Astro - Your Trusted Partner for Stainless Steel Fabrication Services

We recently finished these stainless steel weldments for a client in the automotive testing industry. Laser cutting, tube bending, machining, and welding were all required to manufacture these sweet stainless sculptures. We have full capability to perform all these metal fabrication operations in house. The number of tubing pieces, some bent, that are welded together to meet at different angles, along with close tolerance requirements (1/32- 10 thou) make these weldments challenging. But this is what we do every day and are good at it. This client and others come to us over and over again to fulfill their needs for manufacture of various metal fabricated components to the equipment they build.

Astro offers excellent services

Our zest and capabilities to offer you impeccable stainless steel fabrication services have given us a deserving edge over our peers and competitors in the industry. We are able to offer customized products and solutions to suit all your metal fabrication requirements.

When product design is needed, we design with a result oriented approach so that our customers can avail good quality, reliability, and maximum productivity in their applications. Our strong capabilities with SolidWorks™ 3-D design, machining, forming, along with laser, and certified welding makes us valued and reliable in the industry.

Feel free to get in touch with us in the following ways:

Visit us at: www.astroeng.com

Email: info@astroeng.com

Tel: 763-777-8087
Fax: 763-777-8080

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Astro – The Leading Metal Fabrication Firm has a New Address

We at Astro Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. have recently moved to a brand new address. With our booming metal fabrication business and our continued machinery procurement, we needed more space for our operations. Astro’s new facility in Hanover, Minnesota gives us enough space to accommodate all of our new and exciting projects.

Our phone and fax numbers have changed too. The details of our new facility are as follows:

Address: Astro Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. 11059 Lamont Ave NE, Hanover, Minnesota, 55341 Telephone: 763-777-8087 Fax: 763-777-8088.

Astro’s address is the only thing that’s changed. Our top-of-the-line metal fabricated products continue to carry the quality and cost-effectiveness that is unique to all Astro products. Here’s a glance at our areas of specialization in metal fabrication:

• Precision Metal Fabrication – Our precision metal fabrication expertise is much sought after by OEMs that need high-quality fabricated metal parts such as frames, brackets, enclosures, and heavy industrial equipment.
• Stainless Steel Fabrication – Our decidedly superior stainless steel fabrication services have been a specialty since 1987. Our suite of services is enabled by a squad of metal shears, CNC turret punch presses, CNC press brakes, laser cutting machines, and machining capabilities. Our certification in stainless steel TIG welding makes us a one-stop source for all your steel fabrication needs.
• Laser Cutting Services – Having upgraded to a new Mazak Super Turbo Laser less than a year ago, we have scaled up our custom laser cutting capabilities to handle large volume production in surprisingly short turnaround times. We recently honored a requirement for nearly 8000 laser and formed parts with a turn-around time of just over 2 weeks.
• Screw Conveyors / Machine Augers – We are the undisputed specialists in the design and manufacture of auger and screw conveyors systems. Astro offers fully customized auger solutions, with lead times of 3-4 weeks or shorter.

Should you need more information, we would be glad to speak with you at 763-777-8087. Please take a moment to visit our website at www.astroeng.com.

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Over 7000 Laser Parts Shipped – In Just Over 2 Weeks of Receiving Order

Recently Astro Engineering was contacted for a large order of laser and formed parts that needed to be shipped in a tight time frame. The customer supplied the prints for the job which consisted of nearly 8000 parts made of 16 gauge mild steel. There were 8 different parts needed, with quantities ranging from 40 to 2000 parts of each.

For this large laser job, the auto load/unload system on the laser was well utilized. Several press brakes were used to complete all of the forming. At the customer’s request, we also removed the laser scale from all edges to ensure good success of the parts being powder coated. Our staff did a great job at keeping it moving quickly and to spec.

Within 2 weeks of receiving the order, we began shipping. It was 5 truckloads of outgoing product finished in less than 3 weeks of receiving the order. 100% of the parts were correct and accepted.

While our custom laser cutting services is beginning to fill up as more are finding out about our new capacity, we still have time available and pride ourselves on getting your parts turned quickly. Call 800-959-0850 Astro for your next laser needs.

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Astro Enhances its Capacity to offer Best Laser Cutting Services

Astro Engineering and Manufacturing deals with high quality metal fabricated products like mild steel, aluminum and stainless steel. Our custom laser cutting services and capabilities measures up to: ¾” Mild Steel, ¼” Aluminum, and 3/8” Stainless Steel. We have been catering our customers across the country with our engineered equipments and highly skilled craftsmen for over 20 years. Our role is to ensure that every job is rendered with utmost precision, quality, and timeliness to ensure the success of our customers.

For decades, laser cutting has been an integral part of metal fabrication at Astro. Laser cutting services quickly provides quality metal parts with clean and smooth edges from metal sheet stock. We laser cut stainless steel and mild steel for food processing equipment, OEM’s, auger flighting, decorative metalwork, and many more industrial applications.

Astro Now Houses the New Mazak 2500 Super Turbo Laser

In the fall of 2012, Astro upgraded to a newer and powerful laser cutting machine called the Mazak 2500 Super Turbo Laser. This particular piece of equipment is equipped with an excellent cost-efficient load/unload system which can laser cut plate and sheet metal with utmost performance, efficiency and reliability.

We, at Astro Engineering and Manufacturing Inc. are highly excited about delivering high-quality services to our customers. We also offer complete in-house metal fabrication services so you can expect superior quality products at competitive prices. Visit us at www.astroeng.com. 

