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Sheet metal, explained by the people who make it

377 guides on stamping, laser cutting, bending, welding, coating and the parts we build for lift, power, data centre, railway and farm equipment. Every article is reviewed by the engineering team before it is published.

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32Stamping, presses and press toolsPressed, punched and deep drawn sheet metal parts, the tooling that makes them, and the DFM rules that decide whether a part suits a press at all.29Laser cutting and sheet metal fabricationFibre laser cutting, nesting, edge quality, tolerance and the cost drivers behind a cut part, including long panels cut on the 40 ft × 16 ft bed.38Bending, welding and finished assembliesPress brake bending, bend allowance, fixtures, robotic MIG welding, distortion control and the tolerances a finished welded assembly can actually hold.28Surface treatment and powder coatingSeven-tank pretreatment, phosphating, shot blasting, powder and wet paint selection, film thickness and the failure modes that show up two monsoons later.22Elevator and lift componentsCounterweight frames, car frames, slings, guide rail brackets, door panels and controller enclosures made to lift OEM drawings.24Genset, canopy and acoustic enclosuresDG set canopies, acoustic panels, louvres, base frames, skid bases and control panel enclosures, engineered for weather, access and noise.28Data centre racks and electrical enclosures19-inch rack frames, mounting rails, perforated doors, blanking panels, PDU brackets and the electrical enclosures around them.16Tractor, forklift and material handlingTractor panels and brackets, forklift overhead guards, counterweight covers, mast parts and material handling components built for vibration and abuse.16Railway, furniture and infrastructureRailway coach panels, underframe brackets, fittings, metal furniture frames, shelving and signage, where standards and traceability carry as much weight as the part.38Materials and gradesGrade selection for CRCA, stainless, aluminium, brass and copper: formability, thickness, corrosion and what the mill certificate actually guarantees.30Standards and complianceWhich standard applies, what it actually covers, and the evidence a buyer should ask for: ISO, IEC, EN, RDSO and material certification.44Design and CADDesign rules, CAD hand-off, bend allowances, tolerance stacks and the drawing notes that decide whether a part is made right first time.4Applications and casesApplication-led problems from lift shafts, genset sites, data halls, railway coaches, farms and warehouses, and how the part is designed around them.28Plant, quality and sustainabilityHow the plants run: quality systems, inspection, calibration, pretreatment chemistry, effluent, maintenance, energy and scrap.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-DES-639RFQ PACKCONTAINER · FOB → DAPINSPECTIONLANDED COSTFOBgoods at portCIF+ freight + insuranceDUTYon CIF valueDAPlanded at siteLANDED COSTSUPPLY CHAINLEAD TIMEDRAWING PACKSHIPMENTDUTY ON CIFRFQ FIELDS10DOCSmill cert + CoCTERMSIncoterms 2020PROCESS ROUTERFQDFMQUOTETRANSFERSHIPPART / PROCESSDESIGN AND CADMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Design and CAD

Revision control for sheet metal: how a change reaches the floor

How a sheet metal revision reaches the shop floor: which files and fixtures re-issue, how effectivity is written, and the revision block that stops old parts shipping.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-STA-348STATION 1 · PIERCESTATION 2 · FORMDEVELOPED BLANK · 2.0 mm CRCADIE SECTIONDIE SECTION · PUNCH / DIE CLEARANCEBLANK LENGTHSTRIP WIDTHPROGRESSIVE STATIONSPILOT HOLESCLEARANCE 5–8% tPRESS RANGE20–300 TPUNCHING250 TTOOLINGin-housePROCESS ROUTECOILBLANKPIERCEFORMINSPECTPART / PROCESSSTAMPING PRESSESMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Stamping

Transfer tooling from an existing supplier: a checklist

How to move a press tool between suppliers: what to audit, what to take with it, the shut-height and capability checks, and when a new tool is cheaper.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-STA-876RFQ PACKCONTAINER · FOB → DAPINSPECTIONLANDED COSTFOBgoods at portCIF+ freight + insuranceDUTYon CIF valueDAPlanded at siteLANDED COSTSUPPLY CHAINLEAD TIMEDRAWING PACKSHIPMENTDUTY ON CIFRFQ FIELDS10DOCSmill cert + CoCTERMSIncoterms 2020PROCESS ROUTERFQDFMQUOTETRANSFERSHIPPART / PROCESSSTANDARDS AND COMPLIANCEMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Standards

