What are Architectural Grade Brake Shapes?

What is brake metal? Brake Metal is sheet metal that is formed using a press brake. All our architectural grade brake shapes are manufactured in the USA locally at our full-service facility located in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Our brake shape press can customize lengths fabricated from Stainless Steel, Aluminum or any other sheet metal in various grades & finishes (up to 32′ in length) with countless configurations of bends & joiners to fill just about any custom pressed steel order. If you can draw it, we can bend it!

Architectural grade brake shapes are a great solution for Glass & Glazing Contractors, Overhead Door Contractors, Metal Roofers, Insulation Contractors & Suppliers, Metal Panel Installers, Metal Building Contractors & Erectors, Plant Supervisors & Maintenance Professionals, Siding Installers, architects and more! 

We use brake metal to create elegant, durable office and warehouse storage solutions- shop office & storage and automotive products!

If you have a custom shape in mind, we will find a way to make it. We stock multiple sheet metal types and thicknesses to cut lead times that can be shaped at just about any angles, shapes, and colors- Cleats, Girts, metal panels, column covers, gutters, U-channels, L- angles, roof flashings, parapets, soffits, fascia, cladding, Convector Covers, 1/8 inch Aluminum Window Trim, Custom Gutters,  and more- If you can dream it, we can make it!

Contact us or use our Custom quote form for custom projects or large quantities!