Metal Fabrication Blog

Article Revised July 28th, 2022 It’s often said that aluminum is a more difficult metal to weld than steel. While it’s true that most welders start out by learning to weld steel before moving on to aluminum, it’s not entirely accurate to say that one is more difficult than the other. Welding aluminum is simply … Continue reading “Welding Aluminum vs. Welding Steel in Metal Fabrication”

As would probably be expected, precision stainless steel fabrication and manufacturing is a big part of what we do at EVS Metal. While stainless steel tends to be the metal most frequently undergoing a range of fabrication processes at any given time, we frequently work with aluminum as well. However, these two metals require different … Continue reading “Fabricating With Aluminum vs. Steel: How Does it Differ?”

As an all-under-one-roof metal fabricator, stainless steel may make up the bulk of what we use to fabricate products, but aluminum plays an important part in our business as well. However, aluminum is quite different than stainless steel, and requires different processes and treatment in order to create a finished item that meets customer requirements. … Continue reading “All About Aluminum”

Looking for more recent information? Check out our 2024 metal fabrication outlook! It’s the time of year when predictions about the new year abound. And while the fabrication and manufacturing industry may not be subject to the rapid change or massive ups and downs of other sectors, there are still trends set to influence them … Continue reading “Metal Fabrication Industry Outlook 2019: Part Two”

Looking for more recent information? Check out our 2024 metal fabrication outlook! It’s the time of year when predictions about the new year abound. And while the fabrication and manufacturing industry may not be subject to the rapid change or massive ups and downs of other sectors, there are still trends set to influence these … Continue reading “Metal Fabrication Industry Outlook 2019”

OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) can end up spending an inordinate amount of time looking for the best, most efficient processes and contract sheet metal fabricators to manufacture their products. While this is, at least on the surface, a worthy endeavor, where many go wrong is that they outsource to too many contractors. While each fabricator … Continue reading “What are the True Costs of Outsourcing Metal Fabrication Processes to Multiple Vendors?”

Steel is one of the most common metals from which EVS fabricates parts and products. Archeologists and historians believe that steel has been being produced for almost 4000 years; this makes sense, as that puts the timeline at the beginning of the Iron Age — iron being the primary element used to manufacture steel. The … Continue reading “Steel Manufacturing: A Historical Perspective”

EVS’ metal fabrication headquarters may be in New Jersey, but we are fortunate to have three other large metal fabrication and manufacturing facilities across the United States, including Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Texas. Our Texas facility is where we are shining our spotlight today. CNC Machining in Texas Conveniently located in Pflugerville, just outside of … Continue reading “EVS Metal Fabrication Facility Spotlight: Pflugerville (Austin), Texas”

When most people think of careers in precision sheet metal fabrication and manufacturing, they tend to focus on positions like machinist or welder. But there are many jobs that have nothing to do with machine operation or physically fabricating end products in some way. In the past, we’ve discussed the impact and importance of positions … Continue reading “Metal Fabrication Careers: Quality Control (QC)”

Article Revised August 23rd, 2022 If you remember your high school chemistry class, you may recall that the symbol for iron on the periodic table is Fe. This is an abbreviation of the Latin word for iron, Ferrum, and the word from which we ultimately get the term “ferrous.” When comparing ferrous and non-ferrous metals, the key … Continue reading “Ferrous vs Non-Ferrous Metals: What’s the Difference?”