Sheet Metal Prototype

Sheet Metal Prototype

 

Sheet metal prototype mainly relies on sheet metal bending and other manufacturing processes to apply V-shaped and U-shaped pressure to metal sheets to create three-dimensional product prototypes, and cut, emboss, and link through processes such as laser cutting, sheet metal stamping, and metal welding.

It can meet the needs of various industries such as shells, brackets, cabinets, boxes and other products. Relying on the characteristics of fast turnover and low cost efficiency, it is widely used in: medical, automobile manufacturing, aerospace, military, household hardware and other industries.

 

Mulan MFG's sheet metal prototype manufacturing services can meet the needs of small batch sheet metal manufacturing and plastic molding processes. Through one-stop manufacturing solutions, we provide buyers with the most cost-effective and fast-turnover on-demand manufacturing services.

After years of accumulated manufacturing experience, we can provide a wide selection of sheet metal materials, which can fully meet the specifications and application functions of your sheet metal prototype.

Advantages Of Sheet Metal Processing

● Flexibility.

The size and material can be adjusted at any time without increasing the cost.

● Customized Surface

Applicable to various surface treatment methods, such as sandblasting, anodizing, electroplating, plastic spraying and painting.

● Lightweight

Use the deformation of the metal sheet to create a hollow product, which greatly reduces the weight.

● Wide Selection Of Materials

Choose the metal plates reasonably according to the applicable requirements. There are more than 60 kinds of metal plates, including: color-coated plates, galvanized plates, mirror-polished plates, etc.

● Cost-effective

There is no need to make expensive metal molds, and there is not much investment in fast tools.

● Fast Turnaround

It only takes a few days to put the materials into production to the completion of production, and now you can start the production plan.

Application Of Sheet Metal Prototype

Food & Medical
Military & Aerospace
Automobile Industry
Energy & Industry

How To Make Fast Sheet Metal Prototype Manufacturing

● 0.5mm-6mm Sheet Metal Material library

Mulan MFG selects high-quality plates for manufacturing according to the materials required by the product. More than 60 kinds of material storage warehouses include: stainless steel plates, aluminum alloy plates, carbon steel plates, copper plates, spring steel plates, color-coated steel plates, galvanized plates, coils, etc.

● Fast laser Cutting

Laser cutting can quickly cut the plate, and the target shape design is transmitted to the automated laser cutting equipment through the CAD file. The required special-shaped sheet metal materials can be obtained within half an hour.

● Sheet Metal Bending

The automatic CNC bending machine can fold the metal sheet by turning it into a code to make it into a three-dimensional shape in the product design.

● Stamping And Embossing

Many sheet metal prototype products need to record the production time and the manufacturer's logo, and increase the strength and endurance of the sheet metal prototype by adding recesses or protrusions. 

● Customized Surface Treatment.

Metal materials usually need to meet the restrictions and requirements of various applicable environments, such as: extremely high anti-corrosion effect, visual impact color matching, bright and flat mirror effect, and special functions such as heat insulation and resistance. We use physical or chemical methods to make materials meet various special functional requirements.

What Is Sheet Metal Prototyping?

Sheet metal prototype is a method to quickly create design details of metal parts through manufacturing processes such as cutting, bending, stamping, and stretching of metal plates. In this process, it will try to use as little mold investment as possible.

It is widely used in the development and research phase of metal products to help customers test product functionality and design rationality.

More often, we rely on sheet metal prototype to provide metal inserts for the plastic molding process of in-mold molding, and the prototype can be produced within a few hours.

What Products Are Made From Sheet Metal?

Sheet metal process can create thin metal parts in a very short time, which is widely used in chassis, cabinets, metal shells, brackets, control boxes, etc.

What Thickness Is Sheet Metal?

At Mulan MFG, we use sheet metal with a thickness of 0.5mm-6.35mm to manufacture sheet metal prototypes.

In addition to metal sheets, there are also metal pipe bending, metal rod bending and so on.