Sheet Metal Fabrication for Aerospace & Defense
K-Display provides sheet metal fabrication for aerospace and defense contractors. We build ground support equipment parts, test-equipment enclosures, electronics chassis, and welded frames to the contractor's drawings, with the marking and material records the contract flows down to a fabricator.
How we contribute
Around every aircraft, vehicle, and system sit maintenance stands, test racks, shipping fixtures, and bays of electronics, most of it cut and formed steel and aluminum released as a contractor's drawing package. K-Display builds that ground-side metal, not flight hardware.
Our sheet metal fabrication for aerospace and defense contractors covers laser cutting, forming, welding, powder coating, part marking, hardware installation, and assembly. The prime or tier contractor owns the design, the export-control determination, and the quality system the contract requires. We build and document to what is flowed down.
What we make for aerospace & defense
Ground-side part families we build for contractors.
- Ground support equipment parts
- Formed panels, covers, and welded frames for maintenance stands, dollies, and service carts, built to the contractor's drawings and finish system.
- Test-equipment enclosures and consoles
- Cabinets, bays, and consoles that house test instruments, with cutouts and mounting patterns for connectors, panel meters, and displays.
- Electronics chassis and card cages
- Aluminum and steel chassis, I/O panels, and card cages with hole patterns for board mounting and connector plates held to the drawing.
- Ground-equipment control and junction boxes
- Boxes for ground power, test, and facility equipment, with the entries, mounting panels, and bonding points the electrical design specifies.
- Brackets, trays, and mounting plates
- Formed brackets and trays that locate equipment inside vehicles, shelters, and racks, with fastener patterns matched to the mating structure.
- Shipping and storage fixtures
- Cradles, frames, and container inserts formed to the assembly's outline, so it is held the same way in transit and in storage.
What aerospace & defense jobs require
The contract inputs a contractor sends with the drawing package.
- Export-control statement
- Defense articles fall under ITAR, and the contractor makes the export-control determination for each drawing. State whether the package is controlled before sending it, so the scope K-Display can quote is settled first.
- Quality flow-downs and first-article requirements
- Primes and tier contractors run AS9100 quality systems and pass supplier requirements down the chain. Send the applicable clauses, inspection level, and first-article requirements with the drawings, and we build and document to them.
- Material origin and mill certifications
- DFARS 252.225-7009 restricts where specialty metals, including many stainless and alloy steels, are melted and flows to subcontracts. Specify the alloy, the required mill certifications, and any origin restriction on the purchase order.
- Part marking and unique identification
- Contracts may require item unique identification per MIL-STD-130 on delivered items and embedded parts. Give the marking method, content, and location on the drawing.
- Finish system and masking
- Chemical conversion coating and primer are drawing callouts applied by the finisher the contractor specifies. K-Display powder coats and masks to the drawing. Mark the bonding surfaces and threads that must stay bare and the faces that are cosmetic.
How the work runs
Three steps from drawing package to delivered parts with records.
Settle the flow-downs first
We review the drawing package, quality clauses, material and marking requirements, and the export-control statement before quoting the work.
Build to the released revision
Cutting, forming, welding, and finishing run against the revision on the purchase order, with inspection and records at the points the flow-downs specify.
Mark, assemble, and deliver with the records
Parts are marked, hardware is installed, and material certifications and inspection reports ship with the order in the format the contractor requires.