Three Amada CNC press brakes with tooling libraries for the cabinet, enclosure and housing families we build in volume, backed by seven more brakes — tight-tolerance forming from short flanges to full-height cabinet bodies.
A press brake is the workhorse of sheet-metal fabrication, and a CNC press brake with a crowning system, angle measurement and a deep tooling library is what turns it from a bending machine into a repeatable process. FabTek's three Amada CNC brakes carry programmed bend sequences for the cabinet, enclosure, panel and housing families we build on repeat, so the tenth door of a run matches the first and the tenth run matches the first.
Seven supporting press brakes handle secondary bends, brackets, small parts and overflow, so the Amadas stay on the work that needs them. Laser blanks arrive from the fiber laser with bend lines marked; formed parts move to hardware insertion, welding and powder coat on the same floor. For OEM programs, the tooling and program for a part are retained so a repeat release forms on the same setup.
Full-height bodies, wraps and back panels for transformer cabinets, switchgear panels and control cabinets.
Formed doors with hems and stiffeners, removable covers, louver panels.
Aluminum and steel housing channels and covers with flanges for bolted joints.
Mounting brackets, drip shields, channel stiffeners and hardware flanges.
4X enclosure and sanitary conveyor parts in stainless; busway and housing parts in aluminum.
Complete formed-part kits shipped for OEM assembly lines.
Bend lines and sequence come with the part.
Tool sets chosen so show faces reach powder coat without marks.
Programmed back gauges and crowning hold the angle from the first part to the last.
Formed parts go to fit-up with the rest of the kit.
The sheet-metal product families — transformer cabinets, pad-mount cabinets, NEMA 3R and 4X enclosures, switchgear panels, control cabinets, PDU and UPS cabinets, bus duct housings — and the brackets and formed parts on tanks, conveyors and platforms.
| Primary cells | Three Amada CNC press brakes with programmable back gauges and tooling libraries |
|---|---|
| Supporting | Seven additional press brakes for secondary bends, small parts and overflow |
| Materials | Carbon, galvanized and galvanneal sheet, stainless, aluminum, thin plate |
| Tooling | Standard and radius tooling; hemming, offset and louver tooling for cabinet work; film-protected tooling for finished surfaces |
| Programming | Bend sequences from FabTek engineering's flat patterns; retained by part number for repeat programs |
| Downstream | Hardware insertion, welding cells, powder coat and assembly on site |
| Traceability | Heat numbers from blank to formed part; ISO 9001:2015 |
| Also specified as | Press brake services, CNC bending, sheet metal bending, precision forming, cabinet fabrication, sheet metal fabrication services |
Representative capabilities — exact ranges, ratings, and finishes are confirmed per project. Send drawings for a firm quote.
The cost of forming isn't the bend; it is the setup and the first-piece check. For an OEM program, FabTek retains the bend program, the tooling list and the first-article record by part number, so a release six months later forms on the same setup with the same result. That is what makes dedicated production lines practical for cabinet families, and it is why a cabinet formed for a data center program in one phase matches the one formed for the next.
Built at four production sites in Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
ISO 9001:2015 quality management, AWS-certified welding, OSHA-compliant facilities.
In-house powder coat backed by an IEEE 2000-hour salt-spray certification.
Reserved-line capacity and the automation to grow with your volume.
Three Amada CNC press brakes as primary cells and seven supporting brakes — ten in total — plus a RAS MEGAbend automated panel folder for long skins.
FabTek Industries forms on Amada CNC brakes and powder coats on its own line at its Hazlehurst, Mississippi plants, so cabinet parts are laser-cut, formed, welded and finished in one building.
Yes. Stainless for 4X enclosures and sanitary equipment and aluminum for bus duct and busway housings are formed with tooling and bend allowances set for each material.
Yes. Bend programs, tooling lists and first-article records are kept by part number, so repeat releases form on the same setup.
Explore related lines: Transformer cabinets · Switchgear panels · Control cabinets · Bus ducts & busways
Further reading: Minimum bend radius for 5052 aluminum · What gauge steel for a NEMA 3R walk-in enclosure · Running an OEM fabricator program
Have sheet-metal parts to form? Send the flat patterns or the model — we'll come back with a plan and a firm price, typically within one business day.