Uses of Aluminum Extrusion

Making the most of aluminum’s excellent malleability, the extrusion process creates shapes by heating billets of aluminum alloy to soften them and then forcing them with a hydraulic press or ram under high pressure through special steel dies. What results are pieces of aluminum that maintain the specific shape of the die.

Applications for Aluminum Extrusion

- In the transportation industry, where the strength-to-weight ratio is critical, aluminum extrusions are ideal for engine blocks, transmission housings, panels, roof rails and chassis of cars, boats, trucks, and railway and subway cars, as well as for the bodies and component parts of vehicles. Demand has also grown for aluminum extrusions as structural components in the manufacture of lighter-weight automobiles, such as the new, 700-pounds-lighter Ford F-150 pickup truck.

- Aluminum conducts heat efficiently, so the metal is commonly found in automobile radiators and air conditioners, condenser tubes, nuclear reactors, pharmaceutical thawing units, and in the heating and cooling devices of computers, audio/visual systems and electronics.

- One of aluminum’s greatest attributes is that it is naturally rust and corrosion resistant without additional treatment. This is due to the presence of a thin, naturally occurring protective film of aluminum oxide that bonds to its surface.

- Extruded aluminum tubing is used to house coaxial cables and wires because it’s non-magnetic. It’s useful for high-voltage applications, and anywhere magnetic fields come into play or where sensitive magnetic devices are in use.

- In construction, extruded aluminum components resist distortion caused by weather and building movement. They retain strength and flexibility under loads and spring back the shock of impact.

- The highly reflective characteristic of aluminum extrusions make them useful for shielding products or areas light, radio waves, or infrared radiation.

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