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As congress passes legislation for road improvements, bent steel parts used on heavy road equipment will play a big part in making those improvements possible. Albina services many industries and provides bent steel parts for not only automotive and heavy construction equipment, but also aircraft, aerospace, boat trailers, boats, locomotives, and agricultural farming equipment.

Curved steel is not just used to create architecturally aesthetically pleasing buildings, it is also used in smaller manufacturing applications that require consistent, accurate and repeatable bends to create parts. Albina bends steel parts for aircrafts, boat trailers, boats,agricultural farming equipment and automotive applications. We have recently done several steel bends for light rail and electric bus and car applications. Our bends are used on Locomotive frames, boat frames, deck rails and even components for homeland security helping to protect our docks and ports. [caption id="attachment_676" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Steel Bending for Locomotive Application[/caption] [caption id="attachment_720" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Steel Bending for Agricultural Application[/caption] [caption id="attachment_719" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Steel Bending for Automotive Application[/caption] [caption id="attachment_675" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Steel Bending for Marine Application[/caption]

We are happy to report that our induction heating process is a huge success! Albina has used heat to bend materials for decades, utilizing alternatives to the actual process of induction heating. We have built upon our vast knowledge base for hot increment bending and are now applying an induction heat source to our recently upgraded increment bending process. We have been operating with this process for several months now and it has been a very exciting step for Albina and for our loyal customers across the United States and Canada. Our new heating source and bending process has helped us expand the material range we can work with, radii that we can bend and it has allowed us meet the “induction only” heating requirements that certain projects specify. Call us today to learn more!

Albina recently bent very large HSS (Hallow Structural Steel) rectangular tubing 16" X 4" X .500" WALL A500 GR B for an elliptical staircase at the Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar at The Shops at Mauna Lani in Waikiki, Hawaii. Upon extensive review of the plans submitted to Albina for production, it was determined that some radius changes were required. Many of the original radii required were actually deemed “too tight” to bend. Original plans called for bends that were as tight as a 3’-8” Centerline Radius. To remedy this problem, Albina was able to provide suggestions and recommendations regarding the radii that we were able to successfully bend while maintaining a high level of AESS (architecturally exposed structural steel) quality. This was a unique project because the stringers, as detailed, included numerous different radii. Many stringers are designed with a single radius or just a few radii. This staircase was originally designed with such complexity that it would have been fabricated from 38 individually bent members. Albina’s suggestion to decrease the actual number of parts and instead “blend” some parts together helped simplify the bending process, and reduced the total number of full-penetration weld splices that customer would need to perform during fabrication. After much discussion, the staircase was redesigned, resulting in only 24 individual members (a 37% decrease in the number of bent parts and full penetration weld joints). These changes resulted in a quicker lead-time and a labor cost savings. After receiving the elliptical bends from Albina, the customer commented, "Albina worked with us on time frames and cost issues. Albina must roll these pieces perfectly or we can’t even attempt to get a finish product on this end. We are counting on these things being correct…period. Albina is not afraid to take the risk of rolling a radius that hasn’t been done before. I appreciate the consistent and un-prodded reports on job status and progression.” [caption id="attachment_711" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Staircase Tommy Bahama[/caption] [caption id="attachment_712" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Staircase Tommy Bahama[/caption]

How do you catch the attention of holiday shoppers this time of year?  Place a decorative, eye-catching, ornamental sign at the entrance to your shopping center! Albina Co., Inc. can help you vision become a reality. Albina Co., Inc. recently completed another ornamental curved steel sign for the  Village at the Peaks shopping center in Colorado. The curved steel materials included bent wide flange W12 X 79# A992 the hard way and bent tube steel TS 2" X 2" X .250" WALL A500 GRB. [caption id="attachment_706" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Sign Village at the Peaks[/caption]

Are you looking to build a new home or do a remodel to make your home stand out from the rest?  Think about using curved steel beams to give your roof line a unique, eye catching look.  Not to mention, the structural integrity of the curved steel beams is unparalleled when compared to other building materials. Albina Co., Inc, recently completed a project for a personal residence in California that involved splitting wide flange W12 X 30# A992 into WT6 X 15# and rolling stem in to a 75 ft radius. Albina also rolled tube steel TS 10" X 6" X .500" WALL A500 GR B the hardway to a 75 ft radius and wide flange W10 X 30# A992 the hardway to a 75 ft radius to create the curved roof trusses. [caption id="attachment_702" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Roof Trusses for Residential Construction[/caption] [caption id="attachment_701" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Roof Trusses for Residence in California[/caption]

Albina Co., Inc. recently completed various lengths of curved rectangular tube steel for the curved portion of the face of the new Harley Davidson building in Scottsdale, Arizona.   We also bent various internal structural steel elements for the interior of the building as well as a spiral staircase. [caption id="attachment_694" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Harley Davidson[/caption] [caption id="attachment_695" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Harley Davidson Facade[/caption] [caption id="attachment_696" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Spiral Staircase Harley Davidson[/caption] [caption id="attachment_697" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Harley Davidson Interior Structure[/caption]  

Albina Co., Inc. recently bent various sizes of tube steel to help create a beautiful curved steel pedestrian bridge in Woodburn, OR. Materials we worked with: TS 4" X 4" X .188" WALL A500 GR B. 65 lengths rolled anywhere from a 30 ft radius to a 300 ft radius. TS 4" X 2½" X .188" WALL A500 GR B. 28 lengths rolled anywhere from a 30 ft radius to a 120 ft radius. TS 4" X 1½" X .120" WALL A500 GR B. 36 lengths rolled anywhere from a 30 ft radius to a 300 ft radius. [caption id="attachment_690" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Pedestrian Bridge Woodburn, WA.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_691" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Curved Steel Pedestrian Bridge Woodburn, WA.[/caption]

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]