OEMs often face the decision of whether to make component parts in house or to subcontract them to outside vendors. An analysis of a company’s core competencies often dictates what items to outsource and what to retain. Furthermore, a company’s Read more…
Category: Special Bending
Mo
Bar Bending, FAQ, Rolling Limitations, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
There is not a mathematical formula for determining the minimum bending radius of steel sections. To better explain this, lets look at bar bending. Steel is curved using a cold-roll bending process. Steel sections are put into a section bender Read more…
Ken Pecho
Special Bending
May 22, 2016
When considering how information is communicated between different firms/companies, CAD or Computer Aided Design is probably one of the biggest milestones in the history of Industry. In the bending/rolling industry, the most important dimensions to convey of any part or Read more…
Dan
Circular Staircases, FAQ, Special Bending, Specification Requirements
May 22, 2016
My older son, Tyler, is a sophomore taking Geometry and just failed his trigonometry pop quiz on sine, cosine, and tangent. Panicked for his test the next day, we had a great teaching opportunity. He knew the rule soh-cah-toa (sine Read more…
Ken Pecho
Bending, Circular Staircases, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
Circular staircases made of steel have become more popular with owners and their architects for the way they give the illusion of making smaller rooms seem much larger and for the way their free-flowing designs are able to blend with Read more…
Joe
Plate Rolling, Special Bending
February 26, 2020
General Motors wanted a hot display—actually a hot-wheels display–to showcase the world premier of its all–new Chevrolet Camaro at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show, February 11 through February 20, 2011. Working closely together, Chicago Metal Rolled Products and Chicago Scenic Studios—in Read more…
Andy
Beam Bending, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
Reversed curved bending of beams is complicated to produce accurately and with minimal distortion. Reverse curve bending is where a steel section is curved to a radius in one direction and then is curved to a radius in the opposite Read more…
Ken Pecho
Bending, FAQ, Special Bending, Specification Requirements
May 22, 2016
The most important thing to establish prior to any work being done on a multi radius bending of steel sections is to work hand in hand with your customer and even more importantly the detailer who has drawn up the prints. Read more…
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Angle Bending, Applications, Bar Bending, Beam Bending, Bending, Channel Bending, Industry News, Pipe Bending, Plate Rolling, Special Bending, Tee Bending, Tube Bending
May 22, 2016
(Can a woodchuck chuck wood?) While attending various trade shows either for OEM products like storage tanks, antennas, agricultural and construction equipment, etc., I regularly see where the use of a curved steel section—produced by beam bending, bar bending, angle Read more…
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Analysis & Design, Angle Bending, Applications, Bar Bending, Beam Bending, Bending, Channel Bending, Curved Steel Costs, FAQ, Industry News, Pipe Bending, Plate Rolling, Special Bending, Strength, Tee Bending, Tube Bending
May 22, 2016
Whenever I talk to architects and engineers about bending beams, bending pipes, or any other steel section bending, three questions usually come up: Is it structurally sound? Is it too expensive? And Is it readily available to meet a demanding Read more…
