Design-Driven Metal Fabrication Services
Laser cutting · Forming · Welding · Finishing · Painting · Assembly
ELO Engineering is a contract sheet metal fabricator located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving OEM and industrial manufacturers across the Twin Cities and greater Midwest since 1972. Our single-source fabrication capability means your program moves from laser cut blank to finished, painted, and assembled product without leaving our facility — fewer suppliers, tighter quality control, and faster lead times for your team.
Our Minneapolis facility handles the complete sheet metal fabrication process in-house: fiber and CO2 laser cutting, CNC turret punching, press brake forming, MIG and TIG welding, grinding and finishing, pre-treatment, powder and liquid painting, and mechanical assembly. ISO 9001:2015 certified and ITAR registered, we deliver to Tier 1 and Tier 2 OEM programs across aerospace, electronics, medical device, industrial equipment, and transportation sectors.
After our sheet metal gets cut, we take any rough edges off with our Deburring equipment.
After welding, they move into our cosmetic level grinding department.
Weld Spatter is cleanly ground by hand.
Some of our projects then move to Machining for milling in our CNC machining centers, or have holes drilled at one of our drill presses.
After we have smooth parts, we take it to our pre-treatment line where the metal is cleaned and prepared for paint.
Once those parts have been cleaned and dried, they go to our paint department, where they are sprayed with liquid or powder coat and sent to our ovens to bake.
Once those edges are smooth, we move the project to press brake forming. We turn our 2 dimensional flat sheet of metal into three dimensional products.
After those pieces are formed, the project moves to Spot Welding, PEM assembly or Welding.
For example: electronics housings will need PEM assembly for stand off points to insert a printed circuit board.
A housing for a water purification system will move to our MIG and TIG welder who can create sturdy frames which can tolerate the weight the assembly will need to bear.
When products have been painted, we can do light assembly and kitting putting products together.
Then, we box them up, put them on a pallet and ship the product to you with our own dock truck or your preferred method of transportation.
