A concern in bending long lengths of steel is how much they slump during handling. Consider, for example, a 10in x 10in x 3/8in x 85ft square tube picked up from both ends (simply supported beam model). This extremely long Read more…
Category: FAQ
George
FAQ, Project Management
June 12, 2016
Bender/Rollers, those companies that specialize in curving structural steel, steel sheet and steel plate, often supply rolled steel and metal shapes to equipment manufacturers as component parts. These original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) turn to Bender/Rollers precisely because their make-or-buy analysis indicates they should Read more…
Ken
Calculations, FAQ, Uncategorized
May 26, 2016
When designing for the use of rolled steel shapes in any application, architects and engineers must take into consideration the fact that most bending and curving processes require a certain length of material on each end of the curve. This Read more…
George
Bending, FAQ
July 20, 2022
Bending steel sections can involve both curving and cambering. In the world of structural steel, camber denotes a curve in the vertical plane; sweep denotes a curve in the horizontal plane. Steel members produced in a steel mill have at Read more…
George
FAQ
May 22, 2016
More and more architects are designing structures that incorporate curved steel sections whether they be angles, bars, beams, channels, tees, pipe or tube. This increased use of curved steel is the result of the combination of the fabricators’ increasing capabilities Read more…
Dan
FAQ
May 22, 2016
If you have a curved segment that is less than 180 degrees, you need geometry to verify the radius because you can’t directly measure the diameter. Begin by selecting an appropriate straight edge to use as the chord—the longer the Read more…
Dan
Bending, FAQ
May 22, 2016
When we bend tubing for customers, we want to make sure we send them the right number of pieces they ordered—not more and not less. Recently we curved 70mm OD pipe for John Deere equipment. The pipe was stacked like Read more…
George
Analysis & Design, Applications, Bending, Curved Steel Costs, FAQ, Project Management, Rolling Limitations, Specification Requirements, Tolerances
October 18, 2019
I have frequently lectured and written about structural steel bending for architects, engineers and structural steel fabricators as well as for undergraduate and graduate school engineering students. In the dialogue that followed the presentations, I have been asked a number Read more…
Dan
Angle Bending, Bar Bending, Bending, FAQ, Specification Requirements
May 22, 2016
Of course a picture is worth a thousand words, but what happens when you don’t have a picture? Customers call from the field to describe how they want their steel curved. We love everyday references to help us describe the Read more…
George
Beam Bending, Bending, FAQ, Project Management, Special Bending
May 22, 2016
How much lead time is for required for bending steel sections? How long does it take to fabricate curved steel? What is the schedule impact? Architects, engineers, and structural steel fabricators regularly ask these questions of Benders and Rollers, companies Read more…
