Blog : Albina Co., Inc.

Spiral Bending of Structural Steel is a Booming Market

Why Choose Albina as your Spiral Bender?

Albina doesn’t split HSS prior to bending and then weld the sections back together to meet your needs, our HSS members are bent as HSS members.

Albina doesn’t fill your HSS with other structural members. We are able to bend HSS members without adding extra material and weight and are still able to meet or exceed your quality requirements.

Albina will bend your HSS stringers out of HSS material, we don’t make "built up stringers" out of plate.

Recently Completed or Active Projects:

Spiral bent some ½" X 12" A36 Plate down to a very tight 1’ 9” Inside Radius. The bend was so complex that the customer didn’t think it was possible to spiral bend the material. In fact, the customer thought we had rolled cylinders and laser cut out the spiral sections.

Just received another difficult Spiral bending project for some ½" X 14" A36 Plate. All material is to be bent to AESS standards, down to a 5’ 0” inside radius.

Just spiral bent a project including stringers, handrails and mid-rails complete. The stringers were spiral bent out of C15 x 40# down to a very tight 5’ 2” plan diameter.

Albina just finished another staircase project consisting of stringers and railing. The stringers were bent out of MC12 x 10.6# channel and bent to a 78” plan view radius.

We were recently awarded a project to spiral bend TS 14" X 14" X .500" WALL A500 GR B material. Project is located in the Mid-West and is all AESS quality standards (bent down to a 22 ft. radius).

Stainless Steel Staircase Wins a Bronze Award in the 2009 Ernest Wiemann Top Job Competition

The design, fabrication and installation of Staircrafters Inc. ultra contemporary staircase, which was supported by a single, monolithic stringer bent by Albina Pipe Bending Co., Inc., won a bronze award in the 2009 Ernest Wiemann Competition. The massive staircase contains 4,000 pounds of stainless steel, and is made from over 300 parts. The most striking feature of the staircase is the giant stringer bent by Albina Pipe Bending Co., Inc., which curves elegantly between the first and second floor.

Since the customer requested fabricated stringers instead of true HSS, Albina Pipe Bending Co., Inc. bent and fabricated the TS 10" x 6" x .250" wall T304 stainless steel stringers out of 10" x 3" x .250" formed channel T304 stainless steel. Albina rolled and fabricated the stringers and the flat section at the top of the staircase. The curved stringers were bent to a 117" center line plan view radius. All welds were ground smooth and the surface finished and polished to provide the appearance of a true seamless stringer. All work was done to the highest of AESS standards.

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