Rippling on the surface of a pipe is a somewhat common problem that occurs during bending operations. Learning about the reasons behind the rippling can help avoid this issue. Ripples are caused by high levels of compressive force on the Read more…
News, Trends and How To’s for Curving Steel
Diego
Tube Bending
September 25, 2016
Exposed curved steel often requires minimal or no ovality for aesthetic reasons. Customers installing stainless steel curved handrails for stairs want the pipe or tube to completely keep its shape whether the piece is straight or curved. This sometimes poses Read more…
Mo
FAQ
September 25, 2016
When we are talking about metal bending a camber denotes a curve in the vertical plane (hardway bending) and a sweep denotes a curve in the horizontal plane (easyway bending). Pertaining to steel structures (beams, Channels, Tees, Rails, Angles, and Read more…
Diego
Analysis & Design
March 2, 2019
Pipes and tubes are usually measured by the outside diameter dimension – or OD. One might think that a 2.0 inch OD tube would measure 2.0 inches and a 6.5 inch OD tube would measure 6.5 inches. However, machines today Read more…
Witold
Plate Rolling
August 11, 2016
From time to time customers are looking to roll sheets or plates (either aluminum or steel) with cutouts. Would it be for decorative purposes or mechanical requirements these always present challenges for plate rolling companies. For example if there are Read more…
Ken
FAQ
August 11, 2016
Much of the bending/rolling process for curving structural steel can be understood by looking at the material’s mechanical properties by way of its stress strain behavior. Steel has 3 main mechanical properties: elastic, plastic & tensile. By looking at steel’s Read more…
Diego
Plate Rolling
November 15, 2019
When steel plate is bent, the inside surface of the bend is compressed and the outside surface of the bend is stretched. Somewhere in between lies the neutral axis which is a line in the steel that is neither compressed Read more…
Diego
Plate Rolling
July 17, 2016
Bending steel is defined as deforming steel around a straight axis. We use force to manipulate steel until it reaches a desired angle or shape. The difference between bending versus rolling depends on the radius. For larger radii we call Read more…
Ken
Applications
March 1, 2017
The steel roof truss is one of structural engineering’s most important and iconic elements. Made of individual members with equal counteracting tensile and compressive forces, its purpose is designed to behave as a single object which carries/supports a load over Read more…
Ray
Applications, Tube Bending
June 1, 2016
Barely a quarter into the 2016 season the Chicago Cubs have the best record in Major League Baseball. After finishing 2015 with 97 wins and a trip to the NLCS, great things were expected of this Cubs team and they Read more…
