Sheet metal solutions
Steelwork and building components
Choose equipment for plates, structural profiles and formed building parts. Match cutting, holes and bends to the joining and assembly work that follows.
Start with the parts you make
A structural profile, a flat connection plate and a folded building panel need different machine comparisons.
Baseplates and flanges
Identify critical holes and joining surfaces, including any machining or preparation required after cutting.
Structural profiles
State section type, length, features and support requirements. Profile processing needs its own equipment and handling definition.
Brackets and channels
Review bend length, flange dimensions, tooling access and the finished component’s connection points.
Building panels
Define profile, visible surfaces, corner details and how adjacent panels fit together.
Connect the part to the process
Separate cutting and hole operations
Map the existing sequence and transfers. Compare which operations can be combined and which still need separate equipment.
Supporting long stock
Include loading, positioning and finished-part removal, along with the space around the selected machine.
Preparing assembly interfaces
Dimension the features that locate or join the part. Cutting and bending decisions should follow the required assembly condition.
Choose the equipment for each task
Separate plate and structural-profile workloads. Choose the cutting equipment around the features and handling, add forming where the component needs it, and define the remaining joining or machining steps.
Cut large connection plates
Compare ground-rail laser systems for the actual plate format, material and critical features, including part removal and downstream preparation.
Explore ground-rail cutting
Cut H-beams and structural profiles
Review ULH H-beam, plate and heavy-tube processing. Match scanning, hole cutting, notches and bevel preparation to the actual section and connection drawing.
Explore ULH H-beam lasers
Form building components
Evaluate press brakes for brackets, channels and panels that require bends. Force, length, tooling and support must fit the complete part.
Explore press brakesA customer’s structural-profile machine is not interchangeable with a sheet or tube laser. Use the actual stock section and operations to define the proposed equipment.
Tower and structural-steel customer projects
Feiyue Hardware and Jiuwu Steel Structure describe installations in China that connect cutting and hole preparation with fewer production handoffs. Their stories identify the actual equipment and the basis of reported results.
