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Structural Weldments at Baillie Fabricating and Welding
Superior Stainless Steel Weldments and Brushed Finishes
The Baillie Fabricating and Welding team has extensive experience creating stainless steel weldments and brushed finishes. No matter your industry, you’ll receive the same sterling results for your precision stainless steel fabrication project.
DFM Guidance for Sheet Metal Fabrication Hardware
Here’s how Baillie Fab incorporates Design for Manufacturing (DFM) best practices when choosing optimal hardware for metal fabrication services.
A Trusted Partner for Stainless Steel Tubular Frames
Baillie Fab has significant experience fabricating stainless steel tubular frames, particularly for the food packaging industry. Our team has completed enough projects to know how to achieve ideal joint configurations and apply the perfect amount of polishing to satisfy customer needs.
Tip: Choose Standard Material Sizes for Metal Fabrication Services
When designing parts for metal fabrication services, it’s a best practice to use standard sheet metal and metal tubing sizes. Straying from standard sizes can lead to exponentially higher costs and fabrication complexities.
Understanding Tolerances in Sheet Metal Fabrication
Tolerances are crucial in design and manufacturing processes because they ensure parts are interchangeable, assemblies fit together properly, and products meet performance requirements while accounting for variability.
Quality Control Inspections for Fabricating, CNC Machining, and More
Quality control (QC) inspections are essential for all parts, not just those with tight tolerances. At Baillie Fab, we’re committed to giving our customers superior-quality parts the first time—no delays, no rejections, and no waste!
Get Replacement Parts Fast with Our Reverse Engineering Services
Whether your part has been discontinued or the waiting period for a replacement is impractical, Baillie Fabricating & Welding’s reverse engineering experts can step in to fill the void. Here are a couple of case studies highlighting our reverse engineering services.
In-House Manual and CNC Machining Services
At Baillie Fabricating & Welding, we’re known for sheet metal fabrication. You may not know that we also offer CNC milling and manual machining services, blending sheet metal craftsmanship with an ever-expanding selection of manufacturing solutions.
Sheet Metal Assembly Solutions: PEM® Fasteners, Rivet Nuts, and More
Baillie Fabricating and Welding’s capabilities wouldn’t be complete without hole tapping, thread forming, and hardware integration services. Further enhancing our assembly solutions, our shop floor even boasts an automated fastener-insertion machine for installing PEM® products in-house.
Baillie Fab Offers Full-Service Solutions with Vetted Vendor Partners
Our full-service shop can handle any job—even those with requirements outside our scope of expertise. How do we do it? We bring in one of our powerhouse vendor partners. The Baillie Fab team offers start-to-finish in-house and outsourced solutions for these premium services and beyond.
Nesting Laser Cut Parts Maximizes Efficiency and Cost Savings
At our Pennsylvania metal fabrication shop, nesting is one of our go-to solutions for ensuring optimized laser cutting services for a wide range of sheet metal parts.
Need a Quick Manufacturing Quote? Include These 7 Details in Your RFQ
Every job at Baillie Fabricating & Welding begins with an RFQ—the “request for quote” that kick-starts a project. When a customer’s RFQ doesn’t include complete information, however, our team can’t accurately calculate costs or determine lead times. And we certainly can’t initiate any cutting, forming, fabrication, or CNC machining services.
Polishing and Graining for Precision Stainless Steel Fabrication
Thinking of using stainless steel for your part? You have many options regarding the material’s finish.
Stainless steel is available in various finishes, and we can perform additional polishing or graining to achieve the desired appearance. Here, we’ll look at the most popular finishes and share how we transform sheet metal into high-quality stainless steel parts.
6 DFM Tips for Laser Cutting
Designing your part with the laser cutting process in mind can result in improved quality, better aesthetics, reduced costs, and a faster turnaround.
Implement these Design for Manufacturing (DFM) best practices, and our Pennsylvania metal fabrication shop will deliver a top-notch manufacturing experience!
Include a 3D Model and a Drawing with Your RFQ
When you submit a Request for Quote (RFQ) to Baillie Fabricating and Welding, there are two files you should always remember to upload: a 3D model and 2D CAD file.
Unfortunately, many customers send us only a PDF of their part and don’t include a 3D or 2D CAD file. No offense to PDFs, but these files simply don’t provide all the information we need to build a proper quote and, with your approval, make your parts.
9 DFM Tips for CNC Sheet Metal Fabrication
Certain design decisions can make your sheet metal fabrication project cost more and take longer to complete; some even diminish the quality of a part. To avoid these pitfalls, we recommend Design for Manufacturing (DFM) solutions that optimize your design for faster, more cost-effective, higher-quality sheet metal fabrication.
The Art of TIG Welding
TIG welding is a true art form, a challenging arc welding procedure that creates incredibly clean, precise welds that meet even the most stringent standards for industries like medical, food and beverage, and defense.
Get Precision, High-Quality Parts Faster with Laser Cutting Services
There are several ways to cut sheet metal. But when you need the cleanest cuts and most consistent results, laser cutting is the superior solution, producing better results than even waterjet or plasma cutting.