Innovative Metal Forming Solutions

Value, smarts and quality. All from an amazing metal forming solutions company that leads the league in continuous improvement.

Ajax Overview

Ajax Metal Forming Solutions is an award-winning metal forming solutions company that specializes in producing tight-tolerance metal parts for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers. Our manufacturing services cater to a wide range of industries, such as climate control, medical, transportation, architecture, power generation, engineered products, and consumer goods.

Ajax provides progressive metal stamping, sheet metal fabrication, fiber laser cutting, press brake forming, CNC turret punching, robotic welding, finishing, assembly, and kitting. We have three locations in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Wilson, North Carolina (near Raleigh); and Tucson, Arizona.

The main plant at Ajax Metal Forming Solutions in Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN Plant
The Ajax Metal Forming Solutions plant in Wilson, North Carolina,.
Wilson, NC Plant
Ajax Tucson, Arizona plant
Tucson, AZ Plant
Sheet metal fabrication machinery at Ajax Metal Forming Solutions

An Ajax CNC turret press and fiber laser.

Tool setup on a LVD Strippit CNC punch press

Prepping a die set for a progressive stamping run.

Servo Presses At Ajax Metal forming Solutions

A servo forming cell set up for deep-draw stamping.

A Cincinnati 14-foot press brake control panel at Ajax Metal Forming Solutions

Operating the computer numeric controls (CNC) on a five-axis press brake with a 14-foot bed.

Capabilities and Machinery Overview

Precision Metal Stamping
• Progressive stamping
• Deep draw stamping
• Medium to long run
Hardware insertion
• Up to 220 tons

Servo Forming
• Accurately forms high-strength steel
• High cycle rate for optimum efficiency
• Complex tooling & cycle processes

Sheet Metal Fabrication
• 5-axis press brake forming
• Bed lengths up to 14 feet & 230 tons
• Turret press punching & forming to 30 tons
• Tooling solutions from Mate & Wilson
• Proprietary extrusion turret tooling

Fiber Optic Laser Cutting
• Multiple networked lasers eliminate bottlenecks
• Cuts aluminum, copper, brass, galvanized, stainless steel, and more
• Cuts up to ¾ inch steel
• Handles sheets up to 60” x 160”

Welding
MIG, TIG welding
Spot welding
Robotic welding

In-house Tooling
• Design, build & maintain complex tooling
• Progressive, high volume or low cost, short run
• Most current engineering design software
• Die-set electronics for protection & inspection
• Complex in-die assembly & tap

Quality Control
• Advanced Project Quality Planning (APQP)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• UniPoint Quality Management
• Laser scan inspection & reporting

Value-added Services
• Kanban supply chain solutions
• Rapid Prototyping
• Finishing, painting & plating
• Assembly, hardware insertion & kitting

People

Ajax strives to be one of the most inclusive, diverse, and collegial members of the metal forming industry.  Visit our Careers website for more information.

Ajax colleagues