Custom Mounting plates

Custom mounting plates are manufactured by specialized fabrication companies that provide bespoke solutions tailored to exact client specifications, ensuring precise fit, stability, and load distribution for equipment, hardware, or structural components. These services range from single prototypes to high-volume production.


Custom Engineering: Specializes in large-scale industrial base plates and sole plates for industries like oil and gas, handling heavy-duty projects in-house with AWS-certified welders.

MISUMI: Offers configurable mounting plates in various materials, allowing customization of dimensions and hole patterns to fit specific applications in robotics and advanced manufacturing.

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Custom mounting plates are available in a variety of materials and are made using advanced manufacturing techniques.
Materials:

Carbon Steel: Valued for its high strength and durability in industrial and structural applications.

Aluminum: Selected for lightweight applications and corrosion resistance, suitable for electronics housings or outdoor use.
Stainless Steel: Chosen for environments requiring superior heat and corrosion resistance.

Alloy Steel/Exotics: Materials like titanium and Monel are also available for highly specific, demanding applications.

Processes:

Laser Cutting and Plasma Cutting: Used for precise shaping of raw material with tight tolerances.

CNC Machining: For high-precision requirements, ensuring exact hole patterns, specific dimensions, and fine surface finishes.

Forming and Welding: Flat stock can be bent and welded to create complex shapes and add structural reinforcement.

Grinding: Methods like Blanchard grinding are used to achieve exceptional flatness and parallelism for high-precision machine mounting.

Finishing Options

Fabricators offer various finishing services to enhance the longevity and appearance of custom mounting plates:
Powder coating
Galvanization
Anodizing
Painting
Zinc plating