The existence of RCR Fabrication is a result of a pure need to create. The tools and knowledge gained from decades of experience enables us to work outside the box. Founded in 1997. RCR Fab. excels utilizing in house design, rapid prototyping and production in Santa Cruz, available anywhere our services are needed. We work in all materials and industries. RCR thrives from the success of who we support. Have RCR be an integral partner of your successful next step.
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. We no longer offer field work or install. Our design team works directly with archetects and contractors to develop custom designs.
At RCR we believe in designing for the Eliments and beuty. Signs and logos cut from most any material and layered to be striking and striving for visual impact. Need a sign? We can design it for you and then 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.
Ralph C. Royer holds an AWS Wedling Educators Certificate for training at your facility. As well as an AWS C.W.I Liscense for certifying your welders when the time comes.
At RCR, we have the tools and decades experience designing for products production. Send us your concept, a napkin sketch will do. Let us help your company move to the next level. Consulting on an hourly or daily basis is available. Have RCR in early to help with designing for production to get your company off the startup page. We will design or modify a concept to be economically manufactured to maximise your success and thus ours. Years of experience have shown us the laws of diffusion of integration. Let us be a crucial part of your success.
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. Water Jet rapidly removes a 0.30" kerf with waterpreasure and abrasive using a very accurate CNC controller resolution or accuracy is about 0.005". RCR can cut several inches thick in armor plating or layers of shim stock in a frame with minimal waste of material saving you production costs. Unlike laser or plasma cutting there is never a H.A.Z. or Heat Affected Zone in Water Jet cutting.
Fadal 4020 VMC 2d and 3d imaging to machining precision with organic smoothness.
Turning, Production bending, Threaded holes for assemblies. If it can be made we can do it.
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!
