The MAV K30, nicknamed “Maverick” by the shop floor crew, can accommodate plate up to 10 ft. wide and can roll up to 4-in.

BTD Manufacturing, a custom metal fabrication manufacturer, has opened a new facility in Dawsonville, Ga. The 335,000-sq.-ft.

Daum Business-Development GmbH & Co KG has announced it has acquired tube bending machine manufacturer Schwarze-Robitec. Both ...

There’s a strength to a hand-made object, created by a master in their craft, that simply transcends what’s possible in a ...

A hem is a flange that has been bent more than 180 degrees. The rope hem is used for attachment to other sheet metal parts. It is used for materials with insufficient ductility to form the open hem.

An analysis of the metal after it has been rolled or forged into semifinished or finished forms. It is not a check on the ladle analysis, but a check against the chemistry ordered (i.e., product ...

A narrow ridge of metal used for reinforcement on a flange of a part. The dart is formed into the edge of the flange and the part. See also bead and rib. If you have any comments or questions about ...

A forming operation in which all of the surfaces of a workpiece are highly compressed within a closed-die system. The result is a well-defined imprint of the die on the workpiece.

A quality designation of carbon steel, which typically contains less than 0.05 percent carbon. This grade of steel is more ductile than commercial quality and is suitable for producing deep-drawn ...

Tubing that is un-heat-treated, cold drawn, and has a scale-free cold-drawn surface. If you have any comments or questions about the glossary, please contact Dan Davis, editor-in-chief of The ...

The processing area in a steel mill where hot-rolled and cooled steel is immersed in dilute acid to remove iron oxide and scale from the steel's surface. The strip is then side-trimmed to tight ...