Month: March 2014


The 2014 North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC) opens next Wednesday, March 26, in Toronto and runs through Friday, March 28.  It is the premier conference that deals with steel in construction. Countless programs, seminars, and exhibits are offered at Read more…


Bending aluminum tubing can be a challenge.  For example, the grade 6061-T6 tubing in the picture below measures 6 x 6 x 1/4″ and is rolled to a 95″ inside radius with 15 feet of good arc as measured on Read more…


Those of us who work in the steel construction arena are often proud of the work that we do.  We take pictures of our projects.  Bender/rollers, companies that specialize in curving steel, communciate the value they add to a given Read more…


But they are not pointless.  There are several ways to produce cylinders from metal plate.  One of the most common ways is to use a plate roll.  Whether the machine has two, three or four rollers, it is usually the Read more…


Next week the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA) will hold their annual national convention, Metalfab 2014, at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, MO (near St. Louis).  For those not familiar with what its 600 members Read more…

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