Once the steel tube bending or steel plate rolling is completed by a Bender/Roller or Rolling House (a company that specializes in curving steel sections), it is typically shipped to a structural steel fabricator who trim cuts the rough-cut, curved Read more…
Category: Tube Bending
When they specify the grade of pipe to bend tubing, most buyers don’t even ask the question: they assume that the company they are buying from is the expert and would know which is best. The end use is important. Read more…
Steel tube bending is contributing to the green initiatives of the Village of Oak Park, Illinois. The village is reviewing each street as more than primarily an avenue for automobiles. How does a street accommodate pedestrians, users of public transportation, Read more…
Steel sections are curved in various ways. 1. Rotary-draw and compression bending create a curve by wrapping the steel section around a form to achieve the desired radius. This method is most often used for round tube bending, square tube bending Read more…
When someone from Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, the largest science center in the Western Hemisphere, asks about bending aluminum tubing, any metal fabricator familiar with the museum would surely ask about the application–if not out of curiosity, at 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 variety of methods can be used for bending stainless steel tubing. If the bend has a large radius, the tubing can be curved with three-roll benders (also called section benders, profile benders, or angle rolls.) If the bend has Read more…
Except for seamless tubing and pipe, the other grades of tubing and pipe have a longitudinal weld seam. When tube bending is done for OEM parts, the question often arises about where to locate the weld seam. Possibilities include putting 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…
Can’t bend a tube? Bend two channels—one flanges in, one flanges out—and then weld them together to create a curved tube. No channels in the desired size? Form two steel plates into channels, bend them and then weld them together. Read more…
