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CUSTOM METAL COMPONENTS FOR MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Tube Bending, Bent Steel Bars, Wire Forms, Stamping and Welded Assemblies Built to Your Drawings.

Steel & Trucks manufactures custom steel components for material handling equipment OEMs, warehouse automation manufacturers and industrial logistics systems. From handles, guards and brackets to wire forms, tubular components and welded assemblies, we manufacture build-to-print components according to customer drawings and engineering requirements.

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Build-to-Print • OEM Manufacturing • Steel & Stainless Steel • Manufacturing in Mexico

Forklifts
Pallet Trucks
Warehouse Carts
Conveyors
AGVs & AMRs
Warehouse Automation
Lift Equipment
Dock Equipment

MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS FOR MATERIAL HANDLING OEMs

Custom metal components for material handling equipment manufacturers, warehouse automation OEMs and industrial logistics systems.

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FORKLIFT MANUFACTURERS

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PALLET TRUCK MANUFACTURERS

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WAREHOUSE EQUIPMENT

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CONVEYOR MANUFACTURERS

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AGV & AMR MANUFACTURERS

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WAREHOUSE AUTOMATION

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LIFT EQUIPMENT

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DOCK EQUIPMENT

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INDUSTRIAL CART MANUFACTURERS

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LOGISTICS EQUIPMENT

CUSTOM COMPONENTS FOR MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Custom metal components manufactured according to your drawings for material handling equipment applications.

OPERATOR ACCESS COMPONENTS

  • • Grab handles
  • • Access handles
  • • Handrails
  • • Step components
  • • Entry bars
  • • Support handles

Process: Tube Bending + Welding

PROTECTIVE COMPONENTS

  • • Machine guards
  • • Protective bars
  • • Light guards
  • • Sensor guards
  • • Wheel guards
  • • Cable guards

Process: Tube / Wire Forming + Welding

HYDRAULIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS

  • • Hydraulic hose supports
  • • Hose guides
  • • Tube retainers
  • • Line separators
  • • Protective loops
  • • Routing brackets

Process: Wire Forming / Bent Bar

ELECTRICAL & CABLE MANAGEMENT

  • • Wire retainers
  • • Cable guides
  • • Harness supports
  • • Cable routing components
  • • Clips
  • • Protective loops

Process: Wire Forming / Stamping

MOUNTING COMPONENTS

  • • Sensor brackets
  • • Camera mounts
  • • Light brackets
  • • Display supports
  • • Scanner brackets
  • • Antenna supports

Process: Stamping / Bent Bar

STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

  • • Bent steel bars
  • • Tubular supports
  • • Cross supports
  • • Equipment frames
  • • Reinforcement components

Process: Tube Bending / Welding

STAMPED COMPONENTS

  • • Mounting brackets
  • • Tabs
  • • Retaining plates
  • • Reinforcement plates
  • • Support brackets
  • • Custom stampings

Process: Sheet Metal Stamping

WELDED COMPONENTS

  • • Tubular assemblies
  • • Guard assemblies
  • • Support assemblies
  • • Frame subassemblies
  • • Access assemblies

Process: MIG / TIG Welding

WIRE FORMS

  • • Retaining clips
  • • Cable retainers
  • • Hose retainers
  • • Locking components
  • • Spring components
  • • Equipment hooks

Process: Wire Forming / Cold Forming

WHERE CAN STEEL & TRUCKS COMPONENTS BE USED?

