Engineering Fabrication and Welding in Whangārei

Fabrication is about making something that did not exist before, or replacing something you can no longer buy. We build brackets, mounting frames, pivot assemblies, guards, sub-frames, truck bodies and attachment mounts from measurements, a sample part or a sketch.

Because we also do hydraulics, a fabrication job can include the rams, hoses and plumbing in the same build rather than being handed between two workshops. Truck body fit-outs and attachment installs are regular examples of that: the steelwork and the hydraulics get designed to work together.

We build for the environment the part will live in. Northland work means mud, salt air, vibration and shock loading, and a part that only looks right on the bench does not last long in that.

Welding work is about putting existing steel right. That covers cracked chassis members, torn bucket and blade edges, broken mounts, failed weld seams, worn wear plates and general structural repair on plant, trailers and industrial equipment.

We run MIG, TIG and arc processes and pick the one that suits the material, position and the load the joint has to carry. Where the same joint has failed more than once, we look at why, because a repeat crack is usually a design or loading problem rather than a bad weld.

Field welding on site is possible for many repairs where it is safe and practical to do so. Larger or more precise work is better done at the Whangārei workshop.