Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication Capabilities
Precision Fabrication for Magnetic Shielding and Complex Components
Sheet metal solutions built around your part requirements.
Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication from
Ad-Vance Magnetics
Ad-Vance Magnetics delivers precision sheet metal components engineered for accuracy, consistency, and efficient production.
We serve technically demanding industries, including aerospace, defense, medical, quantum computing, semiconductor, and particle physics, where reliable component quality is essential.
Our sheet metal fabrication capabilities support complex, custom projects, including magnetic shielding assemblies. Proven, proprietary processes help customers achieve accurate, repeatable results from one component to the next.
Engineering Support From the Experts
Successful fabrication starts before a part reaches the shop floor. Ad-Vance’s engineers are equipped to provide design advice and solutions for intricate components. When DFM is considered, complex projects become simpler and more successful. Even small design tweaks can make a project more cost- and time-efficient.
Our team can help evaluate design considerations early in the process, including:
- Material selection and thickness
- Tolerances and critical features
- Bend allowances and forming requirements
- Part geometry and manufacturability
- Fabrication and assembly requirements
- Opportunities to simplify the design and improve efficiency
Addressing these consideration early allows our team to help customers avoid manufacturing challenges, streamlining the path to production.
How Ad-Vance Delivers Repeatable Precision
Repeatability is essential when serving mission-critical industries. That’s why we approach repeatability as a data-driven engineering discipline. Ad-Vance combines advanced manufacturing technology, controlled processes, and custom-engineered tooling to maintain consistency across production runs.
Controlling Material Variation
Sheet metal can vary in hardness, thickness, and grain direction, which can affect forming and springback. Ad-Vance uses advanced press brake technology with integrated laser angle measurement to monitor bends during production and make adjustments as needed.
This helps compensate for material variation and maintain consistent bend angles across production runs.
Precision Setup and Custom Fixturing
Accurate setup is essential for maintaining dimensional consistency. Our laser cutting capabilities produce precise flat patterns, while custom-engineered weld fixtures help position fabricated components and machined sub-components accurately during assembly.
By controlling how components are positioned and held during fabrication, we help reduce variation and improve assembly fit.
Custom Tooling
Some parts require more than standard tooling. Ad-Vance’s in-house machine shop produces specialized tooling for unique geometries and fabrication requirements, including custom form dies, spinning lathe mandrels, transition plugs, and broach bars.
Keeping this tooling capability in-house gives us greater control over the manufacturing process and helps us support complex customer requirements.
Quality Assurance
With our disciplined quality processes, we aim to build trust and long-term customer relationships by delivering high-accuracy components.
To do this, we ensure quality is built into our fabrication process from the beginning. Our team uses in-process and final inspections to verify critical features and maintain consistency throughout production.
This rigorous approach is so thorough that customers often trust us for Dock-to-Stock programs, allowing them to bypass incoming inspection based on an established track record of quality.
Magnetic Shielding Fabrication
Our precision fabrication capabilities support magnetic shielding applications where controlling electromagnetic interference is critical to system performance.
With a wide range of fabrication services and deep expertise, we produce custom magnetic shielding components in a variety of shapes and sizes. Having stamping, spinning, bending, laser cutting, photo etching, welding, spot welding, and assembly capabilities in-house allows us to manage multiple stages of production through efficient workflows.
We work with specialized magnetic shielding alloys and proprietary materials, giving customers access to material and fabrication expertise through a single manufacturing partner. For specialized magnetic shielding applications, Ad-Vance uses proprietary annealing specifications designed to maximize the magnetic performance of shielding materials.
From individual shielding components to complete assemblies, our team considers how material selection and fabrication processes work together to ensure each part is up to spec.
Choose Ad-Vance Magnetics for Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication
When your parts require precision and specialized fabrication expertise, Ad-Vance Magnetics provides the capabilities and engineering support to help bring complex designs into production. Explore our resources below and discover how we can help you kickstart your next project.
Material Matrix
Selecting the correct shielding material is critical to ensure peak performance. Our material matrix allows customers to cross-reference competitor brand names and legacy trade names to identify Ad-Vance equivalents, simplifying material selection.
Magnetic shielding alloys, cryogenic materials, nickel alloys, and Ad-Mu materials can be explored in the matrix.
DFM Guide
Our comprehensive design for manufacturability (DFM) guide outlines important considerations for magnetic shielding fabrication and ensures engineers avoid common pitfalls before submitting an RFQ.
Interactive shielding calculator
Customers can use our interactive shielding calculator to evaluate design considerations and gain insight into performance factors during early-stage development.
We developed these tools to help customers make better decisions earlier in the process, and improve efficiency so projects stay on track.