IEC 61439 for assemblies: scope, limits and what to ask for

IEC 61439 assemblies explained: who declares the rating, how design and routine verification differ, the temperature limits, and where the enclosure supplier's scope ends.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-STA-131RFQ PACKCONTAINER · FOB → DAPINSPECTIONLANDED COSTFOBgoods at portCIF+ freight + insuranceDUTYon CIF valueDAPlanded at siteLANDED COSTSUPPLY CHAINLEAD TIMEDRAWING PACKSHIPMENTDUTY ON CIFRFQ FIELDS9DOCSmill cert + CoCTERMSIncoterms 2020PROCESS ROUTERFQDFMQUOTETRANSFERSHIPPART / PROCESSSTANDARDS AND COMPLIANCEMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Standards

PPAP for sheet metal parts: scope, levels and evidence

PPAP for sheet metal parts: the 18 elements that actually apply, what a Ppk of 1.67 demands of a tolerance, and the shorter pack industrial buyers can use.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-SUR-374SUBSTRATE · CRCA / STEELCONVERSION COATINGPOWDER FILM · 50–70 µm1234567SEVEN-TANK PRETREATMENTFILM BUILDFILM BUILDDFT GAUGE · ISO 2409 ADHESIONPART WIDTHDFTPowder filmConversion layer7 TANKSPRETREATMENT7 tankBLAST CHAMBER16 × 16 ftPOWDER BOOTH18 × 14 ftPROCESS ROUTEBLASTDEGREASEPHOSPHATEPOWDERCUREPART / PROCESSSURFACE TREATMENT COATINGMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Coating

Phosphating and conversion coatings for steel

Phosphating and conversion coatings for steel: iron versus zinc phosphate, coating weight in g/m², rinse quality and the checks that predict powder coating failure.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-PLA-396RFQ PACKCONTAINER · FOB → DAPINSPECTIONLANDED COSTFOBgoods at portCIF+ freight + insuranceDUTYon CIF valueDAPlanded at siteLANDED COSTSUPPLY CHAINLEAD TIMEDRAWING PACKSHIPMENTDUTY ON CIFRFQ FIELDS10DOCSmill cert + CoCTERMSIncoterms 2020PROCESS ROUTERFQDFMQUOTETRANSFERSHIPPART / PROCESSPLANT QUALITY SUSTAINABILITYMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Plant and quality

Shift handover: how quality information survives a shift change

A shift handover that carries four states in writing: machine settings, material identity, quality status and open actions, and the record that keeps them.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-MAT-237RFQ PACKCONTAINER · FOB → DAPINSPECTIONLANDED COSTFOBgoods at portCIF+ freight + insuranceDUTYon CIF valueDAPlanded at siteLANDED COSTSUPPLY CHAINLEAD TIMEDRAWING PACKSHIPMENTDUTY ON CIFRFQ FIELDS10DOCSmill cert + CoCTERMSIncoterms 2020PROCESS ROUTERFQDFMQUOTETRANSFERSHIPPART / PROCESSMATERIALS AND GRADESMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Materials

6061 aluminium corrosion and finish compatibility

How 6061 aluminium behaves bare, powder coated, painted and anodised, the galvanic couples that pit it, and the cure limit its T6 temper sets.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-DAT-21719 IN · 48U RACK FRAMESTATIC LOADRAIL DETAILRAIL HOLE PATTERN · 44.45 mmEIA-310 · IEC 60297-3-100482.6 mm48UU PITCHRAILMASKED BONDRACK WIDTH482.6 mmHOLE PITCH44.45 mmCOATINGmasked bondsPROCESS ROUTECUTFORMWELDCOATASSEMBLEPART / PROCESSDATA CENTRE RACKS ENCLOSURESMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Racks and enclosures

Data hall cable management: failure modes and the fix

Data hall cable management by the numbers: 40% basket fill, 30 mm bend radius, support spacing and the bracket stiffness that stops a loaded tray sagging.

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GANESH MULTITECH · ENGINEERING DRAWING SETGM-DES-984RFQ PACKCONTAINER · FOB → DAPINSPECTIONLANDED COSTFOBgoods at portCIF+ freight + insuranceDUTYon CIF valueDAPlanded at siteLANDED COSTSUPPLY CHAINLEAD TIMEDRAWING PACKSHIPMENTDUTY ON CIFRFQ FIELDS10DOCSmill cert + CoCTERMSIncoterms 2020PROCESS ROUTERFQDFMQUOTETRANSFERSHIPPART / PROCESSDESIGN AND CADMATERIAL / FINISHCRCA · STAINLESS · ALUMINIUMSCALE 1:1 · REV A · ISO 9001 / 14001GANESHMULTITECH.COM/BLOGDRAWN IN-HOUSE · NOT TO SCALE
Design and CAD

Weld distortion allowance: designing for the movement

Weld distortion allowance by weld type: 0.5 mm transverse per fillet, 1 mm per metre longitudinal, 1–2° angular, and how to design a frame that absorbs it.

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