Pipe Rolling and Round Tube Bending that Breaks the Rules … and Meets Your Needs

Typically, the thicker a metal is, the more difficult it is to bend in Kolb.

Not so with pipe rolling or round tube bending – at least, if you hope to maintain the shape of a pipe or tube.

Metal pipe is hollow. One error while bending, and … poof! The pipe crushes.

Thicker pipe and tube wall are more durable, so don’t crush as easily. In other words, successfully bending pipe or tube is eased by thicker material, unlike most other bending and rolling.

Still, round tube bending is an exceptional challenge, regardless of material thickness. Controlling distortion requires skillful control and precision. A pipe’s natural predisposition is to bend into an egg or oval shape … if not crush outright.

Using dies is a recommended approach. The size of the die depends on a pipe’s outside diameter. Pipes come in a LOT of different diameters.

Being outstandingly literate in round tube bending, Max Weiss Company has an extensive library of pipe and tubing dies. In the hands of our metal bending craftsmen, Max Weiss Company can meet all your pipe rolling or bending needs in Kolb.

Max Weiss Company bends 1” to 24” pipe and tubing, both schedule 40 and 80. Our pipe and round tube bending proficiency covers, for example, 5” SCH 40 Pipe Gr. A53 Rolled, to 14” SCH 40 Pipe Gr. A53 Rolled, to 18” SCH 80 Pipe Gr. A53 Rolled, to 16” SCH 40 Gr. A53 BLK Rolled, to 24” SCH 40 Gr. A53 BLK Rolled, to 24” SCH 80 Gr. A53 BLK Rolled.

More piping? Sure thing: 16” SCH. 140 Pipe GR. A53, or 16” SCH. 140 Pipe GR. A106, or 18” SCH. 60 Pipe GR. A120, or 18” SCH. 20 Pipe GR. A106, or 18” SCH. 20 Pipe GR. API5-L.

It doesn’t stop there in Kolb. Max Weiss Company is unmatched in its pipe-bending capabilities: 20” SCH. 10 Pipe GR. A53, or 20” SCH. 160 Pipe GR. A53, or 20” SCH. 160 Pipe GR. A106, or 22” SCH. 20 Pipe GR. A53, or 22” SCH. 120 Pipe GR. A106.

More pipe bending sizes … then onto tube bending: 24” SCH. 60 Pipe GR. A120, or 24” SCH. 80 Pipe GR. A53, or 24” SCH. 140 Pipe GR. A106.

Max Weiss Company’s pipe bending prowess is matched only by its tube bending capabilities:

1” O.D.-H.S.R x .179” Wall A500 GR. B., or 1.5” O.D.-H.S.R. x .077 Wall A500 GR. B., or 1.9” O.D.-H.S.R. x .071 Wall A500 GR. B. or 2.75” O.D.-H.S.R. x .062 Wall A500 GR. B., or 10” O.D.-H.S.R. x .365 Wall A500 GR. B..

Whatever the tube size, Max Weiss Company will bend it to ultimate perfection: 1” O.D.-H.S.R x .062” Wall A513 GR. B., or 1.66” O.D.-H.S.R. x .071 Wall A513 GR. B., or 1.75” O.D.-H.S.R. x .091 Wall A513 GR. B., or 2” O.D.-H.S.R. x .083 Wall A513 GR. B. or 3” O.D.-H.S.R. x .10 Wall A500 GR. B.

Yes, even more sizes in Max Weiss Company’s tube bending repertoire: 3.5” O.D.-H.S.R. x .10 Wall A500 GR. B., or 8” O.D.-H.S.R. x .071 Wall A500 GR. B., or 10” O.D.-H.S.R. x .10 Wall A500 GR. B., or 12” O.D.-H.S.R. x .1875 Wall A500 GR. B., or 20” O.D.-H.S.R. x .25 Wall A500 GR. B.

Bent metal tubing is a frequent component in signs, lighting structures, canopies and trusses in Kolb. Industry finds lots of uses in flow-through structures for air, grains and liquids. A near-endless volume of OEM applications contain bent piping.

Metal bending, rolling and fabrication relies heavily on finesse and touch. Different rules apply to different metals.

Contact Max Weiss Company for all your pipe and round tube bending needs. The one rule you can rely on is that your pipe bending and rolling will always be done correctly.