Based in Whyalla, South Australia,
assisting clients Australia-wide
(08) 8645 4918

Fabrication Expertise

Ri Engineering’s core competencies in this field lie in component manufacture covering fabrication, machining and sheetmetal, the mining industry and structural steel erection. We are well known for our innovation and expertise in the area of wear resistance, including wear plates, wear management, pipework and the maintenance of chutes and hoppers. 

Specialised fabrication services include:

  • Difficult and unique fabrication solutions
  • Carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium
  • Industrial structural steel
  • Piping spooling
  • Specialised rolling and pressing
  • Skids, launchers, receivers and the like
  • Tank construction 
  • Process chute work, hoppers and bins
  • Ductwork and specialised fittings
  • Specialist hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Other services:

  • Steel fabrication – light to heavy industrial
  • Structural fabrication
  • Fitting work
  • Rolling
  • Pressing
  • Painting
  • Manufacture and provision of spares
  • Site installation and supervision
  • Onsite plant repairs and maintenance
  • Gauging and hard facing of tracks & cutting edges
  • Pump repairs
  • Hydraulics & pneumatics
  • Core drilling
  • Refractory fabrication
  • Machining

Steel Fabrication Workshop

Ri Engineering owns and operates an efficient steel fabrication workshop located at Whyalla, South Australia.

The workshop carries a full complement of specialist equipment including CNC machines, for the pre-fabrication, rolling, pressing, surface preparation and painting of steel plate used in tank construction, maintenance and general steel fabrication.

A highly skilled, experienced workforce operating modern equipment ensures both efficient production coordination and high quality output to dovetail with site construction schedules.

Expertise, Capabilities & Capacities

  • Confined space, elevated work platform, forklift tickets
  • Certified welders
  • Dual ticketed Trades
  • Qualified Boilermakers & Fitters
  • Experienced Supervisors
  • Scaffolders, Crane Drivers, Riggers and Dogmen
  • Mobile workforce, including welders
  • 12 Tonne Franna Crane (with Manbox)
  • Large on-site work area

Flexibility in meeting client needs

We put together the most appropriate teams of tradespeople and specialists to achieve our clients’ individual goals. We have well developed alliances with providers of complementary resources so that our clients enjoy the peace of mind that comes from dealing with a single supplier.

Ri Engineering would be pleased to have the opportunity to assist you with a technically correct and price competitive outcome for your project.