Sheet Metal Fabrication
At Tella Tool & Manufacturing Company, we set the industry standard for quality and innovation in the sheet metal fabrication industry. Our comprehensive set of services integrates cutting-edge equipment with a workforce of qualified manufacturing engineers, technicians, and welders capable of transforming your concept into a well-priced product that exhibits an elevated level of quality. Tapping into our capabilities early in the process provides significant benefits. Our strong technical background and intelligent fabrication strategies help improve product manufacturability, optimize material usage, decrease turnover, and overall cost.
Our two large facilities house a sizable array of fabrication equipment, including laser cutters and high tonnage punching, shearing, and bending machines as well as forming presses, EDM machines, hardware insertion tools, welding stations, and more. We have the resources to work with all metal materials in sheet, bar, plate, or coil form. Various automation strategies, including computer driven equipment automated hydraulic and pneumatic assembly cells, enable us to achieve productivity gains for projects with tight time constraints. We offer a long list of additional services to provide a total end-to-end solution for manufacturing your product.
Quality is one of our core competencies and evident at every stage of the fabrication process, from raw material delivery through to final inspection. Our extensive resources allow us to manage orders of any size with extreme agility. We are customer-focused and dedicated to exceeding the most rigorous quality standards. For more information about our fabrication services, please see the table below. Contact us at any time for a consultation.


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Products & Technology
- Metal Stamping of Galvanized Steel Sunroof Frames
- Punching of a Steel Hold Down Bracket
- CNC Machining, Sheet Metal Fabrication & Assembly of an Aerospace Chassis Assembly
- CNC Machining & Welding of an Aluminum CRT Housing Assembly
Sheet Metal Fabrication Capabilities:
- General Capabilities
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- Contract Manufacturing
- Prototypes
- Fabrication Process
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- Assembly
Bending
Deburring
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM)
Forming
Hardware Insertion
Laser Cutting - Punching
Shearing
Stamping
MIG/TIG Welding
Resistance Welding
Grinding
Machining
- Assembly
- Automation Capabilities
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- CNC
- Manual
- Materials
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- Aluminum
Beryllium Copper
Brass
Bronze
Carbon Steel
Copper
Ferrous
Lead
Nickel - Nickel Alloy
Nickel Steel
Precious Metals
Sheet Metal
Spring Steel
Stainless Steel
Steel
Tempered Steel
Titanium
- Aluminum
- Raw Material Forms
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- Sheet
Bar - Plate
Coil
- Sheet
- Thickness
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- Min: 0.005"
- Max: .500"
- Maximum Sheet Metal Width
- 60 in
- Maximum Sheet Metal Length
- 144 in
- Tolerance (+/-)
- ±0.001"
- Additional Services Provided
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- Assembly
Plating
Painting
Heat Treating
Packaging
Riveting
Hardware Insertion - Tapping
Welding
Polishing
Grinding
Inspection- CMM
1st article inspection
- Assembly
- Production Volume
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- Specialty Production Shop
Prototype
Low Volume - High Volume
Long Runs
Short Runs
- Specialty Production Shop
- Typical Lead Time
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- 4 to 6 Weeks
Kanban
JIT - Emergency services available
Rush Services Available
- 4 to 6 Weeks
Additional Information
- Industry Focus
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- Aerospace
Agricultural
Automotive
Appliance
Contract Manufacturing
Communications
Computer
Consumer Goods - Electrical
Electronics
Energy
Furniture
Medical
Military
Telecommunications
- Aerospace
- Industry Standards
- ISO 9001:2008
International Organization for Standardization
ISO/TS 16949:2009
Automotive Standard
ITAR registered
ISO 14001
Environmental Standard
- File Formats
- AlphaCAM (AMD,ATD)
AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ)
DXF
Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format.
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET)
PDF
Portable Document Format
Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW,PRT,XPR)
SolidEdge (DFT)
SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT)
STEP
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data