Or they can use rebar cutting and bending machines at the jobsite or in their shops. Contractors say there is no difference in quality or strength between pre-engineered and do-it-yourself machine ...

1 In the other study, bending and straightening tests were performed on 254 Grade 60 reinforcing bars of three sizes — #5, #8 and #11 — with procedures that simulated field conditions.

This device, a CNC machine about the size of a small car, sits on-site and forges the rebar on demand, reading from digital files to bend and cut ... to develop and test the rebar, along with ...

It was commissioned for testing two months back, but the machines are still being progressively ... “All of the world’s major rebar cut and bend facilities are located in different sites ...