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Founded in 1951 in Tipton, a few hundred metres from its
current location, Angle Ring, and the name suggests, started
curving steel angle sections into rings, along with flat
bars, small tube and solid bar.
The thriving Midlands Industry used the rings
for a myriad of end uses, and so started the UK s
largest steel bending company.
Today we offer a massive range of sections, from
the smallest angles, to the largest tubes, deepest
beams, and heaviest columns. Much of our work is
still focussed on small to medium sections for industry
(including of course angle-rings), but the history
of Angle Ring is without a doubt linked heavily
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Leeds Shopping Centre
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The Victorian Era utilised Cast Iron to its full effect
with marvellous structures being created in many forms.
Crystal Palace, of the mid 1800 s extensively used
Cast Iron, as did many other amazing designs including
the Eiffel Tower. The Arcade seen here is in Leeds, still
surviving today as a shopping arcade.
The wrought Iron section came into being in about 1850,
and grew in popularity throughout the 1800 s but
it wasn t until the material transformed into Steel
in the late 1800 s & early 1900 s that
Iron really had competition.
Steel started to come into play in the late 1800 s
with the Forth Rail Bridge being the first major structure
to use Steel, as opposed to Iron.
Rolled Steel sections became not only economical to manufacture,
but the mechanical properties of steel made it an ideal
choice for structural applications.
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Labour Costs were increasing and the alternative of steel
took hold and Cast and Wrought Iron slowly began to disappear
from use.
(Cast Iron did try to adapt to the changing market
and offer alternative products to keep its workforce
alive, the house shown here is a prime example of
a Cast Iron House, of which only a few remain today.
This one is on show at the Black Country Museum
in Tipton).
Architecture reacted to this with the designs of
the Victorian era being slowly changed into more
contemporary designs and leading to the Art-Deco
era of the 1920 s to 1930 s with relatively
square buildings clad in decorative facias.
The Second World War came and went, and obviously
left the finances of many countries limited, and,
with a renewed desire for practicality rather than
luxury the 1950 s, 60 s and 70 s
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Cast Iron House Black Country Museum |
Minor Axis Bending of 914mm UB. |
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However it was in 1958 that
steel changed its shape, literally, when the range
of Universal sections was introduced.
These sections offered designers a wide range
of sections to choose from, and British Steel
pushed for Steel to become the material of choice
for structural buildings.
Angle Ring began developing tooling to bend the
Universal range of sections and was the first
to successfully offer steel beams, Columns and
Channels curved about the Major Axis.
Throughout the 1980 s and 1990 s Angle
Ring firmly established itself as the largest
steel bending company in the UK and offered unparalleled
Capacity, Quality and Service.
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The 1990 s also saw Angle Ring focus on Export
and we now have prestigious projects in every corner
of Europe. |
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Poplar High Level Walkway |
Hot bent tubes for the offshore market
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A range of induction bending equipment began to
be installed during the 1990 s.
This, whilst serving the Architectural Market,
also gave Angle Ring the opportunity to increase
supply to the Pipe Line industry with pipe bending
of tubes up to 914mm diameter, and thicknesses
of up to 50mm.
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face of Angle Ring we continued to service civil,
process and related industries, and capacity grew
in all market areas and industry was still supported
with every step. |
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Merchants Bridge, Manchester
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130mm thick plate being curved |
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In 2000 we took over the 1935
founded company of T.Morley & Co. T.Morley
& Co offered heavy bending and fabrication
to a wide range of industries, and could form
plate of up to 200mm thick with presses operating
at over 1700 tonnes.
This added capacity to our extensive range, but
more was to come.
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Another 12 months on and the renowned pipe forming
company Bentham International was closing its
doors.
Angle Ring stepped in, purchasing a range of press
braking machinery and welding equipment which
allowed us to continue with Benthams work of producing
formed and welded pipes, specialising in Stainless
and Exotic grades of Steel (Duplex, Super Duplex
etc)
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Stainless Tubes,
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Still offering small sections, over 50 years on
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With constant focus on our
customers, we continue to offer an unparalleled
service to a wide range of industries, not forgetting
where we started, but not losing the desire to
improve.
New machinery is added regularly, and new services
and techniques pioneered to ensure we remain
#1 for ALL your bending needs...
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Our location - bird's eye view |
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Bloomfield Road | Tipton
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DY4 9EH | UK | Tel: +44 (0) 121 557 7241
Fax: +44 (0) 121 522 4555 |
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