Category: Specification Requirements


With projects increasing in complexity and size, customers complete raw material tractability has become the norm in the industry. Although there has been a recent increase in this type of request from customers, complete material traceability is not something new. Read more…


Curved steel sections are commonly manufactured to become component parts of machinery and equipment.  Angle rings are used as parts for fan housings; steel tubing bent into a “U” shape is used as a hitch on a tractor; stem-in tees Read more…


I have frequently lectured and written about structural steel bending for architects, engineers and structural steel fabricators as well as for undergraduate and graduate school engineering students. In the dialogue that followed the presentations, I have been asked a number Read more…


Of course a picture is worth a thousand words, but what happens when you don’t have a picture? Customers call from the field to describe how they want their steel curved.  We love everyday references to help us describe the Read more…


One of the most commons mistakes individuals make when ordering structural steel rings or steel sections is caused by the confusion of radius and diameter.  When an individual is ordering the service of curving steel and has successfully communicated the orientation of Read more…


A material take-off supplied by a Steel Fabricator to a subcontractor who specializes in curving steel yields quick and accurate curved steel quotes. What is a curved-steel, material take-off? The Steel Fabricator sends in a list of what they need Read more…


Some companies that specialize in rolling and bending metal for construction and/or for component parts for equipment strive for continual improvement in the curving process to yield improved curved metal products. These cutting-edge companies build on decades of experience that Read more…


My older son, Tyler, is a sophomore taking Geometry and just failed his trigonometry pop quiz on sine, cosine, and tangent.   Panicked for his test the next day, we had a great teaching opportunity.  He knew the rule soh-cah-toa  (sine 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…

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