How is Stainless Steel Flatware Made at FangYuan？

Stainless steel flatware, including knives, forks, and spoons, is one of the most common tableware in today’s modern catering industry and has wide applications in homes, restaurants, hotels, and high-end food service industries. Considering that stainless steel does not rust or wear, and as it is easy to clean, high-quality stainless steel flatware can really embellish your dining table and ensure that food does not come into contact with any toxic materials.

As China’s leading stainless steel flatware manufacturer, FangYuan has over 30 years of production experience and has been focusing on providing high-quality flatware products to customers all over the world. The production process is strictly controlled, and every link in the chain from selection of the raw material up to final packing has followed high standards in order to ensure each product has excellent quality. Now, let me introduce in detail the manufacturing process of stainless steel flatware and the wholesale and customization service that FangYuan provides.

FangYuan Stainless Steel Flatware Manufacturing Process

Design and Mold Manufacturing

The production of stainless steel flatware starts with design, which determines the shape, weight, size and style of the product.

• Draw tableware drawings: FangYuan’s design team carefully draws flatware design drawings based on market trends, brand customer needs and ergonomic principles to ensure that the product strikes a balance between appearance and practicality.
• Mold manufacturing: After the design is confirmed, engineers will make precise stamping molds. The precision of the mold directly affects the appearance, texture details and feel of the flatware, so this link is crucial.

Raw Material Preparation and Preliminary Processing

• Raw material selection: Fangyuan uses first-class stainless steel material, like 18/10 (304 stainless steel), 18/8, 18/0 (430 stainless steel) to guarantee that tableware has fantastic corrosion resistance with long-lasting brilliance.
• Cutting: Cut the stainless steel sheet into the appropriate size according to the product specifications to prepare for subsequent processing.
• Horizontal stretching: The stainless steel sheet is stretched to a preliminary shape through high-precision stamping equipment to give it a basic knife, fork and spoon outline.
• Trimming: Burrs formed after cutting should be removed to have smooth edges comfortable for use.
• Embossing: This involves pressing decorative patterns or brand logos on the surface of flatware to add an aesthetic touch to the brand.

Fine Grinding and Polishing

The surface treatment of stainless steel flatware directly affects its feel and appearance. At this stage, the product will undergo multiple grinding and polishing processes to ensure smoothness and flawlessness.

• Edge grinding: Further polish the edges of flatware to eliminate roughness and make it smoother.
• Flat polishing: Mechanical polishing or manual polishing is used to improve the smoothness of the surface.
• First cleaning: Use professional equipment to remove metal debris, oil stains and impurities remaining during the polishing process.

Molding and Secondary Finishing

• Quality inspection: Preliminary inspection of the shape, surface quality and size of flatware to see if they meet the standards. Unqualified products will be screened out.
• Pressing: The flatware is made to reach its final shape through a pressure forming process, such as the sharpness of a knife, the pitch of a fork and the curvature of a spoon.
• Secondary edge grinding: Finely polish the edges again to ensure that the edges are rounded and do not scratch the hands, improving comfort.
• Bending and polishing: Fine polishing of curved or bent parts to ensure the overall beauty and comfort of the product.

Multiple Cleaning and Strict Quality Inspection

• Cleaning: Utilizing ultrasonic cleaning technology, minute particles, oil, and metal powder are washed off to ensure the surface of flatware is clean and free from pollution.
• Quality inspection: This involves a strict quality inspection in appearance, size, surface finish test, etc., to ensure that the product will meet the international quality standard.
• Bagging: Packing qualified products one by one to avoid crushing during transportation.

High-end Vacuum Titanium Plating (Optional)

FangYuan provides PVD vacuum titanium plating technology, and can customize stainless steel flatware of different colors according to customer needs, such as gold, rose gold, black, rainbow colors, etc.

• Cleaning: Deep clean again before titanium plating. Ensure that there is no stain left on the surface.
• Quality inspection: It is important to check if the surface of flatware is not scratched and complete before it undergoes titanium plating.
• Vacuum titanium plating: The PVD advanced technology adopts a wear-resistant metal coating plated onto the surface of stainless steel flatware, making it more durable and high-end.
• Quality inspection and packaging: Every product checks the appearance again, uniformly in color with strong adhesion after plating with titanium, then is individually packed.

Final Packaging and Shipment

• Final quality inspection: The products will be delivered only after FangYuan’s quality control department has conducted the final inspection on all products, ensuring that the quality of delivered products is meeting the standards.
• Packaging: Packaging could be variously offered such as simple packing, gift box packing, or commercial retail packaging, according to the various demands of customers.

FangYuan Provides Wholesale and Customized Services

FangYuan, as a leading manufacturer of stainless steel flatware, is dedicated to bulk procurement and brand customization services for worldwide customers.

• Flatware wholesale supply: Supplying various styles, material, and specifications of stainless steel flatware-for hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, brands, wholesalers, etc.
• OEM/ODM customization service: Support customer customization of products (engraving of brand LOGO), surface treatment (mirror polishing, brushing, gold plating, etc.), color plating, handle engraving, etc., to help customers create unique brand tableware.
• Multiple material options: Provide 18/10, 18/8, 18/0 stainless steel to meet the needs of different markets, considering both economy and high-end quality.
• Strict quality control: From raw materials to delivery, each process is strictly quality tested to ensure that the products meet international food safety and quality standards.
• Large-scale production capacity, stable supply: FangYuan has advanced production equipment and an intelligent warehousing system, which can quickly respond to large-volume order needs and ensure timely delivery.

Contact FangYuan to Start Cooperation

If you are looking for a high-quality stainless steel flatware supplier or want to customize your brand-exclusive flatware, FangYuan should be your ultimate option. With over 30 years of experience in this industry, we focus on the production of high-quality stainless steel flatware and provide excellent products and service to customers from all over the world.

For a wholesale quotation or a custom proposal, please contact us and let’s work together in creating a quality stainless steel flatware collection.