Aluminum Extrusion Services

Aluminum extrusion services specialize in extruding aluminum and aluminum alloys into custom and standard profiles and shapes. Common shapes and applications include sheet, thin film, rod or wire, custom profiles or cross sections, construction or building products, tubing or hose, pipe, gaskets or seals, and heat sinks. Services offered by aluminum extrusion services include design assistance or review, die or tool fabrication, prototype or short-run production, high-volume production, assembly services, and specialty packaging. Additional capabilities and parameters to consider include secondary operations, certifications and quality requirements, and extruded aluminum by series. Additional capabilities for aluminum extrusion services include machining, grinding, EDM cutting, water or abrasive jet cutting, heat treating or stress relieving, welding, anodizing, electroplating, painting or powder coating, and printing or labeling. Certifications for aluminum extrusion services include AS9100, ISO 9001:2000, ISO/TS 16949, QS-9000, and MIL-SPEC. 

Aluminum extrusion services perform hot extrusion, cold extrusion, co-extrusion, and dual or multi-durometer extrusion operations. Hot-working extrusion processes use the good deformability of heated metallic or thermoplastic materials for shaping. Cold-working extrusion processes are performed at or near room temperature. High stresses dictate robust tooling for cold extrusion. Co-extrusion is a technique in which multiple layers are extruded together. It is used most often in sheet, film, and tubular extrusion applications.  Dual extrusion and multi-durometer extrusion are techniques in which materials of different hardnesses are combined in a single extrusion. One common application is the combination of a rigid material and a flexible material in one cross section. The rigid component can add strength and structural alignment, while the flexible component may have a function such as sealing. 

Aluminum extrusion services perform hydrostatic extrusion, impact extrusion, reverse extrusion or backwards extrusion, and wire drawing. Hydrostatic extrusion is similar to impact extrusion, but uses a more gradual ram application. Impact extrusion is a technique in which a small amount of material is forced through a die by a ram, often in a tubular cross-section. Very significant material deformation makes this method suitable for relatively soft materials such as aluminum, lead, or tin.  Pultrusion is a manufacturing process in which resin-impregnated reinforcement fibers are pulled though a heated steel die. Typically, the fibers are pulled from rolls through a resin impregnator and then through the die whose heat initiates curing into a solid, constant cross-section of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP).  Reverse or backwards extrusion is a technique in which the material blank is forced to flow in the direction opposite the extruding pin, plunger, or ram. It may be combined with impact or hydrostatic extruding. Rod or wire-forming process force a material through a series of successively smaller dies in order to reduce the cross-section. Drawing refers to the pulling of wire or rod through a die.

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