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The gallery

Real work, real plants

Every photo below came off our shop floor or a customer's plant floor — conveyors, machines, stainless, steel, and the repairs that saved a shift. No stock photography.

In motion

Watch the work happen

Straight off the shop floor — welds being laid and cells we've guarded, running.

Robotic palletizing cell running behind wire-mesh machine guarding.
Stack-of-dimes TIG bead on stainless, up close.
Fusion pass along a stainless corner seam, full heat tint showing.
Panning the finished corner seam — even penetration end to end.
TIG-welded mounting pad on a stainless drum, welds dressed clean.
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Conveyor systems

Sections, curves, transfers, and full-line work — fabricated to match what you already run. See the conveyor service →

Curved overhead air conveyor arching across a bottling plant aisle toward a packaging line Small formed stainless steel brackets with slotted faces arranged on a welding table Stainless conveyor line and enclosed packaging machine installed on a bottling plant floor Overhead air conveyor lines routing plastic bottles across a molding and filling plant Table-top chain conveyors and filling equipment spanning a bottling warehouse floor Stainless steel conveyor chute section with crossmembers during fabrication Long stainless steel trough conveyor section supported on stands inside the fabrication shop Two stainless steel conveyor trough sections with guide rails laid out on a wooden trailer deck Stainless steel conveyor curve sections with sprockets and flared side guards staged for shipment Aluminum crossover platforms and stair units installed over conveyor lines in a manufacturing plant Stainless steel incline conveyor carrying product up from a bottling line in a plant Stack of precision CNC-cut aluminum plates with repeating pattern on a fabrication table Formed sheet-metal brackets with slotted faces laid out on a welding table Bundle of precision-cut aluminum extrusion profiles for conveyor framing on a fixture table Tall stainless incline conveyor rising from the filling line inside a production plant
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Machine builds & rebuilds

Flamers, wrappers, fixtures, and the one-job machines catalogs don't sell. See the single-purpose machine service →

Large steel cyclone separator cone held in position beside a tanker unit inside the shop Wire mesh safety guarding with aluminum extrusion framing installed around automated equipment on a plant floor Control panel for a bottle inverter mounted on production line equipment inside a bottling facility Wrapper machine with stainless steel covers and chain conveyor feeding through a packaging line Orbital wrapping machine with large rotating ring and stainless infeed conveyor on a production line Custom aluminum-framed production machine with chain ring drive viewed through open guarding Tabletop chain conveyor with stainless guide rails running through an industrial production floor Single-purpose production machine with elevated chute installed on a manufacturing plant floor Custom-fabricated black steel A-frame rack holding a clear panel in a fabrication shop Stainless steel cone-bottom hopper with top-mounted agitator drive
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Stainless & sanitary

TIG-welded tanks, tables, carts, and wash-down-rated equipment. See the stainless & sanitary service →

Custom-formed stainless rectangular tube with offset bends resting on a steel welding table Interior of a fabricated stainless steel hopper showing clean seams and brushed panels Zig-zag formed stainless steel component fixtured upright on a stand in the fabrication shop Welded stainless steel table frame in a fabrication shop, ready for finishing Welded rectangular tube assembly with an offset bend fixtured on a stand in the shop Polished stainless steel tank with grated lid and welded legs completed in the fabrication shop
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The welds up close

Stack-of-dimes TIG and structural MIG — the detail that separates certified work. See the stainless & sanitary service →

Close-up of a TIG fillet weld with rainbow heat tint joining stainless square tubing Stacked TIG weld bead with iridescent coloring running along a stainless panel edge Uniform stack-of-dimes TIG weld bead across a brushed stainless steel plate Copper-toned TIG weld bead with even ripples running along brushed stainless steel Weld beads at the formed corner of a steel channel section Three welded steel channel assemblies lined up on the shop floor Welder in a flag-design helmet MIG welding a perforated steel fabrication as sparks fly Welder joining perforated steel compartments with bright sparks in the fabrication shop Close-up of a TIG weld with rainbow heat tint joining stainless steel square tubing to a flat bar TIG-welded joint between brushed stainless steel tube and flat bar with colorful heat tint Detailed stacked-dime TIG weld bead connecting stainless steel tubing to a flat stainless member TIG weld with heat coloration at an angled joint between two stainless steel tube sections Long stacked-dime TIG weld seam running between two brushed stainless steel panels Uniform TIG weld bead with copper and blue heat tint joining brushed stainless steel plates Horizontal stacked-dime TIG weld across stainless steel plates, welding gloves resting nearby TIG fillet weld with heat tint at the corner joint of an angled stainless steel frame member
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Other industrial projects

Columns, platforms, crossovers, trusses, and the steel that holds the plan up. See the other industrial projects service →

Tall welded steel A-frame rack structure standing on the floor of a fabrication shop Long tubular truss frame under construction beneath a gantry crane in a fabrication shop Close view of welded round-tube truss joints and base flanges in a fabrication shop Four welded steel columns with base plates laid out side by side in the shop Base plate welded to a steel tube column with four plated bolts installed Steel A-frame stand under fabrication on a welding table with a level checking the top rail Fabricated steel crossover stairs with safety railings and grated treads in a warehouse Steel crossover platform with two stair flights and safety railings in a warehouse Heavy black steel A-frame rack with diagonal bracing fabricated in the Apex shop Steel crossover stairs with mesh treads and handrails staged in a warehouse Pallet of batch-welded steel truss frames stacked on a forklift after fabrication
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Sheet Metal & Custom Fabrication

Containment platforms, compartment trays, brackets, and precision-formed work. See the custom fabrication service →

Large welded steel containment pan with divider walls on a stand in the fabrication shop Divided steel containment tray with tab-and-slot welded joints on a shop table Yellow powder-coated spill containment platform with black grating top in the yard Expanded-metal grating deck and drain port on a yellow spill containment platform Completed yellow spill containment platform with grating deck staged in the gravel yard Yellow spill containment platform with black expanded-metal grating deck and drain fitting Removable grating panel lifted to show black-coated compartments inside a containment platform Black-coated interior compartments of a spill containment platform with grating removed Overhead view of a compartmentalized steel tray fabrication before final welding Finished yellow spill containment platform with black grating deck and center drain Expanded-metal grating panels over black steel compartments of a containment platform Yellow powder-coated IBC spill containment platform with grating deck, branded for the customer
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Repairs that saved the shift

Fire damage, corrosion, cracked frames — documented before, fixed after. See the repair & maintenance service →

Heat-scorched steel chute and frame sections laid out on a shop floor during equipment repair Fire-damaged steel machine frame and scorched hood on a plant floor during a rebuild Curved stainless steel chute sections with bolted patch plates showing heat wear Fire-damaged stainless incline conveyor in a production plant awaiting repair Tall inclined elevator conveyor inside a manufacturing plant with damaged lower section Fire-damaged conveyor chute and guide rails with melted debris, documented before repair Scorched conveyor bed and rails documented up close before restoration
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On-site installation

Crossovers, guarding, and equipment set and running on plant floors. See the machine installation service →

Stainless steel filling head with product tubes on a bottling line in a production plant Steel crossover stairway installed over a bottling line conveyor in an industrial plant Fabricated steel crossover stairs with tread plating installed above a plant conveyor Head-on view of steel crossover stairs with perforated treads inside a production facility
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