Author: Andy


For any project requiring curved steel there are challenges and concerns. As the scope of a project requires greater amounts of curved steel, the challenges are multiplied. Roller/benders providing curved steel for larger construction projects have additional concerns regarding incoming Read more…


Often steel fabricators will contact a bender/roller for their curved steel needs.  There are times when the steel fabricator requires curved or bent steel based on the architect’s design.  They have detailed their shop drawings based on the architect’s design Read more…


Northwestern University is creating new medical facilities in downtown Chicago including the Northwestern Medicine Outpatient Care Pavilion.  With a variety of new buildings designed with state-of-the-art facilities, the need arose to provide a means of transportation from one building to Read more…


Steel tees, especially larger tees, are produced by splitting a steel beam and then straightening or curving the two resultant tees to the required specifications. At times these specifications can require close tolerance work. For example, WT12 x 27.5 steel Read more…


Many are the parents who proudly point out to their children objects that they made whether it’s a birthday cake, a garden, or a wooden chest. The children of those who contribute to the build environment often hear stories about Read more…


The holidays provide opportunities and challenges for Bender/Rollers, companies that specialize in curving steel members:  angles, bars, beams, tees, tube and pipe as well as steel plate and steel sheet. The challenges include a reduced number of working days, less Read more…


Steel tees up to 22 x 142-1/2 can be curved stem in, stem out or stem up.  At times, however, either the stem is too large or the radius is too tight to roll a tee.  One solution is to Read more…


A miscellaneous and ornamental iron shop needed 160 pieces of pipe to be bent for the top and bottom transitions of a staircase. Bending this pipe eliminated 160 welds.  And each weld would have required miter cuts, grinding, and attention Read more…


Increasingly, the shapes and sizes of structural steel sections are now dual certified to have a minimum 50ksi yield, i.e. the steel has a yield stress of 50,000 pounds per square inch in both compression and tension. Grades with a Read more…


The beautiful staircase below was made more attractive by incorporating profile bending to create helical handrails. The profiles are comprised of ½ x 2-1/2in flat bar (top rail)  and  traditional handrail moulding (bottom rail) both rolled the hard way to Read more…

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