Content tagged with "bump-bending"

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February 8, 2010

Bending perforated weathering steel: Not a pedestrian challenge Figure 1 A worker at Sure Iron Works aligns corrugated and perforated plate with a plate and box member, creating the girders of a pedestrian bridge. It's not surprising that Steve Horn, a New Yorker to the core, uses a pizza crust to describe one of the most unusual jobs to pass... Read more...

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September 1, 2009

Unique brake setup streamlines thick plate bending Figure 1 Thick, high-tensile-strength plate is bent with a specialized tool. The material is bent to no more than a 176-degree inside angle for each bend. The CNC press brake at Peterson Pacific Corp. would make people with bending know-how stop in their tracks. In the brake sits a... Read more...

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January 15, 2008

Heavy bending Figure 1 A double-beam folding machine can bend heavy-gauge material both in the positive and negative directions. A 4- by 4-foot, 1/4-inch-thick plate can weigh more than 113 pounds. Even a 4- by 4-ft., 3/16-in.-thick plate can weigh more than 85 lbs. Such weights can create challenges on... Read more...

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