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Conventional blanking

Blanking services at Midwest Metal Fabrication.

Blanking is the metal fabricating process of punching, cutting, or shearing a piece out of stock to a predetermined shape by die cutting the outside shape of a part. Blanking is cutting up a large sheet of stock into smaller pieces suitable for the next operation in stamping, such as drawing and forming. The blanking process is often combined with a piercing operation.

For details on Midwest Metal Fabrication’s blanking services, please select one of the links below:

• Blanking overview
• Thickness
• Length
• Width
• Materials
• Run size/volume
• Limitations

Blanking overview

Midwest Metal Fabrication offers conventional metal blanking services to our customers who require the blanking process take place to meet their metal fabricating requirements. We operate a number of blanking presses to assist our OEM customers to create blanks in the heavy gauge custom fabricated metal parts they need.

Thickness

Midwest Metal Fabrication’s blanking presses are capable of creating blanks in metals up to 1/2” thick.

Length

Our blanking presses are capable of shearing metal with up to a 23’ length.

Width

Our blanking presses are open backed and are capable of shearing metal of any width.

Materials

Midwest Metal Fabrication personnel can blank aluminum, stainless steel, hot or cold rolled steel, and galvanized steel.

Run size/volume

A typical run size ranges from 25-200 pieces. We have no top limit on production.

Limitations

Our process can handle a sheet up to 23’ long x 24” width weighing up to 18,000 lbs. We can blank metals up to ½” in thickness.

Call us today at 1-219-931-3131, email us at sales@midwestmetalfabrication.com, or send a fax using 1-219-844-8512 to get a quick quote to help solve your heavy gauge steel fabricating problems.

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