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Cutting to the chase Sawing structural and architectural tubing: Sawing structural and architectural tubing

This article examines common fabrication processes for structural and architectural tube. It specifically focuses on cutting, sawing, miter cutting, bundle sawing, and cambering.

Publish date: December 13, 2001

Tech cell: Sawing


Folding technology makes sweeping changes: New developments in 200-year-old technology

Schwenkbiegemachinen, or swing bending machines, have been in use for more than 200 years. European manufacturers began to power them with electrical or hydraulic power after World War II, when an enormous amount of sheet metal was used in the reconstruction of Europe.

Publish date: December 11, 2003

Tech cell: Folding


Stud-maker throws church building a curve: Curved studs facilitate free-spanning dome

Radius Track, a fabricator specializing in its patented curved metal studs, replaced many of the heavy-gauge beams in the a church's dome frame with light-gauge steel studs. As a result, the dome was light enough to be supported without view-obstructing columns.

Publish date: September 12, 2006

Tech cell: Roll Forming


Meeting the challenges of modern architecture: Complex requirements turn conventional bending on its head

Today's architects develop designs and concepts that push past the boundaries of yesterday. Fabricators are faced with a sometimes daunting challenge to make unusual components to assist architects in completing unusual buildings, to the extent that they sometimes have to rely on themselves to develop new equipment and processes.

Publish date: December 13, 2005

Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication


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It happens 'under the hood': Chicago-area builder of water gardens becomes sculptor

Rick Walsh isn't your typical artisan, nor are his works typical welding pieces. But his personal evolution as both an artist and a welder illustrate the innovation and persistence of any successful welding operation.

Publish date: July 12, 2002

Tech cell: Art and Sculpture