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Fab Masters firmly believes in the utility of extruded aluminum. Read more about the advantages of using aluminum, especially extruded aluminum, in your metal fabrication project.
Do you currently rely on sheet metal to create products for your company? If so, you should think about using aluminum extrusions instead. Outside of the fact that using aluminum extrusions to manufacture products is typically less expensive than using sheet metal, you can also create products in significantly less time when you choose to go with extrusions.
Anodizing has become a popular finishing option for aluminum parts. Despite the popularity of aluminum anodizing, there remains a lot of confusion about the process and the resulting finish.
When businesses want to create a new product, it can be a very long process. So when the time comes for them to finally make it, it’s important that they find the best way to go about it. If the product is very large and needs to be made with aluminum or any like material, then custom extrusion might be the best route.
When Ford decided a year ago to introduce the new F-150 with aluminum siding, the auto world wasn’t quite sure what to think. Would this make the trucks more popular? Would the new F-150 continue to enjoy sales at the same levels it did before?
If offered a bag of gold or a bag of aluminum, what would you take? Nowadays you would, of course, take the bag of gold. It seems like a no-brainer decision. However, a couple of centuries ago, you would be foolish to choose that bag of gold. Aluminum was in hot demand back in those rank and file days, considered more precious than almost any metal on God’s green earth.
When it comes to useful metals, aluminum may be one of the most diverse and widespread materials on the planet. In fact, it is one of the most abundant metals found in the Earth, after oxygen and silicon, and it has been used in man-made structures, tools, and other things for centuries.
Steel and aluminum are the two most popular spinning materials for different advantages. But is one actually “better” than the other? Comparing the two can be likened to comparing apples and oranges, to an extent. True, steel is more affordable, but there are sacrifices for the affordability.
Aluminum is arguably the most widely used element in our consumer society today. No other metallic element than aluminum is so incredibly versatile. It is very compatible with other material for seamless fusing, is easily pliable and, most importantly, remarkably lightweight. Read more
At Fab Masters Company we regard alloy selection very seriously in the pre-production stages of project development with our customers. This reasoning is twofold; first, the alloy must be compatible with the fabrication processes in order to manufacture the part successfully, and economically. Secondly, the alloy must withstand structural requirements expected of it to perform in the field without failure.
The 6000 series alloys are the most popular alloys in the aluminum extrusion industry. Regardless of them being used in the extrusion industry for over 60 years, some uncertainties still exist in the selection, processing, and application of these alloys as applied to end use. Since national standards or designation rather than end product properties drive choice of alloy, this can result in inappropriate alloy choice and ineffective processing.