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Heavy fabrications tend to be big and, well, heavy. Tanks and gantries are good examples, but so too are large scale agricultural machines and equipment and access walkways. In fact pretty much anything structural that’s fabricated would class as a heavy fabrication. Conversely, examples of light fabrications include RV components, brackets, toolboxes and smaller architectural items.

When you talk about needing strength, as for the aforementioned heavy fabrications, you’re talking about steel and sometimes stainless steel. Not in sheet form but as I-beams, pipe and tube and of course plate. Now plate is one area where a formal definition does exist. As noted on the World Iron & Steel website, ASTM A480/A480M says plate steel is thicker than 3/16″ (5.00 mm.) Below that it’s sheet.

Complicating matters, Industrial Metal Supply notes that it’s different for aluminum. With this material plate is defined as being more than 1/4” thick (6.00 mm.) Sheet is thinner. And don’t get us started on gauge, (though you can read about it here: “Why is Sheet Metal Thickness Measured In Gauge and Not Inches?”) However, aluminum isn’t generally thought of as a heavy fabrication material.

In light fab however, aluminum is very common, both in sheet form and as extruded section. Light fab also makes use of copper and brass, and of course steel and stainless steel have a role too.

Neither would you expect to use aluminum extrusion in a heavy metal fabrication.

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• Item Code: AMS-2021-HF
• Packaging Details: It’s in the metal fabrication products Heavy fabrications tend to be big and, well, heavy. Tanks and gantries are good examples, but so too are large scale agricultural machines and equipment and access walkways. In fact pretty much anything structural that’s fabricated would class as a heavy fabrication. Conversely, examples of light fabrications include RV components, brackets, toolboxes and smaller architectural items. It’s in the metal fabrication materials too When you talk about needing strength, as for the aforementioned heavy fabrications, you’re talking about steel and sometimes stainless steel. Not in sheet form but as I-beams, pipe and tube and of course plate. Now plate is one area where a formal definition does exist. As noted on the World Iron & Steel website, ASTM A480/A480M says plate steel is thicker than 3/16″ (5.00 mm.) Below that it’s sheet. Complicating matters, Industrial Metal Supply notes that it’s different for aluminum. With this material plate is defined as being more than 1/4” thick (6.00 mm.) Sheet is thinner. And don’t get us started on gauge, (though you can read about it here: “Why is Sheet Metal Thickness Measured In Gauge and Not Inches?”) However, aluminum isn’t generally thought of as a heavy fabrication material. In light fab however, aluminum is very common, both in sheet form and as extruded section. Light fab also makes use of copper and brass, and of course steel and stainless steel have a role too. Neither would you expect to use aluminum extrusion in a heavy metal fabrication.

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