The US Navy has 18 Ohio class nuclear powered submarines. 14 of those submarines are SSBN; ship, submersible, ballistic, nuclear; while the other 4 are SSGN; ship, submersible, guided, nuclear. These submersibles were put into commission in the 1980’s;
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Ken
Applications, Bending, Pipe Bending
December 13, 2018
A 167’-7” tall, Verizon Wireless communications tower, atop Smelter Mountain in Durango, Colorado required a structural upgrade on its 3 existing tower legs. The tower had originally been built with 2” to 3” standard structural pipe as its supporting legs, Read more…
Ken
FAQ
May 22, 2016
Most metals are commonly found in the polycrystalline form. Polycrystalline materials are solids that are comprised of many differing crystallites, which are also commonly referred to as the metal’s grain. These grains vary in size and in orientation but are Read more…
Ken
Plate Rolling, Uncategorized
May 22, 2016
One of the most common requests when working up bids for rolled plate segments or cylinders is to include weld preps in your scope of work. Welding preparation or weld prep for short is the process of readying the welding Read more…
Ken
Bending, Pipe Bending, Tube Bending
May 29, 2016
Many industries, including liquid petroleum gas (LPG), chemical & petrochemical, energy, and process piping, etc. have a large requirement for pipe fittings including elbows, sweeps and returns. These industries deal with the transferring of gases and liquids within their processing Read more…
Ken
Uncategorized
May 29, 2016
This works every time….. Some machine screws are difficult to get the threading started and sometimes cross threading occurs which can really mess things up and may cause the need for the hole that the machine screw is threaded into Read more…
Ken
Applications, Plate Rolling
May 29, 2016
The construction of steel tanks for the storage of hazardous materials must be done carefully. The tanks’ seams are often considered to be a potential point of failure. For structural reasons, therefore, tank construction with as few seams as possible Read more…
Ken
Channel Bending
May 29, 2016
The term “non-commodity” is used to describe steel shapes when the size and alloy in demand is not produced for distribution to the masses. The demand for these specialty steel members does not occur with enough frequency for rolling mills Read more…
Ken
Industry News
May 29, 2016
Everyone has heard of the term “it’s all smoke and mirrors” referring to a magician’s ability to draw a crowd’s attention away from one location and directing it to the desired location. After attending the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Read more…
Ken
Angle Bending, Bending
May 29, 2016
In the world of curved steel, it is often that artists come to bender/rollers as customers, in search of our metal bending and forming capabilities to achieve something that their creative genius has worked up deep within their imaginative minds. Read more…
