Alpine Iron (530) 263-0364

Manufacturing.

Parts and production work cut, formed and welded in one shop in Grass Valley. Send a drawing or file and the quantity for a price.

[CONFIRM: does Drew take customer production runs / repeat parts, and typical quantities?]

Dark green powder-coated steel equipment enclosure on a pallet inside the shop, stock racks and machines behind
Two stainless perforated-steel trays (one inside the other) on cracked asphalt

What we make

Metal parts and assemblies made to your drawing.

  • Laser-cut sheet and plate parts
  • Formed parts: brackets, channels and boxes
  • Welded frames and assemblies
  • Parts with threaded nuts pressed in (self-clinching hardware)
  • Production runs and repeat parts [CONFIRM: does Drew take customer production runs / repeat parts, and typical quantities?]

[CONFIRM: finishes offered in-house or outsourced, e.g. powder coat, galvanizing]

[CONFIRM: materials (steel, stainless, aluminum?) and max thickness each]

Structural steel on the same job? We fabricate it and weld in the field as a licensed C-51 contractor.

How a part is made

  1. Cut.

    On the 12 kW laser, the shear or the bandsaw.

  2. Form.

    On the 220-ton press brake, the ironworker, the tube bender and the roller.

  3. Weld and assemble.

    Laser, MIG, TIG or stick welding. Threaded nuts pressed in.

  4. Pick up.

    At the shop, 11429 E Bennett Rd. [CONFIRM: delivery offered? area and fee]

Our machines

MachineWhat it does for your jobSpec
12 kW laserCuts sheet and plate to shape from your file.[CONFIRM: make and model (old site meta says HSG), bed size, max thickness in steel, stainless and aluminum]
220-ton Amada press brakeBends sheet and plate into brackets, channels, boxes and formed parts.[CONFIRM: bed length]
Laser welderWelds sheet metal parts with a laser.[CONFIRM: make and model (old site meta says Theo)]
Hardware insertion pressPresses threaded nuts into sheet metal parts (self-clinching hardware).
Laser bed size[CONFIRM: laser bed size, e.g. 5 x 10 ft]
Laser max thickness[CONFIRM: max cut thickness in steel, stainless and aluminum]
Press brake bend length[CONFIRM: press brake bend length]
Run size[CONFIRM: one-offs to production runs of how many parts?]
MIG, TIG and stick weldingWelding in the shop and in the field.[CONFIRM: steel only, or stainless and aluminum too?]
ShearStraight cuts on sheet and plate.[CONFIRM: capacity]
IronworkerPunches, notches and cuts angle, flat bar and plate.[CONFIRM: tonnage]
Tube bender and rollerBends and rolls tube and bar for rails, frames and curves.[CONFIRM: capacities]
BandsawCuts stock to length.

Have a drawing?

Send it with the material and quantity. We'll price it.