Oertel's heavy fabrication division covers several kinds of sheet metal work, including the following:

• Food industry fabrication
• Custom steel fabrication
• Custom stainless steel fabrication
• Prototype and short-run production parts
• Architectural sheet metal
• Aluminum fabrication and welding
• Conveyor fabrication and modification
• Blowpipe and custom fittings

Division manager Jerry Downs has over twenty years of experience in the sheet metal trade.

• Lockformer Vulcan 3100D Hi-Definition Plasma Cutter
• Accurpress 12' x 250 ton press brake
• Betenbender 1/4" x 10' hydraulic shear
• Scotchman 40 ton hydraulic iron worker
• Whitney 630-A 30 ton duplicating punch

Technological improvements ensure Oertel's committment to efficiency and quality.

• 2 tig welders
• Yale 6000 lb. capacity fork truck
• Betenbender 12' x 190 ton press brake
• Montgomery 1/4" x 48" 3-roll pinch roll

• Boschert 3/16" notcher
• Everett Industries abrasive saw
• 4 mig welders
• Spot welder
• Caterpillar 5000 lb. capacity fork truck
• Thermal Dynamics Pak 625xr plasma cutter