Content tagged with "architecture"
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Article
September 12, 2006
Stud-maker throws church building a curve
The 60-ft.-dia. hybrid frame—made of a plate steel skeleton and light-gauge steel ribs—converges from a platerolled base to an 8-ft. dia. plate steel compression ring in the dome's apex. Architecture firm Williams/O'Brien Associates Inc., Minneapolis, was pleased to be... Read more...
Article
January 10, 2006
Cutting to the chase - Integrating secondary operations
Many tube cutoff machines have evolved to integrate end forming and bending capabilities that normally are considered secondary operations. Considering the tube industry's need to reduce costs to stay competitive, the concept of integrating more operations may sound appealing. An inline system... Read more...
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December 13, 2005
Meeting the challenges of modern architecture
As architectural designs grow more sophisticated, fabricators that serve this market must develop new skills and techniques to keep up. Albina Pipe Bending Co. is one such fabricator. Although the word pipe appears in the company name and implies that this is the only material the company... Read more...
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December 11, 2003
Folding technology makes sweeping changes
In particular, sheet metal was used extensively for roofing and building cladding. These applications were well-suited to the swing bending machine's geometry, and the modern metal folding industry was born. A number of German manufacturers began adding powered backgauges with... Read more...
Article
July 12, 2002
It happens 'under the hood'
Object Rick Walsh doesn't have a degree in landscape architecture, but he builds water gardens. He doesn't have a degree in art, but he sculpts metal. He has no formal training in welding, but welds all his sculptures. And for years people have been paying him a lot of money to create his... Read more...
Article
December 13, 2001
Sawing structural and architectural tubing
Figure 1 The circular saw is a commonly used option for cutting structural materials, including (top) solid H beams, and both round (middle) and rectangular (bottom) hollow materials. Architectural tubing is something of a mixed blessing: On the one hand, the material is... Read more...
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