RCR Fabrication is locally owned and operated and has been providing high quality custom metal fabrication and installation in Santa Cruz and surrounding counties since 1997. We work in all-metals with stainless steel being our specialty.
Using 3D CAD, water jet, & CNC forming/machining, we can help you navigate all the steps leading up to your finished product. From a cocktail napkin sketch, to a ready to ship, high quality product, RCR's product development & short run parts support can make your designs a reality.
Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures and includes a correspondingly wide range of skills, processes, and tools. Modern metalworking processes, though diverse and specialized, can be categorized as forming, cutting, or joining processes. Today's machine shop includes a number of machine tools capable of creating a precise, useful workpiece.
We excel at architectural work. Whether it's beautiful structural features or design accents, your eye will always be drawn to our striking efforts.
Need a sign? For your business or home? We can make it for you.
Tig Welding, otherwise known as GTAW, is generally used to weld exotic material like stainless steel, aluminum, copper, titanium and critical welds that must be flawless such as aircraft engine parts. Tig welding offers the user the greatest amount of flexibility to weld the widest range of material.
At RCR, we have the tools and experience to repair and restore items to "as new" condition. Contact us to see if we can help you with your project.
Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension form. The coating is typically applied electrostatically and is then cured under heat to allow it to flow and form a "skin". It is usually used to create a hard finish that is tougher than conventional paint.
Here at RCR we have put our water jet through it's paces cutting a multitude of different materials, metal being the most common, but also wood, paper, rubber, foam, fiberglass, acrylic, granite, marble, limestone, tool steel, tile and plastic. Pretty much the only things we can't cut are tempered glass, diamonds, and certain types of ceramic.
Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals, by causing fusion, which is distinct from lower temperature metal-joining techniques such as brazing and soldering, which do not melt the base metal. In addition to melting the base metal, a filler material is often added to the joint to form a pool of molten material (the weld pool) that cools to form a joint that can be as strong as the base material.
From shear to lathe, from press brake to multi-axis CNC machining, our machine shop may be compact, but it can do most anything!
