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Applications for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
Tube bending for arms on a front-end loader
- Chicago Metal’s engineers worked with Case New Holland's to develop the curved arms on a front-end loader.
- Curved 5x2x1/4 tube replaced an 11-piece weldment
Bending pipes for playground equipment
- Hairpin curves of 5in diameter pipe curved by rotary draw bending to a tight diameter with no distortion.
Tube bending for component parts of equipment
Channel bending for railroad tank cars
- Formed outward-wing channels act as support ribs within this tank car.
- A radius tolerance of +/-3/32 must be held.
Tube bending for agricultural equipment
- 5x3x38 tubes formed into rings to support a drum that helps havest peas.
- The roundness tolerance is 3/16in total indicated readout (TIR)
Pipe bending for a solar canopy. Each pipe is bent with multiple radii.
- Solar panels on the top of the canopy help charge the electric cars beneath.
Chicago Metal curves unistrut with minimal distortion for many applications including monorails.
Pipe Bending for General Electric
- Chicago Metal meets G.E.'s stringent quality standards for bending pipes.
