For years, we have assisted clients with our extensive concept and design expertise using the latest specialist welding and cutting processes working with a variety of materials including Corten steel, stainless steel and aluminium. Utilising our extensive CAD/ CAM/Solidworks facility enables the latest manufacturing processes to deliver components to the highest standards of quality and design.
We also specialise in collapsible stillages saving space and costs when returning the material-handling device back to the origin. Our innovative stillages are even flexible enough to be re-engineered, therefore extending the life of the stillage to suit a new altered product range that requires transport.
Our qualified staff will assist you with the manufacture of existing component designs, as well as developing new components.
Whatever the product or part of the final product we’ve more than likely manufactured it. Working with you, Groundmaster Engineering will engineer and build a solution to prevent any possible damage during transport.
All components are manufactured under one roof, allowing full oversight, and ensuring consistent quality.
Container Manufacture – Heavy Fabrication
We can produce specialist ISO and non-standard containers in any shape or form which can be modified to suit highly specialised uses, such as transporting bulk commodities and communications equipment.
Indestructible Transportation – Heavy Fabrication
Cost-saving collapsible stillages, specialist ISO and non-standard containers and tailored product-specific solutions for bulk transport.
We have the capability, equipment, and capacity to provide solutions from concept design, to cutting, folding, rolling, welding, machining, finishing and load testing any product to your specifications.
Compliance – Heavy Fabrication
Groundmaster Engineering is one of the very few organisations in Australia with the equipment and expertise to test containers to stringent Lloyds, Det Norske Veritas, Bureau Veritas and AMSA standards.
Our Quality System ensures specified weld procedures for each project, with welders tested and qualified according to the weld specifications of the project. According to the project specification and weld procedures, we use non-destructive testing and/ or X-ray to verify weld integrity.
Fabrication – heavy
We can use steel and other heavy metal materials to fabricate large heavy structures.
- Containers or container-like structures.
- Indestructible transport solutions.
- Testing of completed large, prefabricated structures to stringent Lloyds, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Bureau Veritas (BV) And AMSA Standards with non-destructive testing and the use of x-ray to verify weld integrity.
- Strict quality systems to ensure specified weld procedures for every project.
- Qualified welders to suit every project.
Fabrication – light
We use sheet metal to fabricate smaller or lighter structures.
- Stillages.
- Cages.
- Enclosures.
- Ducting.
- Flashing.
Bespoke fabrication
Apart from our heavy and light fabrication services, we have our bespoke fabrication service available to our clients, in which we can make use of our laser cutter, water jet and several of our other manufacturing processes to produce bespoke one-off (or multiples of) custom-designed objects such as art pieces, stainless steel trophies, plastic cut-outs for signage, laser cut Colourbond signs or in a couple of cases sword handles.
Whatever your unique fabrication requirements are, we can fabricate it.
Design & engineering
We have a talented team of programmers that can help bring your design to life.
- CAD.
- CAM.
- Solidworks.
- Design engineers.
- Outsourced third (3rd) party engineering.
Laser cutting
We have two bystar bylaser cutters; the bystar 4025 bylaser 6000 and the bystar 3015 bylaser 3500.
- Steel.
- Stainless steel.
- Other materials.
- Up to a thickness of 25mm.
- Sheets up to 4000mm x 2500mm.
Water jet cutting
We can cut through almost any material.
- Steel.
- Stainless steel.
- Ballistic glass.
- Bushfire and fire rated glass.
- Plastic.
- Wood.
- Rubber.
- Stone.
- Almost any material.
- Up to a thickness of 150mm.
- Bed size: 4000mm x 3000mm (water jet head may not cover complete 4000mm x 3000mm area).
Grit blasting
We have our own onsite grit blasting booth, to better service our clients.
- Class 3 surface preparation.
- Up to a 40-foot container or any other 15-metre-long structure/item.
Spray painting
With our complete onsite spraying facility, we’re able to provide a true end-to-end fabrication solution for our clients.
- A comprehensive range of industrial coatings.
- Up to a 40-foot container or any other 15-metre-long structure/item.
Powder coating
Our newly added powder coating booth gives our clients a greater flexibility with the finish they require.
- A comprehensive range of industrial coatings.
- Up to a 40-foot container or any other 15-metre-long structure/item.
Welding
We have some of the best-qualified welders in the industry that are well versed in all welding applications.
- Steel.
- Stainless steel.
- Aluminium.
- Any material suitable for welding.
Glazing
Being part of ARA Manufacture, our facility now has access to high-quality glazing of various applications.
- Fire rated glass.
- Blast resistant glass.
- Ballistic rated glass.
- Attack resistant glass.
- Combination of glazing within the one product i.e., fire, attack, blast, and ballistic rated glass.
- Transport glass.
- Schott – fire rated glass processing.
- All high security glass.
Bonding
We can bond almost any materials together.