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OPERATOR AREA → Grab Handles • Tube Bending
ACCESS AREA → Handles / Steps • Tube Bending + Welding
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM → Hose Retainers • Wire Forming
MAST AREA → Hydraulic Line Supports • Wire Form / Bent Bar
LIGHTING → Protective Guards • Tube / Wire Form
CAMERA SYSTEM → Camera Mounts • Stamping / Forming
SENSOR SYSTEM → Sensor Guards & Brackets • Stamping / Tube
ELECTRICAL → Cable Retainers • Wire Forming
PROTECTIVE AREA → Guard Assemblies • Tube + Welding
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CONTROL AREA → Handle Components • Tube Bending
BODY → Protective Frames • Tube + Welding
BATTERY AREA → Cable Supports • Wire Forming
FRAME → Stamped Brackets • Stamping
GUARDS → Equipment Guards • Tube / Wire Form
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HANDLE → Push Handles • Tube Bending
FRAME → Tubular Frame • Tube Bending + Welding
SIDES → Side Rails / Guards • Bent Bar / Wire
RETAINERS → Wire Retainers • Wire Forming
BRACKETS → Mounting Brackets • Stamping
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PERIMETER → Protective Frames • Tube + Welding
SENSORS → Sensor Guards & Brackets • Stamping / Tube
LiDAR → LiDAR Protective Structures • Tube Forming
ELECTRICAL → Cable Retainers • Wire Forming
CHARGING → Connector Supports • Stamping / Bent Bar

CUSTOM COMPONENTS FOR FORKLIFTS

Custom components for counterbalance forklifts, electric forklifts, reach trucks and order pickers. Potential applications include grab handles, access handles, protective guards, hydraulic hose supports, cable retainers, lighting guards, camera mounts, sensor brackets, tube supports, stamped brackets and welded subassemblies.

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COMPONENTS FOR PALLET TRUCKS & STACKERS

Custom components for pallet trucks, electric pallet jacks and stackers. Potential applications include control handles, protective frames, equipment guards, cable supports, battery area components, tube supports, wire retainers, stamped brackets and welded components.

Safety-critical steering or lifting components subject to engineering review and customer qualification requirements.

CUSTOM COMPONENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CARTS

Platform carts, material carts, picking carts, order fulfillment carts, tool carts, industrial transport carts and warehouse trolleys. Potential components: tubular handles, push handles, frames, side rails, support bars, wire structures, retainers, guards, brackets and welded tubular assemblies.

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CUSTOM COMPONENTS FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEMS

Custom components for roller conveyors, belt conveyors, sorting systems, packaging conveyors and distribution center conveyors. Potential applications: guide rails, support bars, machine guards, sensor brackets, camera mounts, cable guides, wire retainers, tube supports, equipment handles, structural supports, stamped brackets and welded assemblies.

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CUSTOM COMPONENTS FOR AGVs & AMRs

Custom metal components for autonomous guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots. Potential components: protective frames, sensor guards, camera guards, LiDAR protective structures, sensor brackets, antenna supports, cable retainers, wire harness supports, battery area brackets, charging connector supports, tube structures, stamped components and welded assemblies.

Steel & Trucks manufactures the metal components surrounding and supporting these systems — not sensors, electronics, batteries or autonomous systems.

COMPONENTS FOR AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS

Components for distribution centers, automated storage, sortation systems, order fulfillment, packaging automation and robotic handling. Potential applications: conveyor components, machine guards, robot guards, sensor supports, camera brackets, scanner mounts, cable management, tube frames, access structures, maintenance handles, equipment supports, wire forms and stamped brackets.

CUSTOM HANDLES & ACCESS COMPONENTS

Custom handles and access components manufactured according to customer drawings, geometry and material requirements. Forklift grab handles, warehouse cart handles, equipment handles, access rails, push handles, tubular handles, machine handles and safety handles.

Manufacturing: Tube Bending • Bar Bending • Welding

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CUSTOM GUARDS FOR MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Custom guards for light guards, sensor guards, camera guards, hose guards, cable guards, machine guards, protective loops, tubular guards, wire guards and protective frames.

Manufacturing: Tube Bending • Wire Forming • Steel Bar Bending • Welding

CUSTOM COMPONENTS FOR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ROUTING

Hose guides, hose retainers, tube supports, line separators, protective loops, routing brackets and wire retainers. Small formed components can play an important role in maintaining organized hydraulic routing throughout material handling equipment.

Processes: Wire Forming • Bent Steel Bar • Stamping • Cold Forming

CUSTOM WIRE & CABLE MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS

Modern electric material handling equipment requires extensive electrical routing. Wire retainers, harness clips, cable guides, protective loops, cable supports, battery cable routing components, sensor cable supports and charging cable supports.

