YOU need a simple 4D bend in 2.125-inch carbon steel tube with a wall factor of 15? Come on-that's too easy. Four 3D bends in 2.125-in. steel tube with a wall factor of 20? You can do better than that. Two 2D bends and four variable-radius bends in two planes in 2.125-in. steel tube with a wall factor of 30? And you need some of the bent sections flattened? OK, this sounds like a challenge, and a challenge is what interests Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators Inc., a small fabrication shop in St. Paul, Minn. Since Don Bauer co-founded the company in 1946, it has evolved into a shop that thrives on solving complex bending problems. It actually prefers complicated bending and forming and stays away from simple bending applications.
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