Month: February 2013


OEMs (original equipment manufacturers—those that have their own products) depend on a supply chain to provide them with the goods and services they require to produce their goods. This chain may include a company that provides steel bending including the Read more…


 Modern steel processing equipment can cut out intricate patterns in steel plate with extraordinary precision.  At times, rolled beams, for example, have patterns cut in the web.  Care has to be taken in the rolling process so as not to Read more…


What happens when over 47,000 lbs. of Type 304 stainless steel rolled angle segments are required rather quickly and the producing mills cannot provide these parts for more than 20 weeks?  Simple:  take 20ft plate x 1in. thick, saw it Read more…


The process of Rotary Draw Bending allows for pipe or tube to be curved to tight radii with minimal distortion.  This is a process most commonly used in bends on piping or tubing for the process piping industry.  The most Read more…


Within industry, when one thinks about bending aluminum for process piping, one usually thinks of bending round tubing or pipe most often through rotary draw bending.  A pipe or round tube is formed around a die which matches the outside Read more…


Heavy rolled wide flange steel beams provide a strong yet simple mounting surface for circular rails of a Whirley Crane.  Whirley Cranes are, by definition, free to rotate 360 dgrees while loading and unloading. Two large rings were rolled the Read more…


Rolled steel shapes, whether used in construction or as component parts of equipment, are often welded together to form rings and cylinders.  Different metal fabricators perform different types of welding depending on their expertise and their customers’ requirements. For example, Read more…

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