Processes: Wire Forming • Stamping • Bent Bar

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ENGINEERED OPPORTUNITY

COMPONENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELECTRIC MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Electric forklifts, pallet trucks, AGVs and AMRs create additional opportunities for custom metal components: battery supports, battery protection structures, cable routing, charging connector brackets, electrical component supports, controller brackets, cooling system supports, protective guards and sensor brackets.

Battery-specific, EV or electrical certifications not claimed unless verified.

COMPONENTS FOR SMART MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Modern equipment increasingly incorporates cameras, proximity sensors, LiDAR, barcode scanners, RFID, telematics, navigation systems and safety sensors. Potential Steel & Trucks components: camera mounts, sensor brackets, sensor guards, LiDAR protective frames, scanner supports, antenna brackets, cable routing components and protective structures.

Stamping Tube Bending Wire Forming Bent Bar Welding

MULTIPLE PROCESSES. ONE MANUFACTURING PARTNER.

Each verified capability supports custom component manufacturing for material handling equipment OEMs.

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Tube Bending

CNC and manual tube bending for handles, rails, guards, frames and structural components.

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Wire Forming

Custom wire forms including retainers, clips, guides and routing components for hydraulic and electrical systems.

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Bent Steel Bars

Custom bent steel bars for brackets, supports, guards and structural reinforcement components.

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Sheet Metal Stamping

Custom stamped components including brackets, plates, tabs, covers and reinforcements.

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Welding & Assemblies

MIG and TIG welding for complete assemblies combining bent tube, bar and formed components.

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Cold Forming & Forging

Cold formed precision components for hooks, retaining components and structural parts.

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Engineering Support

Design review, manufacturing evaluation, material selection and prototype support.

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Build-to-Print

Production manufacturing according to your drawings, CAD models and engineering specifications.

MATERIAL SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

Carbon Steel

High-Strength Steel

Stainless Steel

Spring Steel

Other Materials

BUILD-TO-PRINT MANUFACTURING

  • Customer Drawing
  • Engineering Review
  • Manufacturing Feasibility
  • Material & Process Definition
  • Tooling / Fixture Development
  • Prototype
  • Validation
  • Production
  • Quality Inspection
  • Delivery
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FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESS TO MATERIAL HANDLING APPLICATION

TUBE BENDING

  • → Handles
  • → Guards
  • → Rails
  • → Frames
  • → Supports

WIRE FORMING

  • → Cable Retainers
  • → Hose Guides
  • → Clips
  • → Sensor Guards
  • → Routing Components

BENT STEEL BAR

  • → Supports
  • → Guards
  • → Reinforcements
  • → Brackets
  • → Structural Components

COLD FORMING / FORGING

  • → Hooks
  • → Retaining Components
  • → Formed Ends
  • → Custom Components

STAMPING

  • → Sensor Brackets
  • → Camera Mounts
  • → Mounting Plates
  • → Tabs
  • → Retainers

WELDING

  • → Guard Assemblies
  • → Frame Assemblies
  • → Access Components
  • → Tubular Structures
  • → Subassemblies

CUSTOM COMPONENTS. REAL MATERIAL HANDLING APPLICATIONS.

FORKLIFT GRAB HANDLE

Tube Bending

Operator Access

HYDRAULIC HOSE RETAINER

Wire Forming

Hydraulic Routing

LIGHT GUARD

Wire / Tube Forming

Equipment Protection

CAMERA MOUNT

Stamping

Machine Vision

CART HANDLE

Tube Bending

Material Transport

CONVEYOR GUIDE

Bent Bar / Wire

Product Handling

SENSOR GUARD

Wire / Tube

Automation

CABLE RETAINER

Wire Forming

Electrical Routing

AGV SENSOR BRACKET

Stamping

Autonomous Navigation

TUBULAR FRAME

Tube + Welding

Industrial Equipment

DESIGNED FOR REPEATABLE OEM PRODUCTION

Components particularly suitable for scalable production: wire forms, stamped brackets, tube handles, hose retainers, cable retainers, guards, bent bars, mounting components and welded subassemblies.

