Do you work with high-alloy and nickel-based alloys for power generation components?

Yes. We regularly fabricate with high-alloy steel and nickel-based alloys alongside standard structural and stainless steel. Tell us the alloy and spec your application calls for when you submit your drawing.

What's your typical lead time for power generation components?

Similar to our general lead time, 3–6 weeks from approved drawings, depending on complexity and material availability.

Do you handle both prototype and production runs for power generation OEMs?

Yes. We work with OEMs developing new equipment as well as those needing production runs on established designs. Tell us your volume expectations when you submit, and we'll scope accordingly.

Power generation fabrication at Cutting Edge Fabrication — large welded steel subframe for power generation equipment on the Milwaukee shop floor

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Power Generation & Energy — Milwaukee Metal Fabrication

Precision Fabrication for Power Generation Equipment That Runs Nonstop

Medium to large parts and mechanical assemblies for OEMs building power generation and energy infrastructure equipment — where reliability isn’t optional.

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What We Build in This Market

Power Generation & Energy Components We Fabricate

Medium to large parts and mechanical assemblies for OEMs building power generation and energy infrastructure equipment, where reliability isn’t optional.

Structural Components & Frames

Structural frames, mounting assemblies, and custom weldments built to print for power generation equipment.

Precision Machined Assemblies

CNC-machined components and mechanical assemblies where tight tolerances are non-negotiable.

Custom Weldments & Enclosures

Custom fabricated enclosures, housings, and weldments engineered to spec for energy infrastructure applications.

Materials We Process for This Market

Structural steel
Carbon steel
AR plate (abrasion resistant)
Armor plate
Heavy plate
High-alloy steel
Stainless steel
Aluminum
Manganese
Nickel-based alloys
Iron
Sheet metal

Full materials detail at our Materials List.

Recent Work

Power Generation Jobs We’ve Completed

Real fabrication work from our shop floor in this market.

Power Generation and Energy Infrastructure

Data Center Generator Enclosure Base

Repeatable production run of large welded enclosure bases for data center standby generators.

All Power Generation projects

Built for These Jobs

Scale and Process Control for Power Generation Work

Capacity & Equipment

Parts and structures to 20,000 lb, lengths to 60 feet, certified welders across all major processes, and on-site CNC machining for mounting faces and critical tolerances.

Full fabrication capabilities

Finishing & Full Assembly

Full assembly completed in-house. We offer sandblasting, painting, powder coating, plating, and galvanizing, so equipment leaves ready for the field.

Assembly and finishing detail

Why CEF

Built for the Precision Power Generation Work Requires

Medium to large parts and mechanical assemblies where cutting, forming, welding, machining, and finishing all have to come together on one program.

ISO 9001:2015 certified — quality system documented through every operation
Laser, plasma, oxy-fuel flame, shearing, production sawing, miter sawing, and cold sawing in-house
Press brake forming, bending, bump forming, and plate rolling on-site
Certified welders across a full range of metals including aluminum, high-alloy steel, and nickel-based alloys
On-site CNC machining for precision bores, drilled surfaces, and critical tolerances
Full assembly in-house, with finishing services including sandblasting, painting, powder coating, plating, and galvanizing
Fabrication capabilities and inspection services built to meet the requirements of demanding programs
In business since 1990 — Milwaukee, WI

Ready to Work Together

Have a Power Generation Component That Needs a Reliable Fabricator?

Send us your drawing or job description. We’ll review it and give you a straight answer on fit and timeline.

DXF, DWG, PDF, SolidWorks, STEP — all accepted. Response within one business day.

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Before You Send a Drawing

A few useful answers.

Questions we hear from engineers and procurement managers evaluating CEF for power generation and energy infrastructure work. If yours isn’t here, send the drawing and ask — we answer every submission within one business day.

Yes, along with stainless steel, aluminum, heavy plate and structural steel. Our welders are qualified across MIG, TIG, stick and flux-cored processes on carbon, stainless, aluminum, high-alloy and nickel-based alloys, and we weld to AWS and ASME procedures with a Certified Welding Inspector on staff. Include the alloy specification with your drawing.

Machining is done in house when the part fits our equipment — our Haas machining centers handle pieces to 4,000 lb. Larger components and weldments are machined by a sister company or another partner within the same scope of work, so a subframe needing bores and flat mounting faces after welding stays one purchase order and one schedule.

SGS North America granted our certification, and we have held it since January 2011. It is maintained through surveillance audits by SGS, random internal process audits and voluntary additional audits through the year, which matters when a component is going into equipment that has to run continuously.

It depends on material availability, the processes the part needs, quantity and current shop loading, so we quote timing with the price rather than publishing a number we would have to qualify. Send the drawing with your target date and we will tell you whether it is achievable.