Specialist fabrication
Bending
Where feature steelwork or curved structural steelwork is required, the steel will be sent to a specialist fabricator. Here through the use of roller bending or press braking equipment, curves and bends can be created.
Section bending
Steel can be curved by roller or section bending. This process involves progressive bending of a section through a set of bending rolls that are shaped to the cross section of the bar.
Tube bending
Tube bending is carried out in a similar way to section bending. Generally, a tube is stronger than its equivalent size beam so, to bend it, more force is required. During bending the outer profile of the tube is supported by sets of machined rolls
Plate bending
Plate bending is similar to section bending but the bending rolls are horizontal and are longer. Plate is fed in flat and on each pass through the rolls, more curvature is introduced and the process is repeated until the desired curvature is achieved.
Tee splitting
Flame cutting is used to make tee sections from beams. This involves the use of a burning torch on a trolley arrangement that runs up the beam until the cut is completed.
Press
A wide variety of shapes can be formed from profile cut or sheared plates. Sometimes these shapes are required at 12metres long (or more). To achieve this a ‘Press Breaking’ process is used to press the steel along its entire length.
