A program I was a part of – The ACE Mentorship Program – is a national organization that gives students hands-on experience as if they were actual engineers, architects, constructors, etc. This helps demonstrate what these careers are really like Read more…
Category: Bending
Elise
Bending, Pipe Bending
August 6, 2018
This summer, the city of Chicago hosted an international celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics. The event just wrapped up on July 21, 2018. As a tribute to the Special Olympics and to mark the 50th anniversary, Read more…
Diego
Bending
November 15, 2017
Many artists like creating work out of curved steel because of the originality and functionality of the final product. Taking a simple piece of straight material and yielding it to a point, yet preserving its structural properties, greatly expands an Read more…
Diego
Bending
August 31, 2017
Hollow structural steel (HSS) is becoming more and more common in structural designs. According to AISC, HSS now accounts for about 18 percent of the structural steel market. HSS has become more popular recently because of aesthetics and its superior Read more…
Steve
Bending
July 4, 2017
We often receive inquiries from customers on the technical aspects of our metal bending services. The most common question is “can you bend this?” and generally the answer is going to be positive. There are many different machines today that Read more…
Ken
Bending
November 18, 2016
The welded connections of rolled HSS members of differing wall thickness and radial geometry must be considered by the construction team prior to the rolling, fabricating and erecting of the HSS members. This is due to the ungoverned consequential cross-sectional Read more…
Joe
Bending
November 18, 2016
Chicago is buzzing with exciting news, and it’s not just the Cubs winning the World Series! Yoko Ono, the world-renowned artist, songwriter, and peace activist, recently unveiled her first permanent public art installation in North America – and it is Read more…
Witold
Bending
January 23, 2017
Just a few months ago we rolled a couple rectangular steel tubes and several square steel tubes for a decorative facade at the FMA’s new office complex. Since most of the tubes were exposed, the main concern was a distortion Read more…
Steve
Bending, Bending Methods
June 1, 2016
The steel bending business is heating up this summer at Chicago Metal Rolled Products. In an effort to continue supplying exceptional quality steel bending services to our customers with a strong focus on diversity of bending capabilities, we have expanded Read more…
Joe
Bending, Tube Bending
June 1, 2016
Earth Day was just last week and what better way to celebrate than talking about environmentally-friendly building. Steel is nearly 100% recyclable and according to AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction), steel has the highest recycling rate of any building Read more…
