Why Induction Bending is the Best for New Stairway Railings

How you decide to display the entrance of your new office will affects the number of clients that walk in to request for services. For instance, installing steel rails and fixtures on both sides of the short stairway to your offices gives the entire building a classy and professional look, which could be advantageous to the business. However, with different methods of metal bending available, it is important to take time when choosing finished steel railings. The induction bending process is one such form of metal bending. This article highlights reasons why business owners should go for induction-bent steel railings.

Zero Deformation -- Stairway railings can take different designs, and what one chooses is a matter of preference. Adding tight curves on a piece of the straight steel rod is capable of producing a stairway railing that doubles up as stair trusses. However, achieving such tight curves or bends can be a bit of a problem when using generic metal bending techniques due to the possibility of deformations. Nonetheless, induction bending eliminates such cross-sectional deformations since metal is heated uniformly before any bending can occur.

No Spring Back -- Before bending metal for stairway railings, the clients are first supposed to supply the manufacturer with all dimensions. Manufacturers try as much as possible to get the dimensions right to avoid affecting the installation process. Conventional metal bending methods such as the cold bending technique cannot guarantee dimensional accuracy. Under cold bending, bent points on metal tend to regain their original shape slightly. Induction bending, however, eliminates kick back since once the desired shape has been reached, the metal is drenched in cold water to ensure that the shape is maintained. In the end, the steel metal railings you ordered would have the exact dimensions you provided the manufacturer thereby providing quick and easy installation.

No Rippling Inside Bends -- You must have seen stairway rails where bends have ripple-like deformations. These ripples are the result of metal thinning at the bending points, and it is common with other metal bending processes. If you want stairway railings that are flush and smooth all the way, then you should choose those that have been treated using the induction bending process. The process maintains constant temperature increment on the piece of metal being worked on, and once the desired temperature and curve is achieved, it is immediately passed through a cooling system to prevent wall thinning.   

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