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…
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George
Applications, Industry News
May 22, 2016
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…
George
Beam Bending, Bending
May 22, 2016
A common question from those who are not familiar with the operation of a section bender (also called an angle roll, a pyramid roll, or a 3-roll bender) is how many passes (rollings back and forth) does it take to Read more…
George
FAQ, Structural Steel
May 22, 2016
Curved structural steel often needs to be cut. On the other hand, many times the customer asks that the ends of a curved section be uncut, left as they are, even, at times with some unusable material on the ends. Read more…
George
Bending
May 20, 2016
Angle rings, also called “angle flanges,” commonly are provided with or without bolt holes. When used as mating flanges, the rings are either welded together or bolted together. In order to bolt together properly, several dimensions must be specified and Read more…
George
Circular Staircases, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
Steel circular stairs (sometimes called “spiral stairs”) commonly incorporate “stringers,” structural members that support the treads, side walls (if any), and handrails. These stair stringers can be made of plate, channel, beam and tube (round, square and rectangular). These steel Read more…
George
Bending, Channel Bending
May 20, 2016
Of all the structural steel sections that are curved in a variety of ways, one of the most difficult to curve is the steel channel rolled against the strong axis. When bending a channel the “hard way” in a three-roll Read more…
George
Uncategorized
May 20, 2016
The term “roll forming” lends itself to great ambiguity. Since steel mills producing “long sections” of structural steel–including angles, bars, beams, channels, and tees–manufacture their products through a rolling process, these sections are often referred to as, for example, “rolled Read more…
George
Beam Bending, Bending
May 22, 2016
In any conversation about curving steel beams there are certain topics that are likely to be discussed: the section to be rolled, the material grade, the orientation of the curved section, the radius including specifying where it is measured from Read more…
George
Angle Bending, Bending, Plate Rolling
May 22, 2016
The underground mining/boring industry has always employed some of the most creative, hands-on workers. One entrepreneur in Missouri used a rolled and welded plate cylinder as the base ring for a 36″ diameter drill bit for underground directional boring. Welding Read more…
