Stellar Manufacturing's Garner facility uses advanced machinery and skilled workers to produce mechanic trucks and cranes. Join Work Truck on a tour of the production process.
Stellar's patented one-piece aluminum extrusion for truck bodies involves a specialized welding process using 130,000-PSI steel imported from Europe. The company also employs a two-station robotic weld cell and a robotic sanding cell for efficient production.
Training in welding is rigorous, and all products are tested to ANSI standards before shipment or installation.
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How Stellar uses its Salvagnini machine in the fabrication department for making doors for mechanic trucks, shelves, and small sheet metal parts.
Stellar’s two lasers in Garner that cut sheet metal, aluminum, galvanized steel, galvannealed steel, and stainless steel.
Stellar’s a patented one-piece aluminum extrusion used on mechanics truck bodies, which combines two single extrusions into one.
How boom assembly starts with two pieces that form one section with three sections total, tacked together in a specialized fixture and robotically welded with 100% weld penetration.
Stellar uses 130,000-PSI steel for the boom, which allows for lighter and stronger booms.
Mechanic body welding starts with a substructure floor weldment made up of galvanneal steel and mechanical tubing. The floor structure is welded by certified welders and includes the front body mounting, rear shear plates, stabilizer tubes, and rear bumper.
Stellar has invested in a robotic sanding cell that produces one door every 4.8 minutes.
Body assembly begins with a painted bed-lined body, with lights added first, followed by all interior options such as drawers, shelves, chain hooks, and bolt bins. The body assembly is complete for either ship-out or installation onto a chassis to make it a turn-key truck.