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Imperial Steel Supports a Safe Farming Community

Ag-Safety-Week-2017-500x475Imperial Steel has always been a proud supporter of Canadian farming families, and that’s why we support Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW).

Organized by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), CASW is a public awareness campaign focusing on the importance of farm safety. The aim is to empower producer families with the information they need to help keep kids, adults and seniors safe on the farm or ranch. CASW takes places every year during the third week of March and in 2017, it is set for the week of March 12th to 18th.

This year, we are appealing to adults – especially those who are busy juggling family, farm and work, to use safe farming methods.

Even adults need help sometimes, and that’s why you should never stop learning. Check out the resources available to you – including new “Farm Talks” info and “Toolbox Talks”, which feature topics such as Operating Portable Augers, Preparing Grain Bins for Harvest, Transporting Oversized Loads, plus a new women’s health series – at agsafetyweek.ca.

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Value Added Products – Large Diameter Air Filtration

At Imperial Steel, we work with our clients to determine exactly what products will support their application requirements. We enjoy working with our customers to manufacture parts that are closer to finished parts versus longer tubing lengths that they have to manipulate themselves to make the specific parts they need.

raw-coils-large-diameter-air-filtrationIn recent years, we have had the opportunity to create products for the purpose of large diameter air filtration. Air filtration is a very important aspect to the processes of many industries such as construction, agriculture, marine, mining, automotive exhaust, and companies that specialize in heating/cooling.

The benefits of large diameter air filtration will vary depending upon the industry. Overall, larger air filtration ranging from 7” to 12” will guarantee more filtration efficiency and higher airflow.

Imperial Steel has the ability to be very adaptive to many different manufacturing specifications and we will assist the manufacturer with the research and development required to produce a truly superior product.

Is there a problem we can help you solve? Contact us for your free estimate today.

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Value Added Products – Air Grain Vacuum

At Imperial Steel, we have extensive experience in the agricultural industry, and we have been a supplier to the manufacturers of grain augers for many years.

A grain auger is an agricultural screw conveyor with a long metal tube approximately 8 to 13 inches in diameter with an enclosed metal auger that is used to raise and transport grain from the ground to the top of the grain bins or to load trucks from the grain bin. Grain augers can also be used to disperse feed from a wagon to cattle feeders on a farm. (Definition courtesy of RITCHIEWiki.)

Air Grain Vacuum-475x351In recent years, there has been a demand for equipment that will help to improve efficiency on expanding farms.

Enter air grain vacuums.

An air grain vacuum is a high capacity air fan that creates a vacuum for picking up and moving grain, and is designed to move grain from grain storage facilities onto grain transport vehicles.

The latest generation of grain vacs delivers capacities exceeding 10,000 bushels per hour, and many farmers run whole bins through a grain vac instead of turning to an auger. According to manufacturer reports, both fan-type and pneumatic-type grain vacs are now running through a million bushels without requiring major maintenance.

Imperial Steel is proud to provide tubular products used in various agricultural applications throughout North America. Our thin wall steel tubing is used by several grain vac manufacturers due to its strength and durability. We have the ability to adapt to many different manufacturing specifications and will assist the manufacturer with the research and development required to produce a truly superior product.

Contact us for your tubing needs today!

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Venturing Into New Markets – Centre Pivot Irrigation

Centre pivot irrigation has become a staple of modern-day agriculture and is now almost as prevalent as tractors in our open fields.

center-pivot-irrigationCenter pivot irrigation was invented in 1940 by visionary Frank Zybach. In 1948, Zybach built the first model, mounted on metal skids with two towers connected by wires that worked two-way water control valves, and had a sprinkler pipe hanging about two feet from the ground. In 1949, he applied for a patent and received one in 1952 for the “Zybach Self Propelled Sprinkling Irrigation Apparatus”.

People didn’t latch on to the idea right away, but by June 1976, Scientific American magazine called centre pivot irrigation systems “perhaps the most significant mechanical innovation in agriculture since the replacement of draft animals by the tractor” and the Irrigation Association says it is “without a doubt the greatest advancement in agriculture since the McCormick reaper”; so recognition did eventually come to pass.

Fast forward to the present and Imperial Steel is proud to be a tubing manufacturer and distributor for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) companies wanting to deliver even more specialized centre pivot irrigation systems.

Center pivot systems require different specs than what we have produced historically. We love to conceive of new uses for our tubing and collaborate with our clients to deliver value added products that meet their needs and solve their problems.

Manufacturing tubing for centre pivot irrigation systems combines our love of innovation and creating value added products with our love of the agriculture industry, and we hope to continue blazing a trail long into the future.

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Imperial Steel is now on Facebook! Like our page and get tube news.

At Imperial Steel, we value our customers and want to communicate with them, no matter where they are. In the past while, we’ve been growing our online properties in order to do just that.

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And now, it is with great excitement that we announce the launch of our Facebook page! We think we have the best tube news in the business, and we want you to be a part of our ‘fandom’. Through our Facebook page, we will share blogs, our newest videos, industry stories, community events, and the many unique, value added products that we create for our customers.

To follow us on Facebook, simply click here; then click the “Like” button on the page. If you feel like being a real social butterfly, please share our page with your friends using the “Share” button.

And finally, if you still can’t get enough Imperial Steel news, our website has a page where you can “Stay Connected“.

Contact us anytime, we want to hear from you!

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Where is Imperial Steel?

Where-is-Imperial-SteelSteel is essentially used in the manufacturing of major structures. Steel is used in the automotive, agriculture and the real estate industry. So, it is safe to say that you will be seeing a lot of steel tubing components that have been manufactured by Imperial on a daily basis. Nothing is more important than selecting the right kind of steel products, especially when it comes to quality and quantity.

The Automotive and Agricultural Industry
There is no question that Imperial Steel is used extensively in the automotive industry. Using Imperial Steel’s cold rolled and aluminized exhaust tubing in the manufacturing of vehicle components provides long term strength and durability, enabling them to withstand harsh conditions. Similarly, our hot rolled and galvanized steel tubing provides reliability and durability to much of the agricultural machinery, tools and components that you see every day in our fields. Plus, high quality steel tubing is typically easier to maintain throughout its lifespan.

End Users
Imperial Steel’s products are hence much better, more reliable and safer when it comes to the manufacture of farming equipment, cars, big rigs and a plethora of different things that we see in our everyday lives. How about that spiral staircase you’ve been considering for your home? Yep, we can provide tubing for home projects too!

Consumers today look for products that can give them a good value for their money. At Imperial Steel you don’t have to worry about getting something flimsy and unreliable. We provide our customers with economical products made with high grade steel that lasts longer.

Moreover, our products are passed through a strict quality check before being used in construction of cars, tractors, trucks and other applications.

For more information about our steel tubing products, contact us or request an estimate today!

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Find Us On the Hotline in 2015!

Imperial Steel is very pleased to announce a new relationship with the Farmers Hotline in 2015. While our customer base in the United States continues to grow and expand, we thought it was high time to partner with a renowned publication that has been providing trusted information to farmers and ranchers nationwide for over 35 years.

Farmers Hotline is published by region and by special edition. Five regional publications and two special editions available both digitally and traditionally are produced throughout the year for the farming and livestock industries.

Featured below is our current listing that appears in the Manufacturers Spotlight special edition. Click here to download the Spring 2015 edition (we’re on page 59), and don’t forget to contact us for all of your steel tubing needs, no matter where you are.

Imperial Steel ad - Farmers Hotline Spring 2015