What is the Role of a Marine Fabricator?

December 7 , 2022

Metal fabrication is often times considered an art form. If done correctly, it can result in long-lasting products However, when done wrong, it can result in accidents and even death. When hiring custom marine fabrication through a company, it can be difficult to know who to trust and what type of services they can provide. While there many expectations about what fabricators should do, listed below are the most common tasks performed during welding and metal fabrication services.

Most Common Tasks

Blueprint Creation / Custom Design
Machining and Fabrication
Welding
Project Installation
Cleaning and Project Finishing

Blueprint Creation

Typically, marine metal fabricators will help in creating custom designs for your project. There may be several made, allowing you to choose the one you like the best.

Machining and Fabrication

The main focus of a marine metal fabricator is to take metal components, such as pipes and other structural components and turn them into the finished product. This involves using CAD/CAM, as well as, various hand tools

Welding

Welding and metal fabrication is needed during manufacturing and creating stages. It is also valuable in the installation stage too.

Project Installation

They aid in the installation of the project and helps to make sure everything is in accordance marine fabricator standards for safety and integrity.

Cleaning and Project Finishing

It is important that marine metal fabricators cleanup the area after the project has been installed. This is it ensure that the area is metal free and the project lacks all signs of defects.

What Marine Meal Fabricators Actually Don’t Do

While in fact, many people consider custom marine fabrication a jack-of-all-trades, there are some limitations. There are a lot of things they simply don’t do.

Metal Repairs and Restorations
General Maintenance of Metal
Electrical Work
Casting and Forging

Metal Repairs and Restorations

While they do work with metal, they are not recommended for restoring or repairing an existing piece of metal work. Marine metal fabricators are in construction services, not restoration or renovation services.

General Maintenance of Metal

They do not remove corrosion, stains, or other imperfections from metalwork unless it is considered part of the fabrication project.

Electrical Work

Marine metal fabricators are more than willing to do plumbing work, but not electrical. All electrical work needs to be done by an experienced, qualified, and licensed marine electrician.

Casting and Forging

They do not perform casting duties. That is for raw material processing companies. This includes custom marine aluminum fabrication

In Conclusion

While there are a great deal of services that custom marine metal fabricators perform, there are some beyond their scope. If you have question regarding Allied Marine & Industrial’s services, reach out to us today. We are your metal fabrication connection.

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What is the Role of a Marine Fabricator?

Most Common Tasks

What Marine Meal Fabricators Actually Don’t Do

In Conclusion

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