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Sons of Thunder Welding crew member fabricating a large black steel weldment in the shop

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Case studies

The jobs that tell you who we are

Wide view of a stainless cold-storage food plant with spiral stainless ductwork, fryer line and an orange boom lift during a field install by Sons of Thunder Welding Field

Food & Beverage / Cold Storage

Sanitary stainless exhaust, welded on a schedule that never moved

66" Square stainless duct, TIG-welded

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Repaired blue Rotator 66 cradle weldment with a machined steel shaft strapped to a flatbed truck, ready to return to service, by Sons of Thunder Welding Shop

Plant Services / Emergency Engineered Repair

Three welders said no. We put a 4-ton rotator back in service in two weeks.

4 ton Rotating assembly returned to service

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Two finished black steel 5,000 lb industrial door panels with machined hardware resting on aluminum frames in the Sons of Thunder shop Shop

Featured project / custom heavy fabrication

Six 5,000 lb doors that sealed the first time

6 Door and frame combinations fabricated

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Long precision-rolled helical stainless steel coil mounted on a welding stand in the Sons of Thunder shop Shop

Manufacturing / Production Run

67 stainless burners, from prototype to palletized delivery

67 Stainless burners produced, plus additional parts

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Large black steel rectangular roof-hatch reinforcement frame hanging from chain hoists in a welding shop while a worker guides it Field

Design-Build / Field

Cutting a code-compliant roof access through a live building

Design-build Permitted, engineered shop drawings

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The gallery

Shop & field, up close

Massive steel door weldment rigged on the shop gantry
Massive steel door weldment rigged on the shop gantry
Ribbed steel door frame fabrication on the table
Ribbed steel door frame fabrication on the table
Steel door weldment fit-up on the welding table
Steel door weldment fit-up on the welding table
Door frame weldment beside the shop forklift
Door frame weldment beside the shop forklift
Welder fabricating a large weldment under the gantry
Welder fabricating a large weldment under the gantry
The fabrication shop: gantry, Miller welder, steel racks
The fabrication shop: gantry, Miller welder, steel racks
Heavy machined steel plate weldments, ready
Heavy machined steel plate weldments, ready
A row of machined stainless pulleys
A row of machined stainless pulleys
Rainbow TIG welds on a stainless pulley hub
Rainbow TIG welds on a stainless pulley hub
Rainbow-temper TIG weld bead, up close
Rainbow-temper TIG weld bead, up close
Stainless pulleys palletized for delivery
Stainless pulleys palletized for delivery
A stacked-dime weld bead along a steel seam
A stacked-dime weld bead along a steel seam
Rainbow-temper TIG weld macro on stainless
Rainbow-temper TIG weld macro on stainless
A row of slotted steel box-housing weldments
A row of slotted steel box-housing weldments
Box-housing weldment signed in soapstone
Box-housing weldment signed in soapstone
Box weldment welds and the SoT scroll signature
Box weldment welds and the SoT scroll signature
Plate-bracket fit-up with the soapstone scroll
Plate-bracket fit-up with the soapstone scroll
Box-weldment fit-up in progress
Box-weldment fit-up in progress
Building to print: dimensioned blueprint fit-up
Building to print: dimensioned blueprint fit-up
Forged links with cast teeth rigged under the gantry
Forged links with cast teeth rigged under the gantry
Forged drive links with welded cast teeth
Forged drive links with welded cast teeth
A row of toothed forged links
A row of toothed forged links
Cast teeth welded onto forged links
Cast teeth welded onto forged links
Forged links staged on the shop floor
Forged links staged on the shop floor
Heavy shaft assembly rigged for rebuild
Heavy shaft assembly rigged for rebuild
Crew loading a wrapped assembly for delivery
Crew loading a wrapped assembly for delivery
Stainless shaft on the roller welding fixture
Stainless shaft on the roller welding fixture
Sanitary TIG weld on stainless tube
Sanitary TIG weld on stainless tube
Back-purged internal stainless weld
Back-purged internal stainless weld
Crew rigging a large table weldment with hoists
Crew rigging a large table weldment with hoists
Striking an arc inside the equipment
Striking an arc inside the equipment
Bright arc behind the hood
Bright arc behind the hood
The branded van at a cold-storage facility
The branded van at a cold-storage facility
Crew at the Carrier chiller piping job
Crew at the Carrier chiller piping job
Welded black-iron chiller piping along the building
Welded black-iron chiller piping along the building
Steel ladder rising to the open roof hatch
Steel ladder rising to the open roof hatch
Roof-hatch opening framed in steel from below
Roof-hatch opening framed in steel from below
Rebar cage assembly at a snowy power plant
Rebar cage assembly at a snowy power plant
The job site before the egress-stair rebuild
The job site before the egress-stair rebuild
Demolishing the rusted egress stair
Demolishing the rusted egress stair
Setting the new steel ledger at the base
Setting the new steel ledger at the base
The new steel egress stair, installed
The new steel egress stair, installed
Welded steel grating landing on the new stair
Welded steel grating landing on the new stair
Finished egress stair with diamond-plate treads
Finished egress stair with diamond-plate treads
Moving fabricated steel frames at the dock
Moving fabricated steel frames at the dock
Custom steel truck-bed weldment loaded out
Custom steel truck-bed weldment loaded out

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