Blog posts tagged with 'steel stringers'

Albina Co. Inc. bent the spiral staircases at the newly renovated Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. The Space Needle's rotating glass floor, dubbed "The Loupe", is located just below the open-air observation deck and Albina Co., Inc. was the steel bender/roller for the custom spiral staircases connecting the two areas. Albina Co., Inc. bent 1" thick x 13 ¼" wide A572 GR 50 to yield three 180" pieces and three 144" pieces of rolled plate and 1" thick x 10-13/16" wide A572 GR 50 to yield one 80" piece of rolled plate. We also bent tube steel 10" x 6" x .625" WALL A500 GR B to a 11’ 6” inside plan view radius (the easy way).

The Albina Co., Inc. team recently spiraled a true HSS stair stringer to a very tight configuration for a spiral staircase project in Washington. The project consisted of using an induction heat source, on our custom made bending equipment, to spiral bend tube steel 16" X 12" X .625" WALL A500 GR B the easy way to a 77” Center Line Radius. VERY TIGHT and VERY IMPRESSIVE! Great work team!

Back in June, I posted a picture of some induction heating process, for the new American Airlines headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to the 16" square, we produced another set of 

The 1.7 million-square-foot complex, dubbed the “Trinity complex,” consists of constructing four seven-story buildings. It will cost at least $300 million to build and will house over 6,500 employees. There are 10 tower cranes on the project and there will be more than 1,000 construction workers on-site during the peak. It is scheduled to open during the second half of 2019.  These are the type of bends that ONLY Albina can do!

We recently spiral rolled 1/2" and 1" plate for a custom spiral staircase in a multi-million dollar luxury home on Green Street in San Francisco, California. We provided the rolled plate for the staircase and then flat plane rolled the plate for the landings. The tightest radius was a 29.75” center line radius.

Albina recently used our induction heating process to spiral bend Tube Steel 16" X 16" X .625" WALL A500 GR B bent down to a an 18 foot radius for the new American Airlines headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. The 1.7 million-square-foot complex, dubbed the “Trinity complex,” consists of constructing four seven-story buildings. It will cost at least $300 million to build and will house over 6,500 employees. There are 10 tower cranes on the project and there will be more than 1,000 construction workers on-site during the peak. It is scheduled to open during the second half of 2019. Including the 16" square, we have produced another set of spirals and have one in the queue. The one in the queue is Tube Steel 14" x 6" x .625" wall REALLY tight, exposed and bent to a 5'-6" radius on a 45° pitch. We already made a mock up for the job and all parties loved it. These are the type of bends that ONLY Albina can do! This is a really amazing project! Stay tuned for more pictures.

• 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).