Have a component currently produced in significant annual quantities? Send us your drawing and production requirements for manufacturing evaluation.

EVALUATE MY COMPONENT

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CORE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

  • Tube Bending
  • Wire Forming
  • Bent Steel Bars
  • Cold Forming / Cold Forging
  • Sheet Metal Stamping
  • Welding & Welded Assemblies
  • Custom Tooling & Fixtures
  • Engineering Support

CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Potential investments for production programs

  • Larger Tube Bending Capacity
  • Advanced Tube Cutting
  • Robotic Welding
  • Additional Stamping Capacity
  • Laser Cutting
  • Automated Inspection
  • Customer-Specific Qualification

Some OEM programs may require processes, tooling, equipment or qualifications beyond current manufacturing capabilities. For appropriate production opportunities, Steel & Trucks can evaluate potential capability development.

DISCUSS YOUR PROGRAM

WHY MATERIAL HANDLING OEMs CHOOSE STEEL & TRUCKS

Build-to-Print Manufacturing

Multiple Forming Processes

Engineering Support

Custom Tooling

Prototype to Production

Quality-Focused

Manufacturing in Mexico

North American Supply

OEM Experience

Capability Development

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

From Component Challenge to Production Solution

INDUSTRY: [Insert verified industry] EQUIPMENT: [Insert actual equipment] COMPONENT: [Insert actual component] CHALLENGE: [Insert real challenge] PROCESS: [Insert actual manufacturing process] SOLUTION: [Insert actual solution] RESULT: [Insert verified result]

ENGINEERING RESOURCE CENTER

Designing Tubular Handles for Industrial Equipment

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Wire Forms for Hydraulic & Cable Management

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Designing Guards for Material Handling Equipment

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Custom Components for Electric Forklifts

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Design for Manufacturability in Tube Bending

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Stamped Components for Industrial Equipment

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Metal Components for AGVs & AMRs

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Designing for High-Cycle Industrial Equipment

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes. We manufacture custom metal components for material handling equipment OEMs including grab handles, guards, brackets, supports, wire forms and welded assemblies according to customer drawings.

Yes. Custom forklift components including grab handles, protective guards, hydraulic hose supports, sensor brackets, cable retainers and welded subassemblies.

Yes. Control handles, protective frames, equipment guards, cable supports, wire retainers and stamped brackets for pallet truck applications.

Yes. Custom grab handles manufactured through CNC tube bending according to your drawings and specifications.

Yes. Custom hydraulic hose retainers, guides and routing components manufactured through wire forming and bent bar processes.

Yes. Custom wire forms including cable retainers, hose retainers, clips, hooks and routing components for material handling applications.

Yes. Tubular handles, push handles, frames, side rails, support bars and welded tubular assemblies for industrial cart manufacturers.

Yes. Guide rails, support bars, machine guards, sensor brackets, cable guides and structural supports for conveyor system manufacturers.

Yes. Protective frames, sensor guards, LiDAR structures, sensor brackets, antenna supports, cable retainers and stamped components for AGV and AMR manufacturers.

Yes. Custom sensor brackets, camera mounts, scanner supports and antenna brackets manufactured through stamping and forming processes.

Yes. Custom stamped steel brackets, mounting plates, tabs, reinforcement plates and retaining components according to customer specifications.

Yes. Welded tubular assemblies combining bent tube, bar and formed components into complete subassemblies using MIG and TIG welding.

Yes. We support prototype development through to production volumes for material handling equipment components.

Yes. Our manufacturing processes support scalable production for OEM material handling equipment programs.

Yes. We develop custom tooling and fixtures for production programs based on your component requirements.

Yes. Upload your 2D drawing, 3D CAD model or technical specification through our RFQ form and our engineering team will evaluate your component.

BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT?

Send us your drawing and let our engineering team evaluate how Steel & Trucks can manufacture your component.

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Tube Bending • Wire Forms • Bent Steel Bars • Stamping • Welding • Build-to-Print

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