An aluminum fabricator creates useful items from various types of aluminum using skills such as cutting, bending, welding, and polishing. Special precautions must be taken during welding due to toxic fumes. Polishing requires skilled workers to achieve a shiny finish.
An aluminum maker is a person who works with aluminum in various forms to create useful items. Utilizing skills such as cutting, bending and welding, the aluminum fabricator is able to make detailed designs that offer not only strength but also functionality. Many special skills are required for an aluminum fabricator such as knowledge in metallurgy, polishing and polishing. Some operations, including welding, can be hazardous to the manufacturer unless special precautions are taken.
There are various types of aluminum that are used by an aluminum fabricator, from flat sheet to billet aluminum in round, square and other shapes. Cutting and bending are two very useful skills of an aluminum fabricator. Much of aluminum cutting is performed using scissors due to aluminum not supporting a flame-type cutting tool without melting unevenly. Large metal shear machines are not easily transported; therefore, much of the aluminum cutting and fabrication must be done in a shop, as opposed to steel fabrication which is usually done on site. The exception is flat aluminum work such as eaves, which are generally fabricated and assembled on site.
Welding is a process of joining metals using electricity and high temperatures. The metal is heated until it melts and a filler metal is introduced into the molten weld puddle via a weld rod or wire. Aluminum, although weldable, poses a hazard to the aluminum manufacturer in the form of toxic fumes when melted. A special breathing apparatus must be worn by the aluminum fabricator during welding to protect against exposure to fumes and injury or even death. Other precautions in the form of protective clothing protect workers from exposure to the vapors and subsequent absorption of toxins through the skin.
While a brushed aluminum finish does not require the fabricator to take special action to finish off once the project is complete, a polished finish usually requires skilled workers to achieve the shiny finish. Using a buffing wheel and certain compounds, a skilled worker can polish the surface of aluminum to a bright, shiny finish. Commonly performed in several steps, the worker uses progressively finer compounds to remove scratches and create the glossy shine desired by some aluminum product buyers. In some fabrication facilities, an aluminum component is created by a single fabricator who handles the complete assembly of the component, from cutting the material to welding and finishing polishing.
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