Custom Steel Fabrication

Custom Steel Fabrication

Custom Steel Fabrication

At Chicago Boiler, we provide well-thought-out and economical solutions to our customers’ most complex industrial problems. We tailor solutions to several different industries, understanding that the criteria of one industry may not suit another. Still, our flexible process and years of experience assure our customers, in any industry, the best solutions in custom metal fabrication. We have experts who can take your project from the design phase to your door with the attention and care expected from a leading metal fabricator.

Chicago Boiler is primarily a plate fabricator of carbon steels, stainless steels, and nickel alloys with full fabrication capabilities, from 10 gauge to 2” thick. Some of the types of fabrication that we do, in both ASME code and non-code, are process vessels, reactors, mixing tanks, cyclones, chutes, bins, hoppers, flumes, stacks, and ductwork. Our work experience includes all 300 series stainless steels, SA36 and 516-70 Carbon Steel, Alloy 20, and P22 Chrome. We are experienced in handling, cleaning, and passivating to provide fabrications free of iron contamination. We also can perform any necessary non-destructive testing when required. Industries that we serve include pulp and paper, chemical, power, cement, aluminum, carbon products, and others that require specialized fabrications. Chicago Boiler was formed as an Illinois corporation in 1891. Our facility in Gurnee has approximately 70,000 sq. ft. of work area with overhead crane systems throughout.

  • Our machine shop is approximately 80’x80’ with multiple lathes, mills, chop saws, bridgeports, tapping stations, etc. Most machines are CNC, which gives up the capacity to get your project done efficiently.
  • Our 13-foot by 6-1/2-foot CNC waterjet can cut all materials and carbon steel up to 7” thick (other materials vary slightly based on strength).
  • We can also plasma cut up to 2” thick material.
  • Multiple plate bending rolls make short work of cylinders and other curved shapes, whether working in stainless, nickel alloys, or carbon steel. Our roll is the Ferrari of the plate roll world. It is a CNC roll capable of 7/8” plate 8 feet wide and rolling down to 17” diameter cylinders. It is also capable of rolling cones to minimize welding time.
  • A plate shear is essential for fast, economical material sizing. Our shear can handle plates up to 8 feet wide, carbon steel up to 5/8” thick, and stainless steel up to 3/8” thick.
  • Our 260-ton press brake can cold form plates in various configurations up to 12 feet wide. This includes manufacturing many different cone sizes to ASME specifications and tolerances.
  • In addition to our certified manual welding procedures, our automatic sub-arc welders produce x-ray quality welds inside and out, longitudinally and circumferentially.

Our qualified welding procedures include SAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW in stainless steels, nickel alloys, carbon steel, and chromoly. Our welders are certified to ASME Section IX. Our Quality Assurance program is in accordance with our ASME quality control manual for all of our work, code and non-code alike. Our engineering department has extensive experience with ASME Section VIII, APl 620, APl 650, AWWA, and STI codes. We use Solidworks to create fabrication drawings and 3D models from your general drawings or sketches. You can send your drawings to us in almost any format.

From simple fabrications to ASME code pressure vessels and small quantities to large production runs, Chicago Boiler has the experience, expertise, and equipment to handle all your fabrication needs!

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1300 Northwestern Ave
Gurnee, IL 60031

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