Contract Fabrication
Contract fabrication to your print, under one roof
A full sheet-metal shop in Central Florida. Send the print and we cut, form, machine, weld, and assemble the part in one building, without handing your job to a chain of subcontractors.
01 / Grinding a welded assembly
In summary
Custom Metal Designs runs a contract metal fabrication business in Central Florida, near Orlando, alongside its bottle-handling automation work. It covers laser cutting, CNC punching, press-brake forming, machining, welding, coating, and assembly with vendor-managed inventory, built to the customer's print.
The difference from a typical job shop is keeping the whole job in one building: cutting, punching, and forming on TRUMPF machines, machining on Haas CNC equipment, then welding and assembly. That means fewer vendors, fewer handoffs, and one company accountable for the finished part. CMD is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has run contract fabrication since 2005, in a shop that has built its own equipment since 1972.
Key facts
- Built to your print
- Cutting, forming, machining, welding, and assembly in one shop
- ISO 9001:2015 certified (NQA)
- Serving Orlando and Central Florida since 2005
Your print, one shop, one vendor accountable
Every process under one roof
Cutting, punching, forming, machining, welding, and assembly happen in the same building, on TRUMPF lasers, punches, and press brakes and Haas CNC machines. Your part doesn't wait in a subcontractor's queue between operations, and one company answers for it from flat sheet to finished assembly.
Engineering help when a part needs it
Most jobs arrive as a finished print, and we build to it. When a part is hard to make or keeps failing in service, the engineers who design CMD's own equipment can suggest a change that makes it easier or cheaper to build.
Five capabilities, one shop
Each capability has its own page. The forming card carries three cutting and bending processes beneath it.
- 01
Assembly and Vendor Managed Inventory
Assembly, kitting, and VMI, so parts arrive built and stocked, not just cut.
Explore Assembly and VMI - 02
Coating
Finishing to close out the part.
Explore Coating - 03
Forming
Cut and bend sheet metal to your drawing: laser cutting, CNC punching, and press-brake forming.
Explore Forming - 04
Machining
Machined parts and features to tighter tolerances than cutting and forming alone can hold.
Explore Machining - 05
Welding
Robotic and precision welding, with the weld quality a fabrication buyer checks for first.
Explore Welding
A part's journey
How a job runs
One point of contact from the first drawing to the delivered part.
Step 1: Inquiry and drawing
Upload the PDF drawing (required for a quote), the 3D model if you have it (.SLDPRT, .STEP or .IGES), and the quantity. If something on the print will be hard or costly to make, we say so before we quote.
Step 2: Quote
You get a fixed price and lead time against the agreed design, including material and finish.
Step 3: Fabrication
We cut, punch, form, machine, and weld the part in our own shop, so nothing waits in a subcontractor's queue.
Step 4: Finishing and assembly
The part is coated, assembled, and kitted to your spec, ready to install rather than ready to process further.
Step 5: Inspection and delivery
We inspect against the drawing and deliver, with vendor-managed inventory available for repeat runs.
Inside the shop
Laser cutting Press-brake forming CNC machining Fabricated parts on the racks
Industries we serve
The fabrication side works well beyond bottle lines. A few of the industries it serves:
Next step
Have a part or a problem to solve?
Upload the PDF drawing and the quantity, with the 3D model if you have it. We'll quote it, and flag anything on the print that would make the part easier or cheaper to build.