Atlas Observer

Five Interesting Facts About Manufacturing You May Not Know

by Jim Erhart on August 16, 2016

When you work in manufacturing, you get to see some really neat things. Take us at Zekelman Industries - being the largest independent tubular products producer in North America, all of our tubular products that we manufacture are formed into a round shape first! So even that square HSS section you installed i...

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Product Showdown: A500 vs A513

by Jim Erhart on June 22, 2016

A common question that comes up when buying tubing is the difference between A500 and A513 material. Customers often assume the specifications are interchangeable but when we delve deeper into the specs, we see there are significant differences. What is A500 tubi...

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Recapping SuperPile 2016

by Jim Erhart on June 15, 2016

SuperPile is a conference hosted by the Deep Foundations Institute (www.dfi.org). According to their website, nine of DFI’s technical committees combine their resources to put on this annual show. SuperPile travels every year to a differen...

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Static Load Testing of Driven Piles

by Van Komurka on December 4, 2015

As a continuing service to our clients, Atlas Tube routinely enlists the services of industry leaders in matters related to driven pipe piles. This is the sixth in a series of topics provided at our request by Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group, Inc. Driven pile test programs may in...

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Dynamic Testing of Driven Piles

by Van Komurka on October 13, 2015

As a continuing service to our clients, Atlas Tube routinely enlists the services of industry leaders in matters related to driven pipe piles. This is the fourth in a series of topics provided at our request by Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group, Inc. Dynamic testing of driven piles...

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