Industries Served
Built for the Industries That Build America.
Trailers, dump bodies, hopper cars, transformer cores, structural beams, classroom shops. Piranha equipment runs on the floor at fabricators across six core industries — with one product line, one service team, one parts catalog.
Industries
Six Industries. One Equipment Source.
Browse the industry that matches your shop. Each page details the parts you build, the workflow, and the Piranha equipment that runs the line.
Trucking Industry
Trailer chassis, side rails, dump body sheets, tanker heads, refer panels. The Piranha lineup that runs at North America's top trailer OEMs.
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Heavy Equipment Manufacturing
Bucket structural, boom plates, frame components, wear plates. From dozer arms to combine frames — Piranha handles the heavy plate that defines this work.
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Power & Transformer Manufacturing
Tank shells, core plates, switchgear enclosures, bus bar copper, NEMA-rated cabinets. Spec-ready precision for the grid.
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Rail Car Manufacturing
Hopper bodies, tank shells, gondola sides, draft sills, structural gussets. Bertsch plate rolls with heritage tracing to 1879 — the era this industry was born.
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Structural Steel Fabrication
Base plates, splice plates, gussets, shear tabs, stair stringers, embeds. The P-Series ironworker leads — the daily flagship of structural shop floors.
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Equipment for Education
Real industrial equipment built for the classroom — teaching the next generation on the same Piranha machines they'll run in industry.
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Why Fabricators Choose Piranha
Three things that hold across every industry we serve.
Made in the USA
Piranha equipment is built in Belvidere, IL. The P-Series Ironworker has been the U.S. structural shop standard for decades. The Whitney line, the Flex LASER, the press brakes, the shears — American manufacturing supporting American fabricators.
Service That Shows Up
When a press brake stops mid-run, you don't have time for a ticket queue. Piranha service is U.S.-based — phone support that answers, in-stock parts shipped same-day from Belvidere, and PM programs scaled to your shift schedule.
One Source for the Whole Line
Ironworker, Flex Series LASER, Whitney HD plasma, Bertsch plate roll, press brake, shear, LASER welder — every machine from one manufacturer, with one quote, one install team, and one parts catalog.
Equipment That Powers Every Industry
Nine product lines covering every stage of the fabrication line — from heavy plate cutting to finish welding. Each line scales across all six industries we serve.
CNC Fiber LASERs
Flex Series production LASERs, 5'×10' to 8'×20' beds. Plate cutting with weld-ready edges for every industry.
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Ironworkers
50–140 ton P-Series. Punch, shear, cope, notch — six tools, one station, one operator. The structural shop's flagship.
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Whitney Combination Punch / Plasma
HD plasma cuts up to 3″ mild steel while punching bolt patterns in the same setup. Heavy plate work without bottlenecks.
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Bertsch Plate Rolls
145+ years of plate-rolling heritage. Hopper bodies, tank shells, dished heads, rolled structural — the industry standard.
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ArcMax X CNC Plasma
HD plasma table for heavy plate. Weld-ready edges at industrial throughput on bed sizes up to 6'×12'.
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LASER Automation
Automated material loading and unloading. Multi-shift capacity with fewer hands on every sheet. Retrofit-ready.
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Press Brakes
Hydraulic press brakes for trailer panels, transformer cabinets, stair pans, rail body sheets — every form on the line.
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Hydraulic Shears
Clean, accurate plate shearing — the first cut in nearly every fabrication flow.
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LASER Welders
Handheld LASER welders. 4× faster than traditional MIG/TIG on mild steel for production weld work.
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Trusted Across Every Industry
A snapshot of the manufacturers running Piranha on their floor — from trailer OEMs to AISC-certified steel fabricators to transformer plants.
FAQ
Common Questions
Cross-industry questions from fabricators, plant managers, and procurement teams.
My shop runs work across multiple industries — does Piranha fit?
That's the most common shop profile we work with. The Piranha product line is built for mixed-work shops — trailer one week, structural the next, transformer cabinets the week after. Same machines, same setups, same operators. Browse the industry tile that matches your biggest part mix — the equipment scales across the others.
Where is Piranha equipment made?
Piranha is built in Belvidere, Illinois. The Bertsch plate rolls, the P-Series ironworkers, the Whitney combination punch/plasma, the Flex Series LASERs, the press brakes, the shears — all U.S. manufacturing supporting U.S. fabricators.
What kind of service and parts support do you offer?
U.S.-based phone support that answers, in-stock parts shipped same-day from Belvidere, on-site application engineering during install, video tutorial library, comprehensive manuals, and remote desktop support for every machine on lifetime support.
What's a typical install timeline for a complete fab line?
From signed order to first part: typically 12–24 weeks depending on automation scope, machine count, facility readiness, and electrical/utility prep. Piranha application engineering coordinates with the customer's plant team through every stage.
Do you offer financing for capital equipment?
Yes. Piranha offers flexible financing options for capital equipment purchases — useful for managing investments across multiple machine orders or staged automation rollouts.
Do you offer educational pricing or vocational programs?
Yes — the Equipment for Education page covers our approach for career & technical centers, college welding programs, and vocational shops. Same industrial-grade machines, classroom-ready support and curriculum coordination.
Get a Custom Quote
Tell us about your shop and your part mix. A Piranha specialist will follow up — usually within one business day.
- Custom equipment recommendation for your part mix
- Current stock check and ship-time estimate
- Direct line to a Piranha industry specialist
Prefer to talk? Call 800-338-5471