Chicago Metal Fabricators was approached by a customer in the machine tooling industry to fabricate a steel base weldment. The weldment’s A36 steel was plasma cut (Messer 400 amp high definition bevel plasma) and then machined. We then formed the steel at a 135° angle using a 1000 ton x 30 foot press brake. The 17′ long, 15′ wide and 3′ high weldment was then stress relieved and shot blasted. Chicago Metal Fabricators was able to hold tightest tolerances of +/- 1/32″ throughout the fabrication process. Each of the client’s 7, 41,000 lbs base weldments underwent a magnetic particle weld inspection.

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This custom fabricated base weldment is used within a machine tool application.

High Definition Bevel Plasma Machining
Drill Holes
Mill out Pockets Forming
Form 135°Angle<
Welding
Flux Core
Secondary Operations:
Stress Relieving
Shot Blasting

Messer 400 amp High Definition Bevel Plasma
1000Ton x 30 foot Press Brake

Material Thickness: ½ to 4″
Length: 17 ft
Width: 15 ft
Height: 3ft

+/- 1/32″

A36 Steel

None

Magnetic Particle Inspection of Welds

41,000 lbs.

Machine Tool

7

7-10 Days

Customer supplied print, AWS D1.1, 2D CAD Drawing

Machine Tool Base Weldment