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Thermal joining / welding services

Thermal joining or welding refers to the processes used to permanently join 2 or more metal workpieces by placing the edges of the workpieces to be joined together against each other and simultaneously introducing a gaseous or electric high heat source to both edges to above their melting temperature so that the metal from each piece flows together.

Another thermal joining method introduces “filler” metal which is heated to its melting point and then used to join the heated edges of the workpieces together The thermal joining process leaves a residual “slag” that must be removed using a surface preparation process.

Thermal joining / welding

• Automated resistance spot welding
• Electric resistance spot welding
• Gas metal arc (MIG) welding
• Pulse-on-pulse welding
• Robotic welding
• Shielded metal arc welding (SMAW)
• Submerged arc welding (SAW)

Every welding job’s requirement are different, but Midwest Metal Fabrication’s welders often:

• Grind the welds,
• Fill in voids,
• Descale the welds,
• Prepare the welded surfaces for painting, and
• Prime the prepared surface

after the welding process is completed.

We will complete your custom metal fabricating component welding project in our 150,000 square foot manufacturing facility. Midwest Metal Fabrication has the equipment to do the job right! We use the latest equipment and have a welding staff with high levels of welding skill that is backed by decades of industrial welding experience.

Midwest Metal Fabrication’s welders are certified by the American Welding Society to Standard B15.1!

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.