Typically, the thicker a metal is, the more difficult it is to bend in Little Rapids.
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 slip 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 aluminum, unlike most other bending and rolling.
Still, round tube bending is an exceptional challenge, regardless of material thickness. Controlling distortion requires skilled control and precision. A pipe’s natural inclination is to bend into an egg or oval shape … if not crush outright.
Using dies is a practiced approach. The size of the die depends on a pipe’s outside diameter. Pipes come in a LOT of different diameters.
Being extraordinarily literate in round tube bending, Max Weiss Company has an wide-ranging library of pipe and tubing dies. In the hands of our metal bending specialists, Max Weiss Company can meet all your pipe rolling or bending needs in Little Rapids.
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, 3-1/2” SCH 40 Pipe Gr. A53 Rolled, to 18” SCH 40 Pipe Gr. A53 Rolled, to 8” SCH 80 Pipe Gr. A53 Rolled, to 10” SCH 40 Gr. A53 BLK Rolled, to 22” SCH 40 Gr. A53 BLK Rolled, to 24” SCH 80 Gr. A53 BLK Rolled.
More piping? Sure thing: 16” SCH. 160 Pipe GR. A120, or 16” SCH. 10 Pipe GR. API5-L, or 16” SCH. 140 Pipe GR. API5-L, or 18” SCH. 100 Pipe GR. A53, or 18” SCH. 120 Pipe GR. A106.
It doesn’t stop there in Little Rapids. Max Weiss Company is unmatched in its pipe-bending capabilities: 18” SCH. 160 Pipe GR. API5-L, or 20” SCH. 100 Pipe GR. A53, or 20” SCH. 160 Pipe GR. API5-L, or 22” SCH. 20 Pipe GR. A53, or 22” SCH. 10 Pipe GR. API5-L.
More pipe bending sizes … then onto tube bending: 24” SCH. 10 Pipe GR. A120, or 24” SCH. 60 Pipe GR. A106, or 24” SCH. 120 Pipe GR. API5-L.
Max Weiss Company’s pipe bending prowess is matched only by its tube bending capabilities:
1.25” O.D.-H.S.R. x .077 Wall A500 GR. B., or 1.5” O.D.-H.S.R. x .091 Wall A500 GR. B., or 2.375” O.D.-H.S.R. x .083 Wall A500 GR. B. or 3” O.D.-H.S.R. x .300 Wall A500 GR. B., or 4” O.D.-H.S.R. x .337 Wall A500 GR. B..
Whatever the tube size, Max Weiss Company will bend it to ultimate perfection: 1.25” O.D.-H.S.R. x .062 Wall A513 GR. B., or 1.66” O.D.-H.S.R. x .091 Wall A513 GR. B., or 1.75” O.D.-H.S.R. x .071 Wall A513 GR. B., or 2” O.D.-H.S.R. x .109 Wall A513 GR. B. or 3.5” O.D.-H.S.R. x .226 Wall A513 GR. B.
Yes, even more sizes in Max Weiss Company’s tube bending repertoire: 4.5” O.D.-H.S.R. x .083 Wall A500 GR. B., or 8” O.D.-H.S.R. x .083 Wall A500 GR. B., or 12” O.D.-H.S.R. x .083 Wall A500 GR. B., or 14” O.D.-H.S.R. x .10 Wall A500 GR. B., or 16” O.D.-H.S.R. x .1875 Wall A500 GR. B.
Bent metal tubing is a frequent element in signs, lighting structures, canopies and trusses in Little Rapids. Industry finds a multitude of uses in flow-through structures for air, grains and liquids. A near-endless number of OEM applications include bent piping.
Metal bending, rolling and fabrication depends 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 depend on is that your pipe bending and rolling will always be done right.