One production that you won't miss these days is aluminum extrusion, from roads to window railings and doors they are virtually all around us. From schools to the gym and workplace; you can see it everywhere you go. Currently, on the market, there are different types of products and parts that are manufacture using aluminum extrusion.

Aluminum is considered amongst the most widely abundant minerals that are extracted from the crust. But aluminum does not exist in its purest form but its applications are endless. Aluminum is mainly extracted from Bauxite is mined from different parts of the world, its economic feasibility was carried out in 1988 and it was discovered it's viable for commercial production.

To extract the aluminum from the raw material to facilitate the process of extrusion, alumina has to go through smelting as well as alloying procedure.From these processes, low amounts of elements such as magnesium, manganese, silicon, and copper are added for the creation of specific materialistic properties.

Key applications of aluminum extrusion

Aluminum extrusions are used in key industrial sectors such as:

• Air or Military
• Machinery
• Consumer
• Electrical
• Energy
• Transportation

Military and Air

Aluminum is widely regarded as one of the lightest metals, these properties make it key to military, aircraft, and aerospace. Some of the properties that make it suitable for the aerospace sector include:

• No presence of tensile during extremely low temperature
• Requires minimal maintenance
• Lightweight and high in strength
• It has the capability of being used in a wide range of functionalities

Aluminum has played a key role in the aerospace industry the wright brother used an engine made from cast aluminum back in December 1903. For modern planes, they use a new alloy of aluminum which contains lithium and aluminum.

Aluminum extrusion is now also being used in:

• Military vehicles
• Hospital and command tent designs
• Helicopters and aircrafts
• Rapid deployment mats
• International Space station

Machinery

Aluminum extrusion is used in providing a wide range of equipment and machinery requirements. Its capability of high strength, lightweight, low maintenance as well as being simple and straightforward to curate intricate and delicate shapes. These properties make aluminum extrusion very vital for a wide variety of industrial machinery as well as applications.

For fully automated factories and industries, aluminum extrusion is vital for low mass, low maintenance, high strength, actuators as well as linear motion units. It can also be used as an erector set system in various workplaces, run-out tables, T-slot profiles that can be combined with specific hardware for the creation of machine shield, factory workstation just to mention a few.

Transportation

Whether it's for engineers, autos, trailers, rail, buses, and trucks. Aluminum is the go-to raw-material when it comes to extrusion. It significantly increases the load-carrying capacity, enhancing performance, and improving the fuel economy.

Aluminum extrusion provides your motor vehicle with design flexibility, corrosion-free which combines and optimizes all the parts boosting its strength application.