Aluminum extrusion
Aluminum extrusion
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Has anyone used aluminum extrusion in their designs? Any issues?
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RE: Aluminum extrusion
If nothing else, maybe what is your application or the like.
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RE: Aluminum extrusion
At that time, 30 years ago, the biggest extrusion press in the world was in Arkansas and could make a part no larger than 13" diameter directly. (Wider flattish parts could be extruded in circular form and then flattened.) So we could get the parts made by that source, and maybe a couple of others.
The minimum buy was 5000 lb. of product, which was about as much as we needed, so it would have been worthwhile to fire up the press and prepare the billet.
The tooling was surprisingly inexpensive; in our case about equivalent to the cost of making a half dozen or so of our parts from billet.
In the particular case at hand, the total cost of the lot of parts we needed came out within a few pct of continuing to machine them from billet, so the boss elected to not try something that was new to us.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Aluminum extrusion
RE: Aluminum extrusion
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Aluminum extrusion
I personally would want the interior of the enclosure to not have cavities or horizontal surfaces that could trap chips, making it harder to clean the machine. ... i.e., t-slots.
Your specs may differ, of course.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Aluminum extrusion
Dave