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Services

At Bulldog, we are committed to individualized customer service, rapid turnarounds, and custom solutions that innovatively solve your needs.

Engineering

Bulldog offers in-house design & engineering services delivered by our experienced and innovative staff. You can rely on us to provide expert recommendations and guidance to help you achieve the most cost-effective and reliable solutions for all of your projects. Whether you are starting with a rough concept, or need help refining an existing design, our experts are here to help.

Equipment List

  • Solid Works
  • AutoCAD
  • FabriWIN
  • TruTops Boost

Prototyping

Bulldog offers a wide range of rapid prototyping services that support our customers through each stage of the product introduction cycle, including early stage concepts, functionality demonstration prototypes, and final prototypes that are cosmetically accurate and engineered for production.

Capabilities

  • Quick Lead Times

  • Complex Jobs
  • One-offs
  • Expert Recommendations
  • Rapid CNC Machining
  • Rapid CNC Milling
  • Rapid CNC Turning
  • Rapid Laser Cutting

*See Fabrication Services for our full capabilities and equipment

Fabrication

As low and medium-volume production specialists, our craftsmen at Bulldog have the ability to ensure that everything delivered is on time and right the first time.

Bulldog is proud to be among the top custom metal fabrication companies in Mid-Michigan, and the industry as a whole. 

Laser Cutting

Capabilities

  • Carbon Steel up to ¾” thick
  • Stainless Steel up to ½” thick
  • Aluminum up to ¼” thick

Equipment List

  • TRUMPF TruLaser 3030 | 60”x120” Table 4000 W
  • TRUMPF L2530 Plus | 48”x96” Table 3200 W

Forming

Capabilities

  • Bends up to 14 feet long with accurate RAM repeatability on sheet metal or plate metal up to ½” thick
  • Punching and forming up to 10-gauge steel on a 10’ wide table
  • Cylinders and cones with a maximum size of 107”x40”x39”, a capacity of 4’x11’ gauge, and roll diameter up to 3.93”

Equipment List

  • HDS 2204 NT with a 12ft bed

  • TRUMPF Trubend 7036 40-ton press brake

  • Americor-LH-100 / 4 Roller-Capacity 4’11ga

Punching

Capabilities

  • Up to 10 gauge
  • Up to 120" x 48"
  • Speciality louvers / vents
  • Ribbing of parts for rigidity 

Equipment List

  • 30-ton Amada VIPROS-357 Turret Punch Press

Machining

Capabilities

  • Metal Turning
  • Milling
  • Boring
  • Grinding
  • Drilling

Equipment List

  • FADAL 4020 HT CNC Vertical Mill
  • BRIDGEPORT 9”-48” Vertical Mill
  • ADIRA GHO1030 Shear - up to ⅜” steel - 10ft wide
  • Haeger Pem stud/nut machine
  • Hyd-Mech S-20 Series II Horizontal Bandsaw

Welding

Capabilities

  • MIG (Stainless, Aluminum, Steel)
  • TIG (Stainless, Aluminum, Steel)
  • Plasma Cutting
  • Torch, Stick and Spot Welding
  • Passivating

Equipment List

  • Multiple Miller Tig/stick and MIG welders
  • Spot Welding
  • Walter Surfox 205 weld cleaning system/passovation

Assembly & Finishing

Capabilities

  • Insertion

  • Pemming

  • Riviting

  • Kitting & Packaging

  • Powdercoating

  • Anodizing / Oxidizing

  • Tumbling

  • Timesaving

  • Specialty Plating