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Stainless Steel Cable Railing for Light Rail Train Stations

This photograph shows the cable railing fabricated by our welders and fabricators at Astro Engineering and Manufacturing installed at a transit station. 

In 2011 we were awarded the contract to fabricate the stainless steel railing for the stations of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (CCLRT) system running between Minneapolis and St Paul.  For the past 2 years we’ve been field measuring, drafting, saw cutting, polishing, and welding thousands of feet of railing of which the last of it was recently installed.

Astro has been fabricating cable railings for years for both commercial and residential uses.  The posts and top rail can be made of a variety of metals.  Stainless steel, due to its corrosive resistance, is considered the top of the line product, requiring no coating for a great looking product for years and years.  Aluminum posts and rails are lower cost, but needs paint or anodizing to keep it looking in top shape. 

Astro Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. is primarily sought-after for its stainless steel fabrication services. We are equipped with metal shears, CNC turret punch presses, CNC press brakes, and CNC laser cutting and machining. Astro is certified for its stainless steel TIG welding capabilities. As leading stainless steel fabricators, we customarily work with: architects, building contractors, food and beverage units, industrial machinery manufacturers, and more.

Here are the three key differentiators make Astro the preferred stainless steel fabricators across continental United States and beyond:

• Customized, responsive service: We are known for our outstanding customer support as we provide value engineering, custom solutions, superior workmanship, and on time delivery.  
• Technical acumen: The best tools and equipment become even better in the hands of our able and experienced technical team. We are customarily called on to build high-quality thermal augers for the food and bio-energy industries. These capabilities are accentuated with our leading-edge software capabilities.
• Comprehensive service capabilities: In addition to its proven expertise as stainless steel fabricators, Astro provides a wide range of services such as contract manufacturing, laser cutting, certified welding, engineering and design, and more.

We encourage you to visit our website www.astroeng.com to learn more about our full array of services. We are an all-American firm that provides fabrication and engineering services at highly competitive prices.

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Stainless Steel Fabrication – An Astro Specialty Since 1987

Astro Engineering was actually founded with stainless steel fabrication when we first opened our doors in 1987. That’s more than two decades which gives us a depth of experience that few have. Over that time we’ve been able to develop and refine both the processes and the tools we use in metal fabrication for everything from punched and formed stainless conveyor belting to stainless spiral chutes to stainless stair rails.

Our products are used in industry where ease of maintenance and longevity are paramount. For instance, we have an excellent reputation in the food industry for outstanding stainless steel fabrication. We build many custom items like screw conveyors and chutes fabricated from stainless steel which we design for easy cleaning in order to meet safety regulations while maintaining profitability.

Excellent quality control
The kind of metal fabrication we offer requires the attention to detail and experience that Astro provides. Our quality control includes regular inspection of both our equipment and our products. We make good use of print reviews and pre-fab conferences and make quality control an integral part of our training. All this and more assures buyers that our stainless steel fabricators consistently meets and even exceeds our customer’s requirements.

We also make sure we have exactly the right equipment we need to be sure we can create the kind of stainless metal fabrication our customers need. For example, we are experts with SolidWorks™ 3-D design. We understand cutting precisely with laser and our certified welding means we meet high standards when we fabricate stainless steel equipment and parts. We are also experts and machining and forming to order.

Known for our understanding of the materials involved and our creativity, we can take your idea – even if it’s only roughly sketched out – and turn it into exactly the product you need and want. We are also excellent at problem solving. If you’ve got metal conveyors or other items that aren’t working exactly the way you want it, let us show you how we can use our experience and imagination to make the needed changes. With more than 20 years of precision sheet metal fabrication you can be certain we know what we’re doing and that you’ll benefit from our experience.

More than stainless steel
Of course, we’re not limited to stainless steel for our metal fabrication. Our projects include metal light covers, elevator panels, copper wall trim, powder-coated steel store fixtures, and much more. We also work with aluminum products like sun shades and canopies. We bring the same high standards to our sheet metal fabrication as we do to our stainless products.

We are certified to work with metal fabrication in many government categories including DBE, WBE, SBA certified SBD, TGB, CERT. We’re familiar with government processes and have a reputation for completing projects on time and on budget.

At Astro Engineering we make metal perform.

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Why Offshore Sheet Metal Fabrication Isn’t the Best Idea

At Astro Engineering and Manufacturing Inc, we are strong advocates of reshoring—the process of bringing jobs back to the country. We provide leading-edge sheet metal fabrication services right here in the United States at highly competitive prices.

There are several benefits of procuring components such as electronic enclosures, OEM machine assemblies, and other industrial and commercial equipment onshore. Here are a few benefits of choosing onshore services from Astro:

• Multiple processes under a single roof: From laser cutting to punching to forming to machining to welding, we are a single-point provider of all the services you need. And, we have close relationships for ancillary services such as powder coating, galvanizing, plating, wet painting, and others.
• On-time delivery: The time and costs of shipping often overshadow the perceived cost savings that businesses seek offshore. Delays in production and shipping could put your project on hold. Astro provides you the shortest lead times.
• Quality: This, perhaps, is the greatest concern that most enterprises face. However, quality is a given when you partner with a firm such as Astro for your stainless steel fabrication and metal fabrication needs.
• Better design acumen: We use Solid Works for most all of ourdesign and drafting work. Having been in the American industry for over 20 years, we have experience and know-how in designing for manufacturing.
• Other practical concerns: In addition to geographical constraints, there could be other problems pertaining to intellectual property. Even if you enlist our services for first-to-market products, you can be sure that your intellectual property is yours alone.

To learn more about our sheet metal fabrication services, please visit our website at www.astroeng.com.

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