Plates and Brackets for Solar Racking.
Solar fields stand on steel. We blank and form the plates, brackets and clips that hold racking and trackers together, from galvanized and high-strength coil, in the volumes a field build takes.
What We Make for Solar.
Mounting Plates
Flat plates with slots and holes, blanked and pierced in one hit.
Formed Brackets and Clips
Angles, clips and saddles formed from blanks we cut.
Coated Steel
Galvanized coil run with the coating protected, for parts that stand outdoors.
Packed for the Job Site
Lifts counted and labeled so a field crew can find the part.
Thousands of the same part. Packed for the field.
Coated Steel That Stands Outdoors.
Racking and tracker parts stand in a field for decades, so the coating matters as much as the strength. Parts blanked from pre-galvanized coil have bare cut edges. On thinner steel the zinc around them protects the edge; on heavier parts some specs call for hot-dip galvanizing after forming instead.
ZAM (zinc-aluminum-magnesium) coatings are used more and more on trackers because they protect cut edges well. We blank the coating your spec calls for, in your coil or steel bought to it through Heidtman Steel.
Why Buyers Bring This Part to Us.
Thousands of the Same Part
One die, the same part every stroke, in the volumes a field build takes.
Pierced and Blanked in One Hit
Slots and holes go in the same die as the outline.
Labeled for the Job Site
Lifts counted and labeled so a field crew can find the part.
How the Parts Are Made.
Each step links to a short lesson with an animation, if you want to see what happens on the floor.
Match the Gauge
Gauge and coating come from your print and the load the part carries.
Lesson: What Gauge MeansCut the Blank
Plates are blanked from coil, nested to keep scrap down.
Lesson: How a Coil Becomes BlanksPierce and Form
Slots, holes and bends go in the same die or the next one.
Lesson: What Happens Inside a DieTag and Pack
Lifts are counted and labeled for the job site.
Lesson: How Blanks Are Packed
Got a Print? Get a Price.
Upload the drawing and the yearly volume. The quote form asks for the rest, and an estimator follows up.
Solar Parts, Explained.
Do you run galvanized and ZAM?
Yes. They are the coatings solar racking uses most, and other coatings run too.
Can you pierce slots and holes in the same die?
Yes, with the outline, so the pattern lines up every time.
Can you label lifts for the job site?
Yes, to your spec.
How much press does my plate take?
Check the force with the Press Tonnage Calculator; our presses run up to 1,200 tons.