In-house mechanical engineers take your problem from sketch to 3D model to fabrication drawings—load calcs, drive sizing, fits, tolerances, and safety worked out before a single cut. Then the same shop builds it. One team, one roof, one accountable name on the job.
Most fab shops build to your print. We can start before the print exists—and we can tell you when the print you have won’t work.
Start with a problem, a sketch, or a photo of what’s not working. We turn it into a concept, then a full 3D model you can see, review, and sign off on before fabrication.
Load and structural calculations, drive and motor sizing, fits and tolerances, deflection and fatigue checks—the numbers that make it work on the floor, not just on the screen.
Dimensioned 2D prints, weldment and assembly drawings, and bills of material ready for the shop floor—ours or yours.
The engineers who design it sit a few steps from the welders and machinists who build it. No hand-off, no “that’s not how we drew it,” no finger-pointing when something changes.
No drawings for the machine you own? We measure it, model it, and engineer the upgrade, the replacement part, or the retrofit—from a worn component to a full controls modernization.
Guarding, access, interlocks, and e-stops designed in from the start to current safety standards—not bolted on after the audit.
Describe what you’re trying to move, make, lift, or fix. We’ll engineer the answer and build it.
A straight line from what you need to a machine doing it on your floor.
We talk through the job—loads, product, rates, space, and constraints—and agree on what “working” means.
Concept, 3D model, and the calcs behind it. You review and approve before fabrication starts.
Fabricated, machined, welded, finished, and wired in the same shop, by the team that engineered it.
Run-tested before it ships, installed and proven on your floor. We stand behind the design and the build.
If it’s custom, mechanical, and industrial, it’s probably on this list.
Yes. Start with the problem, a sketch, a photo, or a sample. In-house mechanical engineers develop the concept, build a 3D model for your review, and produce fabrication drawings.
Both. Send a finished print and we build it to spec. Send a problem and we engineer the solution first, then build it. Either way the same shop does the fabrication.
Yes. Load and structural calcs, drive and motor sizing, fits and tolerances, and deflection and fatigue checks are part of the design before any steel is cut.
3D CAD models for review, dimensioned 2D fabrication and assembly drawings, weldment drawings, and bills of material, and then the built equipment itself.
Yes. We measure and model the existing equipment, then engineer the replacement part, the upgrade, or the retrofit from that model.
Yes. Guarding, access, interlocks, and e-stop circuits are designed in from the start to current safety standards rather than added after the fact.
Bham Iron is at 3959 Valley East Industrial Dr in Birmingham, Alabama, engineering and building for the Southeast with equipment shipped nationwide.
Describe what you need to move, make, lift, or fix. You'll talk to the engineers who design and build it—not a call center.