In many designs, pipe or tube jackets/sleeves are required to perform a specific function that standard mill pipe cannot perform, nor any other standard steel mill shape. Used in such applications but not limited to reinforcing existing pipe and/or used Read more…
Category: Applications
George
Applications, Bending
March 2, 2020
The 2014 North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC) opens next Wednesday, March 26, in Toronto and runs through Friday, March 28. It is the premier conference that deals with steel in construction. Countless programs, seminars, and exhibits are offered at Read more…
George
Applications
May 22, 2016
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…
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
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…
Kevin
Applications
June 11, 2016
Have you been to the retailer Costco recently? If so, you might have indirectly contributed to funding a new museum in Union City, Tennessee. You may have noticed that many of their goods bear the Kirkland brand. Well, the Kirkland Read more…
Ray
Applications
June 11, 2016
We don’t usually write about sports teams in our blog. Each of us, to the extent that we follow sports at all, has his or her favorite teams. We follow these teams for a multitude of reasons: family traditions, geographic Read more…
Mo
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…
George
Applications, Bar Bending
June 11, 2016
140-foot-tall towers designed to have minimal environmental impact had maximum impact when they crashed to the ground in the desert near Las Vegas. Despite extraordinary precautions to protect creatures as small as the desert tortoise and the sage grouse, the Read more…
Mo
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…