- Resins.
- Epoxies.
- Various adhesives depending on the application.
Turret punch
Our auto-feed turret punch can delivery our clients’ precise punches to their design.
- Extensive range of tooling available to use to perform many different punches.
- Able to have a punch tailored to our clients’ specific requirements.
- Accepts sheets up to 2400mm x 3000mm, however, we have successfully punched a 6000mm sheet.
- Auto-load and auto-unload feature. Meaning we can punch large quantities of materials with very little labour content, therefore reducing sell cost to the client on larger projects.
Surface preparation
We are able to achieve a class 3 surface preparation using our grit blasting booth that is capable of sizes up to a 40-foot container.
- Class 3 surface preparation.
- Up to a 40-foot container or any other 15-metre-long structure/item.
Folding
We have several high-pressure presses to keep up with demand and provide the most consistent fold for our clients’.
- Fold/bend steel.
- Fold/bend plastic.
- Fold/bend other fold-able materials.
- Up to 12mm thickness (we can go heavier on reduced widths).
- Fold/bend to almost any angle required depending on the thickness and material.
Stainless steel fabrication
Working with stainless steel is a specialty for us. We can fabricate stainless steel into any shape or structure our clients require.
Particularity the food & beverage industry where stainless steel is required due to the smooth surface finish of stainless steel which promotes a higher cleanability.
Installation
ARA Manufacture specialises in easy to install products and system which can be installed by any competent installer.
We are also able to offer to our installation service using both our inhouse installation team or our network of trusted installers Australia wide and abroad.
Plate rolling
Our plate rolling machine is capable of rolling sheets from light to heavy gauge steel.
Inserting
We can also include inserting into our fabrication offering for clients that require the ability to attach secondary equipment or finishes to the fabricated product, such as wiring cabinets.
Hot dip galvanising
We have industry contacts who provide this service to ARA Manufacture when required in a cost-effective and timely manner.
Argiculture
Groundmaster Engineering has over 30 years’ experience in providing metal fabrications for the agricultural and food processing industries.
From producing laser cut, folded and fabricated brackets/componentry to completely manufactured fabrications. These include our in-house Blast/Paint Facilities for original equipment manufacturers products, prototypes, material handling solutions and production of build to print designs. These can all be catered in-house at Groundmaster Engineering and we are a quality endorsed and experienced supply partner for agricultural and food processing industries.
Automotive, Transport & Logistics
Groundmaster Engineering has been supplying Toyota and Ford with stillages and fabricated storage and conveyance systems since 1975. Our understanding of the requirements of automotive manufacturers and the processes required on the shop floor make our solutions ideal.
We have proudly supported the Australian Vehicle Manufacturing Industry for many years with Brackets, Frames, Stillage’s and Production Line Material Handling Solutions.
Groundmaster Engineering has been involved from the Concept/Research & Development Phase through to and including the Blast/Painting to union, demarcation and OHS&E colour coordinating requirements for the Original Equipment Manufacturers. We strive to be the supply partner of choice for your prototype and production requirements in the Automotive and Transport markets.
Facade Engineering
For Groundmaster Engineering, Facade Design has been part of a stable and solid engineering requirement in the commercial building sector of Australia.
With a focus on “Green” building designs in the Australian Building Industry over the last few years, Groundmaster Engineering has been involved in this market with architectural metal frames, facade engineering, support brackets and the latest laser cutting and design technology to assist some of the biggest names in the commercial building industry for design, architecture and decorative products in metal.
Oil, Gas & Petrochem
The Oil, Gas, PetroChem & Mining Industry has some of the highest design, engineering and manufacturing requirements in the world. With these solutions required by some of Australia’s leading Industrial companies requiring the products to meet some of the most extreme conditions and harsh environments that the Oil/Gas/PetroChem & Mining industry works within.
We are both excited and proud to be a part of and to exceed these high standards, with our best practice and safe working solutions.
Groundmaster Engineering has ISO 9001:2008 Quality policy & procedures recognised by SAI Global. We have excelled for over 15 years with our Design, Fabrication and Blast/Paint product offerings, so we are up to the challenge of working with the industry leaders to meet the demanding situations.
Groundmaster Engineering supports the oil, gas and petrochem industry through expertise in metal engineering for custom jobs where unique solutions to site problems are demanded.
Food & Beverage
Groundmaster Engineering is able to supply fabricated parts and structures suitable for the high requirements and demands of the food & beverage industry.
We’ve supplied the below solutions to clients in the food & beverage industry;
- Stainless steel
- Conveyor systems
- Equipment guards
- Safety cages
- The building or onsite alterations for food transport systems
- Custom trays
- Custom shoots
Housing
We’re able to fabricate almost any housing structure to your design that can include a multitude of materials and functions.
- Demountable housing
- Modular housing
- Interview rooms
- Holding cells
- Portable transport rooms
