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For Metal Manufacturing and Structural Steel Construction One cynic described a barometer as “an ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.”   I suspect that most of us don’t feel we need an economic barometer to indicate Read more…


Curved steel requires much the same handling and transportation needs as straight steel.  However, there are a couple of specific shipping issues that are unique to curved steel.  One issue that is unique to rolled structural steel is the varying Read more…


Steel section bending has probably been done one way or another since steel members were first produced. Today’s modern, section bending involves sophisticated hydraulic rolls to create accurate, attractive and structurally sound curved steel. But what about that material that Read more…


Lean manufacturing has been successfully employed by OEMs to reduce costs, improve productivity and reduce response time. But in many cases, these OEMs are producing the same parts, often on dedicated machines. A steel bending job shop, however, is often Read more…


(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…


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…


Recently, I gave the presentation at the Kansas City Regional Steel Fabricators Association biannual meeting. 110 steel fabricators, engineers, architects, detailers, and others attended the breakfast. I talked about the benefits of involving a specialty subcontractor like Chicago Metal Rolled Read more…

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