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Product Highlight: Sheet Metal Fabricated Buildings and Containers
We’re back with another installment of our Product Highlight series, where we feature custom fabrications we commonly build at Ameritex. We recently spotlighted sheet metal fabricated tanks and structural fabricated racks, so be sure to check out those blogs if you didn’t catch them already. Today, let's take a deep dive into sheet metal fabricated buildings and containers—frequently used as analyzer shelters, generator enclosures, E houses for MCC and Switchgear enclosures, battery storage containers, work [...]
How to Design a Precision Sheet Metal Part Any Shop Can Make in Their Sleep
When you need a high-quality sheet metal part turned around quickly and cost-effectively, it helps to make your precision sheet metal fabrication partner’s job as easy as possible. Don’t get us wrong—a great shop will always work with you to get you exactly what you want. But if there are things you can do to speed a project along and have top-notch parts in your hands ASAP, wouldn’t you like to know what they are? [...]
DFM Tips: Best Practices for Designing Tube Laser Parts
When your custom fabrication requires metal tubes or structural members, tube laser cutting is the best bet for speed, precision, flexibility, and accuracy. This automated machining process, which involves cutting tubes of various shapes to specified lengths or lasering patterns into tubes, is much faster and more effective than alternatives like sawing through tubes and manually drilling holes. However, as with any manufacturing method, there are standard best practices to follow when requesting tube laser [...]
Ameritex’s New Powder Coating System for Custom Fabrications
Ameritex is always investing in new technologies to serve our customers better. We recently added a 20-foot Rohner Batch Non-Reclaim Powder Coating Booth, Empire blast booth and GAT gas fired oven to take our powder coating capabilities to the next level. We often recommend powder coating as an effective alternative to wet paint because of its durability and fast turnaround time—and our new powder coating line will allow us to speed up the process even [...]
Improve Sheet Metal Fabrication Lead Times with Laser Welding 
We’re thrilled to offer a new capability that enables us to provide high-quality welding services faster than ever before. Introducing. . . laser welding at Ameritex! What Is Laser Welding? Laser welding is a quicker and easier alternative to traditional MIG and TIG welding. It uses a precisely targeted laser beam to fuse materials. While it was traditionally reserved for light-duty applications, laser welding has become much more versatile due to recent technological advancements. In [...]
Structural Bay Updates at Ameritex
Our new structural bay is fully operational! Over the first week of March, our LT5 tube laser was installed in the new facility to accompany our LT8 and Marvel saw. We are now operating at full capacity in our tube cutting department! The saw, LT5 and LT8 cutting machines work seamlessly together to cut a huge assortment of profiles at high speeds. Not sure this process is right for you? Check out our blog with [...]
What’s Houston Without Oil? Industrial Sheet Metal Fabrication for the Oil and Gas Industry
We pride ourselves on the diversity of our custom fabrication work and the wide range of industries we serve. But the truth is that as an industrial sheet metal fabrication shop in the Houston area, we owe much of our success to the oil and gas industry. And how could we not—what’s Houston without oil? Both upstream and downstream oil and gas companies rely on Ameritex for heavy and light fabrication. Most of our largest [...]
Custom Stainless Steel Fabrication for Residential and Commercial Kitchens
Owners and contractors of residential and commercial kitchens or restaurants often struggle to find reliable and consistent custom stainless steel fabrication services. In most cases, they end up hiring the first available metalworkers near their location(s) who will come onsite to fabricate and weld products like chairs, bar tables, handrails, and hoods. The problem arises when a customer owns franchises across a wider geographic area. In that case, the customer must source multiple vendors who [...]
Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication Services for the Solar Industry
Ameritex works closely with many customers in the solar industry, making everything from battery storage containers and enclosures to piles and racks for mounting panels. If you’re tired of relying on multiple shops to produce the custom fabrications you need for a solar install or farm, come to us, and we’ll fabricate the entire package of parts you need. Custom Fabrications for the Solar Industry Here’s a list of the parts we commonly make for [...]
Standardize and Sustain: Updates on Ameritex’s Lean Manufacturing Journey
In July 2021, Ameritex partnered with BeehiveFund, kick-starting an ongoing journey toward implementing lean manufacturing principles and practices in our precision sheet metal fabrication shop. In the spirit of transparency, we committed to sharing frequent progress updates here on our blog. A few months ago, we wrote about the kaizen method and the 5S system, consisting of 5 pillars for facilitating better organization and order. We began with Seiri (sort), Seiton (set in order), and [...]