Lesser Known Facts About Fabrication

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Lesser Known Facts About Fabrication
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Introduction

• Fabrication of a product is not an easy task. It
  requires a lifecycle to fabricate/manufacture a
  product. Now, what is this lifecycle?
• A product lifecycle starts with a concept or idea
  following the design phase, then prototyping,
  engineering and at last fabrication.
• Thus, before getting successfully manufactured, a
  product undergoes a number of steps.
• Also, if a product has been designed then it does
  not necessarily mean it can be easily fabricated.
  Prior to its fabrication, it requires an
  intermediate step called fabrication design.
  Fabrication design is required mostly for custom
  fabricated products.

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Understanding fabrication design

• Fabrication design is a product stage during
  which the designer and the fabricator will have
  to meet on a common ground to resolve any changes
  or conflicts between the design and manufacture
  of the product.
• Necessary alterations are made in the design to
  ensure easy fabrication of the product without
  sacrificing its strength, durability or
  integrity.
• In the field of civil engineering, this
  collaboration is commonly termed as detailing.

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How does the detailing process occur?

• Once a product is designed by a designer, a
  detailer or detailing engineer will take this
  design and perform all the necessary changes on
  it.
• These changes are reflected in form of shop
  drawings.
• These shop drawings are then submitted to a
  manufacturer who manufactures the final product
  as per the drawings.
• Hence, a detailer is also considered to be a part
  designer and a part engineer.

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• He is the one responsible for bridging the gap
  between designing and fabrication.
• He makes necessary communication with designers
  and fabricators to detail out every single thing
  ensuring successful fabrication. Nowadays,
  detailers use software like CAD(computer-aided
  design) to carry out detailing.
• Several designing companies hire these detailers
  to give CAD detailing services to its customers.
  
• Now that the detailing process is explained,
  lets move one stage ahead and understand the
  fabrication process.

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Metal fabrication

• Metal fabrication can be defined as the process
  of creating products or structures by cutting,
  bending, or assembling the metal.
• Metal fabrication involves three steps
• 1) design where shop drawings are created.
• 2) fabrication where the aforementioned cutting,
  assembling or bending is done.
• 3) installation where the end product is put
  together.
• The various segments of the society where metal
  fabrication is applicable include industrial,
  commercial and structural use.

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Industrial Metal Fabrication

• Industrial Metal Fabrication is the process of
  assembling various parts made from sheets into
  industrial products.
• These industrial fabricators serve industries
  such as aerospace, material handling, pollution
  engineering, and more.
• The products are usually very large size like
  tanks and silos.

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Structural Metal Fabrication

• Structural Metal Fabrication involves creating
  structural metal parts like towers, platforms,
  walkways, stairs, trusses, beams, etc.
• Steel is the most commonly used metal for
  building structures.

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Commercial Metal Fabrication

• Commercial Metal Fabrication consists of creating
  parts that are typically installed in commercial
  buildings like restaurants, stores, public
  spaces, and municipal buildings.
• The examples of commercial metal products include
  guardrails, shelving, sinks, and conveyors.

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Our companys brief info

• Silicon Engineering Consultants LLC is a
  CAD-based engineering firm providing several
  designing and detailing services like metal
  fabrication drawings, and steel fabrication
  drawing services to clients across the globe.
• Our detailing engineers are efficient enough to
  give quality detailing services.
• If you have any designing, detailing, or
  fabrication related requirement for the
  industrial, commercial or structural project,
  then please contact us today.

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