Facility & Equipment

With over 90 full time professionals throughout, our shop operations have crews fabricating steel on two shifts. PKM Steel offers the most comprehensive services to our customers in the industry, Preconstruction Services, Design Assist- Build Steel Detailing, Project Management, and Steel Fabrication & Processing along with high performance coatings. PKM Steel is AISC certified Building & Intermediate Bridge fabricator with Sophisticated Paint endorsements, and IAS certified for Fabricator Inspection Programs for Structural Steel. We are also CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau) Certified to 47.1.

Physical Plant Description

State of the art fabrication, blasting, painting facility. Our facility has 290,000 square feet of fabrication area under roof. PKM Steel has grown to become one of the most modern and versatile fabrication companies in the Mid-West.

Structural Steel Fabrication

Robotic high definition plasma & oxy fabrication with CNC cutting, drilling, and milling capabilities.

Coatings & Steel Preparation

Pangborn Wheelabrator will accept material 5’x 12’x 60’ long. AISC sophisticated paint endorsement SPE-P2.

Welding Capabilities

AISC certified Building & Intermediate Bridge fabricator to AWS D1.1 & 1.5 with Sophisticated Paint endorsements; IAS certified for Fabricator Inspection Programs for Structural Steel, and CWB (Canadian Welding Bureau) Certified to 47.1.

Cranes

37 overhead cranes and a lifting capacity of 80 tons at 30’ maximum height.

3D Modeling & Detailing

Structural steel detailing, and advanced connection design with 3D modeling using both SDS2 detailing and Tekla modeling software.

Fabricating Equipment

10’ Shear10’ length x 1⁄4” thickness
10’ Shear10’ length x 3/4” thickness
16’ Brake11’ width x 16’ length
Plate Duplicator3⁄4” thickness  3 punch 
Behringer Miter Band Saw40” x 20”
Behringer Miter Band Saw27” x 16”
ESAB Plasma Table8” x 30’ 1⁄4” to 1-1⁄2”
Controlled Automation Anglematic10” x 10” x 1⁄2” 8” x 8” x 3⁄4”
Pipe Coper20’ length – 3/8” thickness up to 20” dia
Camber Machine400 ton
Pangborn 8 motor Wheelabrator5’ width x 12’ height x 60’ length
1500 Peddinghaus Plate Processor5’ width x 20’ length x 1⁄4” to 3⁄4” thickness Plasma/Marking
2500 Peddinghaus Plate Processor8’ width x 20’ length x 1⁄4” to 3⁄4” thickness Plasma/Oxy/Milling
5600 Kinetic Plate Processor8’ width x 20’ length x 1⁄4” to 6” thickness Plasma/Oxy/Milling
4000 Kinetic Plate Processor8’ width x 40’ length x 1⁄4” to 4” thickness Plasma/Oxy/Milling
Peddinghaus Coper40” width x 24” height x 60’ length x 6” thickness
Peddinghaus 9 Spindle Beam Drill40” width x 24” height x 60’ length up to 2” hole
Leonard 3 Plate Sub Arc Welder2’ wide flanges  Girders 8’ deep
Peddinghause Peddibot 120028”w x 16-1⁄2”h x 60’l to 2” thickness to 16-1⁄2”dia 6-Axis

Equipment Summary

CutUp to 8” thickness
DrillUp to 8” thickness
Plasma Cut2-1⁄2”
Oxy Cut8”
MillUnlimited 30” x 30”
Crane80 tons 30’ max height
PaintingNACE Level Sophisticated Paint
Blasting5’ x 12’ x 60’Sandblasting (SP 10)