Assembly & Welding

ABL offers an assembly service which generally involves combining aluminium components made in-house with a variety of bought in components such as plastics, castings, sheet metal, etc. Some customers issue assembly components on a free issue basis but most prefer ABL to manage their bills of materials for them.

Assembly operations include:
Mechanical jointing
Adhesive bonding
Mig and Tig welding

Welding capability is fully coded and can handle aluminium extrusion, components, castings and steel requirements.

In many cases ABL assembles, packs and labels the finished part or component into a boxed assembly which is packed precisely to the customer specification, branded in their name and containing all fitting / handling instructions as required. This is then despatched direct to the final customer, either consumers or retailers, improving leadtimes, saving costs of handling & storage and reducing customers’ working capital requirements.