The Process of Making Steel Pipe For years, prior to getting into the steel industry, I was always scratching my head wondering how steel pipe was made. Almost everyday, I would wake up, brush my teeth, then go directly to my thinking chair and ponder the very existence of steel pipe and the process behind Read more about Rolling, Rolling, Rolling….Pipe[…]

Many people in the restaurant industry or the booming food-truck industry are constantly wondering what kind of material to use for the countertops, or backsplash…aluminum or stainless steel. Each material has its strong points, but it all comes down to how you are using the material. Stainless steel is made using a combination of nickel, Read more about Aluminum versus Stainless Steel[…]

Lets start with the most widely used beam for structural steel. W-Beams, so called because they are technically known as Wide-Flange Beams, come in a wide variety of size from 4” tall to 44” tall. Note: the size description of the W-beams are always listed as height of beam x lbs. per foot of beam (ex. Read more about It’s W-Beam, not I-Beam…you Dummy![…]