Fabrication
From prototype to production
Commercial Metal Fabricators is your single-source metal fabrication specialist for major systems and component parts. Our skilled metal craftsmen, expert machinists, and fully equipped facility, make CMF unparalleled in the industry.
Experience
Forged in 1941. Buiit to last.
For over 80 years, Commercial Metall°fabricators has stood at the intersection of American industry and innovation. Born in Dayton, Ohio the heartland of manufacturing CMF has shaped the backbone of U.S. infrastructure, from the shop floor to the frontlines. Our legacy includes contributing to classified military programs, precision components for advanced aerospace systems, and structural elements for everything from research labs to railroads. We don’t just complete jobs we set benchmarks. CMF has delivered millions of parts, thousands of projects, and generations of trust. We’ve seen it all, and we still move like we’ve got something to prove.
Versatility
If you can imagine it, we can build it.
Our versatility is more than capability it’s confidence. Whether it’s a one-off specialty component for a classified project or a high-volume production run on a just-in-time schedule, CMF adapts and delivers. We work in carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, and exotic alloys, handling everything in-house: waterjet cutting, CNC machining, welding, rolling, forming, powder coating, assembly, and shipping. We scale with you solving problems others can’t, and doing it under pressure, under budget, and ahead of schedule. From 100-piece runs to million-part contracts, we don’t just meet your specs we elevate your expectations.
Competence
Precision isn’t a perk it’s our price of admission.
At CMF, excellence isn’t optional it’s engineered into every job. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified operation with ASME-certified processes and a team of certified welders and fabricators, we hold ourselves to a standard few can match. Our work spans defense, aerospace, robotics, energy, R&D, transportation, and critical infrastructure, and our clients include organizations where failure is not an option.
We operate with military-grade discipline, commercial adaptability, and an uncompromising approach to quality. From tight-tolerance welding and CNC machining to compliance-driven assemblies, we back every part with documentation, testing, and traceability. Whether it’s a pressure-retaining component or a structural weld for a defense project, our craftsmen, engineers, and inspectors are trained to execute flawlessly every time.
From concept to final inspection, CMF doesn’t guess. We certify. We verify. We deliver.
Take a Video Tour of CMF
Join us on a video tour of Commercial Metal Fabricators. Or give us a call to schedule an in-person tour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIlR7v8LKew
Tank for Food Processing
When finished, this tank will be used in the food rendering and processing industry. It's a large fabrication made from rolled 1/4” stainless steel plate with step formed cone bottom. It has a 12 foot outside diameter and is 25 feet long. The tank is welded inside and...
Count the Processes – Part 2
Time for another game of count the processes! Today's contestants are two separate pieces that will be combined at a later stage. Show off your metalworking knowledge by telling us how you would make them.
Our New Video
Our specialists and our equipment in action. Commercial metal fabricating, machining and forming. https://youtu.be/eIlR7v8LKew
Count the processes
It's time for a game of count the processes! Take a look at these two pieces on our shop floor and see if you can see what metalworking processes we used to create them. There is a ratchet wrench on one of them for scale.
Air Cannons
To build these devices, we have to rely on pretty much every skill our crew has here at CMF - laser cutting, rolling, machining, welding, programming and engineering. What are they? They are air cannons that are used for materials testing. Our clients use them for...
Plasma Cutter
Our Challenger HD plasma cutter is quite valuable for high-production cutting applications. It has a time-proven design that let's us count on it in demanding production situations. The dual-side drive system rides on precision machined and hardened tongue-in-groove...
CMF From the Air
Commercial Metal Fabricators has 53,000 square feet of manufacturing space on nine acres. Inside, we have 18' foot high bays, all of it covered by cranes with a maximum of 12 tons lift. We're just minutes from Interstates 75, 70 and 675 and US 35. [gallery columns="2"...
Stainless Steel Weldment
We built this stainless steel machined weldment used in high pressure pump application. The unit was H-D Plasma and Waterjet cut, cone segment formed in 400 ton press brake , M.I.G. welded 100 percent, then finished machined to customer drawings. [gallery...
Loader Arm
We helped our client fabricate this loader arm that is used on forestry equipment.













