When it comes to creating large, metal sculptures, artists are also artisans: they design and then create their sculptures by cutting, welding, and assembling metal including mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum. Those of us in the metal bending business Read more…
Category: Applications
Dan
Applications, Bending
June 11, 2016
Manufacturers continually strive to reduce the costs of their products and that certainly is the case with gear manufacturers. There are several ways to make large ring gears. A ring can be burned out of plate and then the “teeth” Read more…
George
Applications, Bending, Pipe Bending
June 12, 2016
Monumental, public works of art have, of course, been created since the dawn of time. Think Stonehenge. Today we see numerous works of public art created out of every conceivable type of material: steel, plastic, stone, wood and various kinds Read more…
Tina L.
Applications, Bending, Circular Staircases
June 12, 2016
Although on a smaller scale than the devastation caused by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma, in Greensburg, Kansas, on May 4, 2007, a tornado destroyed the Big Well Museum and Gift Shop as well as the nearby water tower. No Read more…
George
Applications
June 12, 2016
And the first to incorporate cold bending of steel, and the first vertical-lift bridge to tuck its machine rooms under the bridge. A triply innovative play! Designed by Theodore P. Zoli, the first structural engineer to win a MacArthur “Genius” Read more…
George
Applications
June 12, 2016
The Midwest (and beyond) has been plagued by months of drought followed by severe floods causing evacuations, limiting barge traffic on its rivers, and disrupting farmers’ planting schedules. And it may not be over yet: additional rain may cause rivers Read more…
Ken Pecho
Applications, Bending
May 22, 2016
If one were to place bets on where you could easily observe curved steel sheet in its end use, the clothing section of a department store such as Macy’s or Dillards would probably be your last wager. If this were Read more…
George
Applications
May 22, 2016
A common application for steel beams is for tunnel arches. Tunnels are used in underground storage vaults, in mining and in pedestrian pathways and vehicular roadways. One of the largest underground storage vaults ever constructed is the site for burying Read more…
Joe
Applications, Bending, Pipe Bending, Tube Bending
May 22, 2016
Stainless steel metal sculptor Mike Helbing – like many artists before him – turned to a company that specializes in the bending of pipes to curve 1 1/2″, 2″ and 3″ schedule 40 stainless steel pipe to create a beautiful wave. This Read more…
Ken
Applications
February 26, 2020
With ever increasing concerns about sustainability and a way for University of Chicago to allow their students to engage in hands-on experience in the fields of engineering, business and finance, the University devised UChicago Solar. UChicago Solar team was developed Read more…
