Tapered HSS Members 1

[noengr]

Does anyone have experience with design using tapered HSS? If so, what manufacturer makes these members.

 

[flight7]

I used them once. We just sized it so that the member could be cut longitudinally on an angle, then one side flipped and welded back together to get a tapered member. Designed this way, any fabricator can do it.

 

[MikeDB]

Most any fabricator can take flat plate and fold it into a tapered tubular shape. The fabricators that make steel poles for the transportation industry and the electric utility industry do this all day long.

 

[paddingtongreen]

I used these people in the T&D business and there are others in the same line of work.

http://www.valmont.com/page.aspx?id=135

Michael.
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