Month: January 2011


Chicago Metal Rolled Products, Curving Steel Since 1908…really?  1908?  The company may have been around since 1908, but what we do at Chicago Metal is an age old art,  a natural evolution of steel bending from the days in which Read more…


Reversed curved bending of beams is complicated to produce accurately and with minimal distortion. Reverse curve bending is where a steel section is curved to a radius in one direction and then is curved to a radius in the opposite Read more…


The most important thing to establish prior to any work being done on a multi radius bending of steel sections  is to work hand in hand with your customer and even more importantly the detailer who has drawn up the prints. Read more…


Probably the most common question we get from new customers is, What is your capacity for bending, particularly for the bending of beams. We have a quick and easy answer: W44x290# beams the “hard way” (x-x axis) and the “easy Read more…

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