One of the most versatile and common methods to bend pipe and tube is rotary draw bending. The radius of such bends is often described as, for example, “2D.” A 2D bend is one whose center-line radius is equal to Read more…
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Applications
June 11, 2016
Custom metal cones are made from carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and other alloys in material thicknesses from 16 gauge up to 4 inch thick. Cones are used in many industries as transitions, pipe reducers/increasers, funnels, hoppers and chutes. Light Read more…
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Applications
June 11, 2016
All modern rails are made out of hot rolled steel with a specific profiled cross section that includes the head, web and foot. The head is profiled to resist wear and to give a good ride, and the foot is Read more…
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Bending
June 11, 2016
In order to comply with the building code requirements for a nursing home in South Carolina, a concrete knee wall and attached railing needed to be raised some 15inches. The current railing is too low. A “knee wall” is so Read more…
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Bending
June 11, 2016
Runners, roller-bladers, bikers, and walkers passing near Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain on Lake Michigan this summer will come upon a sculpture created by Fisher Stolz, a professor of art at Bradley University. Professor Stolz incorporated 2.25″ OD and 3″ OD stainless Read more…
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Bending
June 12, 2016
The United States structural steel supply chain is designed to optimize project designs while at the same time make the process as smooth and time efficient as possible. Generally the supply chain consists of scrap metal from recyclers going to Read more…
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Plate Rolling
May 22, 2016
Most curving of steel discussed on this blog is done on section benders or plate rolls. But curving steel plate through the use of a press brake with radius dies is also done. As the ram presses the steel plate Read more…
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Angle Bending
May 22, 2016
Cone-bottom silo or hopper-bottom storage bins refer to a cylindrical drum with a rolled metal cone at the bottom. Cone-bottom silos are used when complete drainage is needed. The configuration of the hopper silo depends on the type of material Read more…
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Plate Rolling
May 22, 2016
Recently we rolled steel plate for a staircase inside the 5 Crescent Drive building in The Navy Yard located in Philadelphia. The 205,000 square-foot, four-story facility will be designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification, the highest possible designation in the Read more…
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Bending, Pipe Bending
January 31, 2017
Loyola University of Chicago has a new building going up called the Center for Sustainable Urban Living. The bending of pipes 5-inch and 8-inch in diameter to various radiuses from 250ft to 12ft was used to help create the shape Read more…
