The requirement: Helically bending 5″ Schedule40 pipe with both variable pitch and variable radius. The application: a sculpture commissioned for the FireKeepers Casino. When FireKeepers Casino announced that they would add an onsite hotel, making their already luxurious Read more…
Category: Pipe Bending
Ken
Pipe Bending
February 7, 2017
The process of Rotary Draw Bending allows for pipe or tube to be curved to tight radii with minimal distortion. This is a process most commonly used in bends on piping or tubing for the process piping industry. The most Read more…
Dan
Bending, Pipe Bending, Tube Bending
May 22, 2016
Within industry, when one thinks about bending aluminum for process piping, one usually thinks of bending round tubing or pipe most often through rotary draw bending. A pipe or round tube is formed around a die which matches the outside 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…
Mo
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…
George
Bending, Pipe Bending
May 22, 2016
An exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) about – and developed by – Studio Gang Architects (SGA) in conjunction with the AIC has just opened last Sunday, September 24, 2012 and will be on display in the new Read more…
Dan
Bending, Pipe Bending
March 2, 2020
Although companies that specialize in bending and rolling steel pipe do not design playground equipment, they often provide component parts. Some playground manufacturers bend pipe for their products in house, but many turn to a Bender/Roller because they have the Read more…
George
Bending, Pipe Bending
February 26, 2020
Curved structural steel including pipe, often exposed, is increasingly being used in construction of a wide variety of structures. There are many ways to connect intersecting curved pipe. Here are three ways to connect the pipe: one for a curtain Read more…
Dan
Bending, Calculations, Pipe Bending
February 9, 2017
The Actual outside diameter (OD) of a pipe is larger than its name: Nominal (nominal means “in name only” from Middle English nominalle meaning “of nouns). Use the table below to cross reference the Actual OD (outside diameter) of the Read more…
Dan
Bending, Pipe Bending
May 22, 2016
The problems associated with Rotoform bending of steel pipe have caused major corporations to establish policies which forbid its use. A multi-national conglomerate, major producer of bulk liquid storage tanks with 16,000 employees is at the forefront of this policy. Read more…
