Metal Fabrication Overview
Our combined 458,000 square feet of precision sheet metal manufacturing is strategically located in Wisconsin and Mexico with mirrored capabilities and systems between sites to provide our customers with the flexibility, scalability, speed, and technical expertise required to quickly introduce new products into the market.
Tenere has been a metal fabrication company for over 70 years making sheet metal parts, components, and assemblies. Our decades of experience allow us to provide solutions to our customers' most difficult challenges. We become an extension of our customers' teams from prototype and NPI into production, mechanical assembly, integration, and testing to mitigate any potential design issues and costs.
Tenere provides custom mechanical solutions for some of the world’s largest companies that connect our world through technology. Industries include Cloud Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Fiber Optics, and Renewable Energy
HOW IT WORKS
There are two main sheet metal manufacturing processes: soft tooling and hard tooling. Soft tooling uses metal fabrication processes including laser cutting, turrets, and brake presses to form parts and components through cutting, punching, and bending. Hard tooling, or sheet metal stamping, feeds coiled sheet metal into a stamping press where a steel die forms the metal in one or more stages.
To learn more about metal fabrication and stamping processes check out our Sheet Metal Fabrication Starter Guide
Capabilities
Sheet Metal Fab Prototype Center
Machining
Sheet Metal Stamping Presses from 30 to 250 Tons
Welding
Sheet Metal Forming - Lasers, Turrets, Press Brakes
In-House Sheet Metal Tooling
Robotic Operators
Conveyor Paint Line
Robotic Press Brake
Pad Printing
Automatic Tool Changing
Most Common Sheet Metal Materials
Aluminum
Aluminum 3003
Aluminum 5052
Aluminum 6061
Copper Alloy
Copper C110
Brass
Phosphorus Bronze
Stainless Steel
301
302
303
304
316
400 series
Precoated
Preplate galvanized G30-G90
Galvaneal
Electrogalvanized
Aluminized
Pre-painted
CRS/HRS
.015"-.250" thickness draw quality to grade 50
Tenere Metal Fabrication Video
Automation and Robotics
At Tenere, we continue to invest in state-of-the-art sheet metal manufacturing equipment, automation, and robotics to increase efficiencies, quality, and ergonomics. Depending on your program size and requirements our automation engineers will determine if robotic operators for sheet metal parts or assemblies will benefit your program.
Learn more about our investments in automation and robotics
SOFT TOOL METAL FABRICATION
We have one of the largest soft tool metal fabrication fleets in North America.
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SHEET METAL STAMPING
Metal stamping is a great option for high-volume sheet metal parts.
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MONTERREY, MEXICO
Our Monterrey facility offers the same sheet metal fabrication capabilities as our facilities in Wisconsin.
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