Month: April 2013


Bender/Rollers, those companies that specialize in curving structural steel, steel sheet and steel plate, often supply rolled steel and metal shapes to equipment manufacturers as component parts.  These original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) turn to Bender/Rollers precisely because their make-or-buy analysis indicates they should Read more…


There are several solutions to the challenges of shipping curved steel sections.  The challenges include safe loading of the trucks, ensuring timely delivery, and keeping costs low. There is a large range of sizes of curved steel:  from eight-inch diameter Read more…


By definition, a job shop produces specialized products in relatively small batches, and this is true of metal forming companies who specialize in rolling steel sections.  Such companies often develop a variety of customers who turn to these bender/rollers for Read more…


Those of us who work with steel should always strive to eliminate waste in our operations.  Some call this approach “lean manufacturing” or “just in time manufacturing.”  Whatever you call it, it can contribute to your productivity. Sometimes we don’t Read more…


A rotary channel splitter is a device that cuts with revolving steel wheels.  A blade that is stationary rotates to push the channel against another blade that causes the material to experience highly localized shear stresses between the two blades.  Read more…


In the bender/roller industry a compound curve is comprised of bending a steel member across both its strong and weak axes, or as some may describe it, as being curved in both plan and elevation.  This type of bend can Read more…


We have rolled and twisted the hard-way, helical flat bars known as strakes for use in preventing wind vortex shedding on towers, stacks and other tall round structures.  The wind vortex shedding can cause damaging vibration in structures which the Read more…

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