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Fabrication Services

End-to-End Custom Fabrication

Engineering, fabrication, machining, assembly, painting, and logistics under one roof. One team, one contract. Our 72,000 sq ft ASME-certified shop in Delta, BC handles everything from pilot-plant scale to the largest vessels in Western Canada.

Engineering design and FEA analysis at Axton
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Engineering

In-house professional engineers from concept through to stamped drawings. Mechanical design, thermal analysis, FEA, and complete documentation packages.

  • ASME Section VIII Div. 1 & 2
  • Thermal design (HTRI)
  • SOLIDWORKS Cosmos & Ansys FEA
  • AutoCAD / SOLIDWORKS / Compress
Long tube bundle in Axton shop
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Fabrication

ASME-certified fabrication with segregated bays dedicated to exotic alloy work. Over 1,500 PQR/WPS procedures on file, including orbital tube-to-tubesheet welding.

  • Pressure vessels (ASME VIII)
  • Shell & tube heat exchangers
  • Towers, columns & reactors
  • GTAW, GMAW, SMAW, FCAW, SAW
Fermat WF13 CNC horizontal boring machine at Axton
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Machining

Full CNC machining in-house. No subcontractors, tighter tolerances, faster schedules, and one team accountable for the whole job across all metal types.

  • Fermat 4.5-axis HBM (X=248")
  • Doosan 4.5-axis HBM (X=100")
  • Puma CNC Lathe (40.5" swing)
  • Exotic metals machining
Process vessel mechanical assembly on skid frame at Axton
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Mechanical Assembly

Complete mechanical assembly at our Delta facility before shipment. Reduces site installation time and risk considerably. Factory acceptance testing available.

  • Equipment skid assembly
  • Piping & instrument integration
  • Rotating equipment
  • Factory acceptance testing (FAT)
Finished painted filter housing vessels at Axton
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Surface Preparation and Coating

Surface preparation and coating to client specification. Industrial and high-temperature coatings applied to SSPC standards.

  • Abrasive blasting to SSPC
  • Industrial coating systems
  • High-temperature coatings
  • Client spec colour matching
Large vessel being loaded onto barge at Delta BCOversize column on heavy haul truck under Annacis bridge
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Logistics

Our Annacis Business Park location gives us direct access to barge, rail, road, YVR, and the US border. We have shipped to clients across Canada, the USA, Australia, Morocco, and South America.

  • Direct barge access
  • Rail and road transport
  • YVR & US border proximity
  • Oversized load coordination

Why Choose Axton

Pacific Gateway Location

Our Delta, BC shop sits minutes from the US border with direct barge, rail, road, and YVR access — serving clients across the Pacific Northwest, Western Canada, and overseas markets with equal reach.

Single Source

Engineering, fabrication, machining, mechanical assembly, painting, and logistics all under one roof. One contract, one team. No hand-offs between shops, no finger-pointing when something needs fixing.

Exotic Metals Depth

Titanium, Inconel, Hastelloy, Zirconium, Duplex SS, Tantalum. Fully in-house, with dedicated clean bays, specialized welding procedures, and CNC machining for reactive metals.

50 Years of Delivery

Since 1976, we have built a reputation on one thing: delivering what we said we would, to the spec we agreed on, when we said it would be done. That track record goes back further than most of our competitors have been in business.