Chicago Metal Rolled Products
Curving steel since 1908
Since 1908, Chicago Metal Rolled Products has led the bending and rolling industry working with all steel grades, sizes and shapes including angles, bars, beams, channels, pipes, tubes, rail, sheet and plate.
With our highly trained workforce and state-of-the-art equipment, we can handle the most challenging jobs with precision, consistency and accuracy. With two plants, 60+ rolling machines and over 100 years of experience, Chicago Metal provides 3-day, 2-day, 1-day, and same-day delivery of quality, curved, structural steel, sheet and plate.
3715 S. Rockwell St.
Chicago, IL 60632
Phone: 773-523-5757
Fax: 773-650-1439
Sales Contact
Joe Wendt
Email: sales@cmrp.com
Sales: 773-523-5757
Toll-free: 800-798-4504
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Chicago Metal Rolled Products
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Chicago Metal Rolled Products director, former president dies
George F. Wendt, director and former president of Chicago Metal Rolled Products, died September 11, 2021.
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A new definition of precision in plate rolling
Plate rolling technology is helping heavy-duty fabrication shops like Chicago Metal Rolled Products meet the raised expectations of customers outside of the world of structural steel fabrication.
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How metal fabricators can manage distortion in profile bending
Bender-rollers have seen a spike in the demand for curved metal in recent years. The elliptical tube structure surrounding the CTA train tracks at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) stop near downtown Chicago is a perfect example. But even though Chicago Metal Rolled Products made it look easy, curving metal doesn’t come without its complications. Managing distortion tops the list, according to American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
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How a plate rolling rookie becomes a guru
How does a plate rolling rookie become a guru? According to Ken Pecho, project engineer at Chicago Metal Rolled Products, it requires good communication. So how do you really define good communication? For plate rolling (and many other shop skills), you can break it down into three critical components: collaboration, observation, and patience.
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Curving out a niche
In celebration of its 50th anniversary in April 2005, McDonald's® opened a 24,000-sq.-ft. restaurant in Chicago. The restaurant's most eye-catching feature is a pair of parabolic arches that stand 60 ft. high. Constructed from 20-in. by 12-in. tubes, the arches were curved by Chicago Metal Rolled Products, an OEM component subcontractor. Operating within a tight time frame, CMRP helped the structural steel fabricator and erector, Tefft Bridge & Iron LLC, by bending the tubes in multiple locations on longer sections to reduce the number of weld splices needed.
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Metal fabricating "The Bean" in a new millennium
The forming and fabricating of Chicago's famous Cloudgate structure, fondly called "The Bean," as well as the 925-foot BP Pedestrian Bridge located at the east section of Chicago's Millennium Park, and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion are explored.
Chicago Metal Rolled Products revamps Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's
Chicago Metal Rolled Products recently curved rectangular tubing to form the parabolic arches for the new Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's, which opened in downtown Chicago in the spring of 2005. The company matched the customer-supplied template, putting multiple radii into 50-ft.-long tube to minimize...