Jumbo Tubes are here. HSS (hollow structural sections) are now available in the United States in a variety of square sizes from HSS10 x 10 x 3/4 up to HSS22 x 22 x 7/8 and in rectangular sizes from HSS16 Read more…
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Bending, Specification Requirements
May 22, 2016
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…
George
Bending, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
As architects and engineers continue to push forward with ever more challenging designs for steel structures, companies that supply the service of curving steel have responded well to the new demands. Increasingly, designers are weighing the costs and benefits of Read more…
George
Angle Bending, Bending
June 11, 2016
Contract manufacturers (also called “job shops”) are often presented with requests for quotations from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For example, a company that specializes in curving metals might be asked to price custom rolled angle iron to become component parts of Read more…
George
Angle Bending, Bending
June 11, 2016
A common type of curved structural steel is the angle ring or angle flange. Commonly made of carbon steel, stainless steel or aluminum, an angle ring is made by rolling a piece of structural angle into a ring and then Read more…
George
Applications
June 11, 2016
Probably the most common welding procedure is MIG welding. Rolled and welded metal angle rings made out of angle iron commonly used as flanges are usually welded on the “outside only,” i.e. on the side opposite the face of the Read more…
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Uncategorized
March 2, 2020
When we were expanding our plant, I told the general contractor that the columns of the pre-engineered building looked too thin to hold the roof up. He assured me that the calculations had been done and done with a generous Read more…
George
Uncategorized
June 11, 2016
All of us who work with metal are trying to keep our costs down to serve our customers well and to be profitable. To these ends we want to minimize the amount of energy we use when we are shearing, Read more…
George
Bending, Pipe Bending
June 11, 2016
Many structures whose external shape indicates the purpose of the interior achieve this effect by incorporating curved steel in their design. For example, curved steel helped create the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The shape of Read more…
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Uncategorized
March 2, 2020
Those of us in the metalworking industry depend on having a steady supply of architects, engineers, supervisors, estimators, machine operators and other skilled employees to help our businesses thrive. There are various ways we can encourage and support the next Read more…
