Month: March 2012


When a steel part is specified to be bent to a short radius, it is important to know how to mandrel bend pipe and other sections.  A short radius is usually somewhere below 6-7 x the diameter or depth of Read more…


When we bend tubing for customers, we want to make sure we send them the right number of pieces they ordered—not more and not less.  Recently we curved 70mm OD pipe for John Deere equipment.  The pipe was stacked like Read more…


Gulf Quest, The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico required steel plate rolling of spherical parts.  The Museum which is set to open in late 2012 will use 192 plates to simulate the curved shapes of ships in Read more…


Increasingly, the shapes and sizes of structural steel sections are now dual certified to have a minimum 50ksi yield, i.e. the steel has a yield stress of 50,000 pounds per square inch in both compression and tension. Grades with a Read more…


Bending of beams is often done to create curved steel monorails for material transport in factories and warehouses.  Most commonly, the beams are curved the “easy way,” i.e. against the weak or y-y axis.  Typically a trolley with a hoist Read more…


Steel plate rolling is often done to create full cylinders or cylinder segments.  These parts often have bevels to facilitate the welding of the curved steel sections.  The bevels can be required on either the longitudinal seam of a cylinder Read more…


A common question regarding steel plate rolling is whether the raw material, the steel blank, should be cut to length or provided with extra material to be trimmed during and/or after the rolling process. Another question related to the blank Read more…


In many cases, steel bending can minimize welding and reduce material waste on a component part for an OEM (original equipment manufacturer). For example, an OEM was designing a gear cover for pumps. The component part was a 1 x Read more…


What do OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) want from suppliers that provide steel bending? Well, all customers most often want quality, service, speed, and value.  OEMs want those too, but we can be more specific about their needs and, in particular, Read more…

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