# OEM Sheet Metal Fabrication

https://kdisplay.com/capabilities/services/oem-component-fabrication

Build-to-print sheet metal fabrication makes a component or subassembly from a released drawing and makes it again on repeat orders. K-Display, a Chicago sheet metal fabricator, builds OEM brackets, panels, frames, and subassemblies to print, supplied bare, powder coated, hardware installed, or assembled.

## Overview
OEM parts leave cut and formed, welded, powder coated, fitted with hardware, or built up into a subassembly, in carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, galvanized steel, or galvanneal. Short-run production sets up each batch on its own, with the press brake and any fixtures arranged for that run, which suits a design that is still changing. Single-source metal fabrication carries one order through every process a finished unit needs, from the first cut to the packed carton.

## Materials
- Carbon steel
- Galvanized steel
- Galvanneal
- Stainless steel
- Aluminum

## Applications
- Brackets that locate a component, cut and formed with the hole pattern their mating plate carries.
- Covers and panels that close a product, powder coated in the finish the product drawing names.
- Welded frames that carry a product, supplied with their hardware installed.
- Subassemblies that reach the line on one part number, with their purchased components already mounted.

## Process
- Cut and form: We cut the flat parts for each drawing on the laser or the punch and form them on the press brake.
- Weld, hardware, and coat: We weld the frames, press in the threaded hardware, and then powder coat the parts that ship coated.
- Build up the subassemblies: We fasten the formed and welded parts to their purchased components under one part number.
- Build the repeat order: We cut, form, weld, and finish a repeat order from the released drawing you send for that part number.
- Ship the part: Each part number leaves in one state: formed, welded, powder coated, hardware installed, or assembled.

## Design considerations
Two parts that bolt together are drawn on two sheets, and when each measures its holes from a different edge, the two patterns meet only by chance. Dimension both patterns from the edge the assembly drawing uses, and we cut both parts from that edge, so the bracket foot and the plate under it bolt up. One part number that covers two supplied states, bare for one line and coated for another, ships mixed. Give each supplied state its own part number, and we build and pack each number in one state.

## FAQ
**Can K-Display build custom OEM parts to drawings?**
Yes. Send the current files, revision, material, quantities, finish, hardware, assembly, inspection, and delivery requirements.

**Can K-Display support prototype and repeat quantities?**
Yes. Share immediate quantities and expected repeat demand so setup, tooling, revision control, finishing, and assembly can be reviewed together.

**Can parts be powder coated and assembled?**
Yes. Powder coating, hardware installation, marking, and assembly can be connected to the fabrication route when specified.

## Related pages
- [Short-Run & Low-Volume Metal Fabrication](https://kdisplay.com/capabilities/services/short-run-production)
- [Single-Source Metal Fabrication](https://kdisplay.com/capabilities/services/single-source-metal-fabrication)
- [Assembly & Value-Added Services](https://kdisplay.com/capabilities/finishing/assembly)
- [Custom Sheet Metal Mounting Brackets](https://kdisplay.com/products/brackets-plates/mounting-brackets)
- [Custom Welded Frames & Weldments](https://kdisplay.com/products/frames-weldments/equipment-frames-weldments)
- [Custom Door Subassemblies](https://kdisplay.com/products/door-access-systems/door-subassemblies)
- [Custom Chassis & Card Cages](https://kdisplay.com/products/chassis-cabinets/chassis-card-cages)