Category: Material


Corten steel (or Cor-Ten steel) is a weathering steel that resists corrosion but is not rust-proof. Curved corten steel plates are widely used in landscaping or other outdoor applications including retaining walls, screens, fences, and fire features. Parks feature this Read more…


6061-T6 aluminum is notorious for not bending easily, yet up in space it goes surrounding the Orion MPCV.  Bending 6061-T6 aluminum takes special care.  Since NASA’s first attempt in 1961, there have been a total of 166 manned space missions Read more…


Before we discuss sheet metal rolling, let’s first get a few basics about sheet metal:  what is it; how it’s made; how it’s designated; and how it can be used. Sheet Metal is a metal being formed by a manufacturing Read more…

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