Superior Welding Services You Can Trust

As a trusted provider of sheet metal fabrication services, Gloggner Metal Fabricators excels at various types of welding. 

While a bad weld is about as effective as hot glue, a good weld is transformational, causing metallurgic changes at an atomic level. The best way to ensure you get high-quality welding is to select a fabricator with a team of skilled welders. 

GMF holds several industry welding certifications. But that’s not the only reason our customers consider us a reliable partner. Our welding expertise and commitment to excellence are what set GMF’s welding services apart. 

Here, we explore the different welding types we offer as part of our sheet metal fabrication services and how we choose the right one for each job. 

Welding Options at Our Metal Fabrication Shop

GMF offers stick welding, MIG welding, and TIG welding. Let’s review each technique in more detail.

Stick welding

Stick welding, also known as Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), is a versatile technique suitable for thicker metals and structural applications. The process creates a weld puddle and bead with an arc from the end of a consumable electrode—a flux-covered rod that looks like a stick. (Hence the term “stick welding.”) 

MIG welding 

MIG welding, or Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), is known for its efficiency, speed, versatility, and ability to create watertight seals. It’s suitable for a wide range of materials and thicknesses. In this process, a continuous solid wire electrode is fed through a welding gun into a welding pool to join two pieces together.

TIG welding 

TIG welding, or Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), is a more precise technique than stick welding and MIG welding. Known for producing clean, aesthetically pleasing welds, it’s ideal for thinner materials and critical applications where weld quality and appearance are crucial. TIG welding uses non-consumable tungsten that can be supplemented with filler metal added by hand.

Choosing the Right Weld for the Job

GMF addresses welding projects with a combination of technical expertise and knowledge of our customers’ unique business needs.

We assess each design to determine the optimal welding technique, using a decision tree selection process to examine variables like material type, material thickness, application requirements, and desired weld characteristics. 

Equally important, we take the time to get to know each customer, ensuring we understand their industry

Our goal is to deliver value every step of the way. If our welds fail, that means we failed—and we simply cannot let that happen. 

We are proud to have a higher-than-typical standard for communication and problem-solving in sheet metal fabrication services. Request a quote, and see why our longtime customers trust us year after year.