one of the nation’s largest suppliers of fabricated structural steel, SteelFab has remained committed to providing outstanding customer service, quality, and safety. This commitment is evident in everything we do, whether it is drilling holes or designing connections.