Mitsubishi Heavy Industries needed 750 tons of curved steel rail to support the retractable roof at Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers, 2011 National League Central Champions. The required profile bending called for 2100ft of heavy rail to be Read more…
Category: Special Bending
The beautiful staircase below was made more attractive by incorporating profile bending to create helical handrails. The profiles are comprised of ½ x 2-1/2in flat bar (top rail) and traditional handrail moulding (bottom rail) both rolled the hard way to Read more…
The bending of pipes and tubes can contribute to the aesthetic value of a project. For example, currently under construction, the Skokie Oakton Station is already exhibiting its “beautiful canopy of architectural steel arches” according to the Swift Updates Newsletter. Read more…
A common application of mandrel bending of pipe is for pipe bollards. A bollard is one of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. Bollards can be as simple as a straight pipe embedded vertically in the Read more…
Benders and Rollers, companies specializing in section bending for the construction market, will be supporting the efforts of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) to promote the use of steel in construction on Steel Day, September 23, 2011. Lectures, Read more…
The best way to determine if steel tube bending can achieve a given radius for given steel sections curved in a given orientation is probably through trial and error. Companies that specialize in curving steel often keep records of what Read more…
First of all, the footwork. A narrow, tight-radius spiral staircase (the kind that comes in a kit form) challenges you to step carefully on each tread but might allow you the use of handrails on each side of the steps. Read more…
Most nuclear and other power plants must be engineered to safely shut down in the event of seismic activity or other natural or man-made disruptions. Others, however, must become operational within seconds after such a disruption. A case in point Read more…
As a young man, now internationally famous architect, Frank Gehry, was walking down the street in Chicago and came upon the Inland Steel Building designed by Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM). He thought, now that is a well designed building. Read more…
In an example of adaptive reuse, a studio complex called Cinespace is under construction at the old Ryerson Steel site in Chicago. (Please see photo below.) For over one hundred years, Chicago Metal Rolled Products has been—and continues to be–both Read more…
