Blog posts of '2015' 'November'

Albina Co., Inc. recently rolled steel plate to create the spiral stair stringers for a beautiful custom curved steel staircase in California. The plate sections consisted of 1/2" x 14" A36 plate rolled counter clockwise to a 38' 8" radius and 43' 9" radius. For portions of the landing area, 1" X 14" A36 plate was rolled anywhere from a 37' 7" radius to a 42' 6" radius. Various other structural steel members were bent including 4" X 4" X ¼" ANGLE A36 rolled legout to a 37' 6" radius. [caption id="attachment_683" align="aligncenter" width="300"] steel spiral stair stringers from rolled plate[/caption] [caption id="attachment_684" align="aligncenter" width="200"] steel spiral stair stringers from rolled plate[/caption]

In honor of Veteran's Day, I thought I would share a PT-658 boat restoration project that Albina Co., Inc. participated in. Albina bends and curves steel parts used on locomotive frames, boat frames, deck rails and even components for homeland security helping to protect our docks and ports. One example includes, PT-658, the last remaining operable PT boat from World War II. Albina bent and donated 3/4" Sch40 Bare pipe bends to form a protective railing for the deck mounted guns and 5” OD x .120” wall stainless steel exhaust tubing for the Packard Diesel engines and 1/2” OD x .065” wall T304 stainless steel bends (coils) around the 5” OD stainless material to cool the extremely hot exhaust tubes. [caption id="attachment_673" align="aligncenter" width="224"] steel bending for pt boat WWII[/caption] [caption id="attachment_674" align="aligncenter" width="224"] steel bending for pt boat WWII[/caption] [caption id="attachment_675" align="aligncenter" width="300"] steel bending for marine application[/caption] [caption id="attachment_676" align="aligncenter" width="300"] steel bending for locomotive[/caption]

Albina Co., Inc. recently spiral bent a piece of tube steel 10" X 6" X .375" WALL A500 GR B. This is a very tight spiral bend with a lot of twist….almost NO distortion. With the assistance of an induction heat source, Albina was able to spiral bend the tube steel the Easy way to a 65” center line plan view radius. [caption id="attachment_667" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Tight Spiral Stringer with almost NO Distortion.[/caption]

St. Alphonsus Medical Center is non-for-profit hospital, serving Boise, and the surrounding communities in eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho. Albina Co., Inc. recently bent several long lengths of tube steel to form a beautiful curved entry-way at the Joint Preservation & Reconstruction Center. [caption id="attachment_663" align="aligncenter" width="300"] St. Alphonsus Medical Center Curved Canopy[/caption] [caption id="attachment_664" align="aligncenter" width="300"] St. Alphonsus Medical Center Curved Canopy[/caption]