The request was for 15ea. 8in outside diameter aluminum pipe rolled to an 83ft 7in center-line radius 15ft long and for 9 more rolled aluminum pipes to a 47ft 11in centerline radius 15 ft. long. And the customer wanted the aluminum Read more…
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Beam Bending, Bending
June 9, 2016
A steel beam can be cambered by rolling it in a three roll bender, by ramming it with a hydraulic cylinder, or by applying heat with a torch. Cambering a steel beam, by any method, will increase its yield and tensile Read more…
Dan
FAQ
May 22, 2016
If you have a curved segment that is less than 180 degrees, you need geometry to verify the radius because you can’t directly measure the diameter. Begin by selecting an appropriate straight edge to use as the chord—the longer the Read more…
Dan
Bending, FAQ
May 22, 2016
When we bend tubing for customers, we want to make sure we send them the right number of pieces they ordered—not more and not less. Recently we curved 70mm OD pipe for John Deere equipment. The pipe was stacked like Read more…
Dan
Plate Rolling
May 22, 2016
Gulf Quest, The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico required steel plate rolling of spherical parts. The Museum which is set to open in late 2012 will use 192 plates to simulate the curved shapes of ships in Read more…
Dan
Beam Bending, Bending
May 22, 2016
Bending of beams is often done to create curved steel monorails for material transport in factories and warehouses. Most commonly, the beams are curved the “easy way,” i.e. against the weak or y-y axis. Typically a trolley with a hoist Read more…
Dan
Bending
May 22, 2016
When determining whether a given steel section can be curved without heat, it is useful to determine its section modulus and relate that value to the strength of the steel bending equipment. Section modulus measures the flexural strength of a Read more…
Dan
Bending, Pipe Bending, Tube Bending
March 2, 2020
When they specify the grade of pipe to bend tubing, most buyers don’t even ask the question: they assume that the company they are buying from is the expert and would know which is best. The end use is important. Read more…
Dan
Bending, Circular Staircases, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
Circular staircases can wind up-right or up-left. Saying that the staircase curves in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction is ambiguous: Is it the direction as seen from the bird flying above or as seen from the worm below? Alternately Read more…
Dan
Applications, Bending
May 22, 2016
Parabolic Bending of Steel The shape of Chicago’s new North Halsted Bridge’s top arch is defined by the equation of a parabola. While that may sound complicated, the parabolic trajectory is simply the path that any water fountain, thrown ball, Read more…
