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PRI 2023

For those of us in the racing industry, the cold weather ushers in the end of racing and the start of the next build season. What better way to start off the 2024 “build season” than by attending the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show (PRI) in In...

Tube Bending & Forming

Boyce Industries, formerly of the Chicago, Illinois area (Melrose Park), is a performance-oriented company offering custom and contract tube bending services to motorsports and commercial customers alike. For more than 50 years, Boyce has provided hi...

A.E.D. Metal Products offers Polishing, Tumbling, and Deburring with a Giant Finishing Model W-5.

A.E.D. Metal Products now offers in-house polishing, tumbling, and deburring on a Giant Finishing Model W-5 vibratory bowl. The W-5 runs a 5 cubic foot tank, which means A.E.D. can process parts up to 34 inches in length in a single load. Whether you...

4130 Normalized vs. 4130 Annealed Sheet: Which Condition Do You Need?

If you are bending it, you want annealed. If you are cutting flat parts that need to hold their shape, you want normalized.

Streamline & Aero Tube Profiles | A.E.D. Metal Products

Since 2003, A.E.D. MEATLS has been supplying a custom streamline, oval and egg shaped tubing product that really sets us apart from the traditional streamline tubing.

How’s it different? The traditional 4130 streamline is produced by

What are the best preparation practices for welding 4130 Chrome Moly?

While not a very common practice in the auto racing industry, it is always recommended to remove the decarb or oxide layer from your 4130 Chrome Moly tube around the weld area.

MIG Welding Transfer Methods

In MIG welding, there are four different basic modes to transfer weld metal (filler material) across the arc to the base material. These transfer modes are Short Circuit, Globular, Spray Arc and Pulsed MIG.

The History of Dual Phase Advanced High Strength Steel And Its Introduction into Racing

Automakers have always looked to using the right steel in the right places in the production of automobiles. It was the emerging automobile industry of the early 1900s that ushered in the era of alloy steels. In the first years of automobile producti...

Docol Tube R8 UTV Roll Cage Testimonial

Joey Sabuco of STL Fab Shop in Hermiston, Oregon is a proud promoter of using Docol® Tube R8 for the construction of his customer's UTV cages. Joey started using Docol in early 2018 to build roll cages under 100 lbs for UTV's, and he and his customer...