Curving one member is difficult. Curving 20 members that rotate in close proximity to one each other – half of them twisting one way and the others spiraling in the opposite direction – presents a whole other level of complexity. Read more…
News, Trends and How To’s for Curving Steel
Jeanette
Uncategorized
February 24, 2020
When was the last time you tried to learn a new skill, hobby or sport? Often times, when you begin it is challenging, but you end up growing as a person and enjoying that new hobby. At Chicago Metal Rolled Read more…
Ken Pecho
Bending, Uncategorized
January 25, 2020
Metal is the go-to material of choice when deciding on the type of construction/fabrication for many architectural and industrial applications. Its strength and malleability, or the material’s ability to be formed, lends itself well to be functional and aesthetically appealing. Read more…
Witold
Beam Bending, Bending
December 18, 2019
In October of 2018, one of our Florida customers asked us to custom roll steel I-Beams for the construction of the new Norwegian Cruise Line Terminal at Port of Miami. Designed by Miami-based global architecture firm Bermello Ajamil & Partners Read more…
Mo
Beam Bending
January 24, 2020
In 2009 DePaul announced its intention to build a new school of music complex that would be dedicated to teaching and performance. In 2015 with the help of architect Antunovich Associates and General Contractor Bulley & Andrews they envisioned and Read more…
Mo
Calculations
May 29, 2019
If you are in the powder and bulk solids material handling industry, then you know that engineering bulk solids handling systems entail achieving complicated designs to ensure material flow problems do not occur. Sometimes finding the most cost-effective steps to Read more…
Diego
Bending, Material
April 2, 2019
6061-T6 aluminum is notorious for not bending easily, yet up in space it goes surrounding the Orion MPCV. Bending 6061-T6 aluminum takes special care. Since NASA’s first attempt in 1961, there have been a total of 166 manned space missions Read more…
Diego
Bending, Structural Steel
January 21, 2019
The musical-themed vibes of Austin now extend beyond its city center. This fun and energetic city, recently named one of the best cities in the country for young professionals by Forbes magazine, has added a new architectural landmark. Curved steel Read more…
Witold
Bending, Tube Bending
December 19, 2019
As a specialty bender roller, we see a lot of domes come to us for estimating. One of the recent projects that came through to us was this dome trellis pictured below. The interesting piece about this project – it Read more…
Ken
Pipe Bending
October 4, 2018
Custom pipe bending is generally any type of pipe bends that do not conform to standard short or long radius bends in the standard bend degrees of 45deg, 90deg, and 180deg of rotation. In the pipe bending world, bend types Read more…
