With projects increasing in complexity and size, customers complete raw material tractability has become the norm in the industry. Although there has been a recent increase in this type of request from customers, complete material traceability is not something new. Read more…
News, Trends and How To’s for Curving Steel
Diego
Analysis & Design
March 2, 2019
When steel is curved, it is important to keep the stress-strain curve ratio for mild steel in mind. Below is a stress-strain graph that reviews the properties of steel in detail. If tensile force is applied to a steel bar, Read more…
Diego
Plate Rolling
January 21, 2019
We just produced some very thick and very wide rolled steel cylinders. For this particular industrial application in the chemical industry, the customer required a special grade of plate A572-50 with increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion. The yield strength of Read more…
Diego
Bending
November 15, 2017
Many artists like creating work out of curved steel because of the originality and functionality of the final product. Taking a simple piece of straight material and yielding it to a point, yet preserving its structural properties, greatly expands an Read more…
Diego
Bending
August 31, 2017
Hollow structural steel (HSS) is becoming more and more common in structural designs. According to AISC, HSS now accounts for about 18 percent of the structural steel market. HSS has become more popular recently because of aesthetics and its superior Read more…
Andy
Pipe Bending
January 15, 2018
Each spring my wife and I take a short vacation in California. While there we usually spend a few days on the campus of Stanford University. While walking the campus grounds this spring, a sculpture/fountain caught my eye. We had Read more…
Witold
Plate Rolling
July 27, 2017
In the past month, I had several customers looking for steel cone fabrication of some larger size cones. Large or small steel cone fabrication require some design preparation before the actual rolling is performed. First, the steel plate (or sheet) Read more…
Steve
Bending
July 4, 2017
We often receive inquiries from customers on the technical aspects of our metal bending services. The most common question is “can you bend this?” and generally the answer is going to be positive. There are many different machines today that Read more…
Mo
Beam Bending
January 21, 2019
Rolled steel beams are used everywhere – in structures for functionality or aesthetic appeal, in circular shell stiffening rings on vessels and for monorails or roof trusses. Steel beams can be rolled vertically (the weak-axis) or horizontally (the strong axis). Read more…
Diego
Circular Staircases
January 15, 2018
Early in January 2017, a company from Puerto Rico gave us a call to talk about the aluminum stair stringers for their helical staircase. The company was planning to make a helical staircase for ‘Birth of a New World’, a Read more…
