Design & Manufacture of Extrusions

Within the early stages of a planned extrusion project, the extrusions themselves will need to be designed. Many extrusion companies have the specialist knowledge to be able to assist with the design process, as well as designing and manufacturing/sourcing the applicable tooling.

This is usually facilitated by producing a CAD design of the required extrusion, with plenty of collaboration between the buyer and supplier to achieve the required design specifications. Following this, the applicable die is manufactured - either by the supplier or a third party tooling specialist - before production begins.

The die is mounted to one end of an extrusion press, whilst the material is placed into the cylinder and forced through the die by a piston. Depending on whether a hot or cold extrusion process is being used, the material may be heated, or kept at room temperature.

As the material is forced out of the die, it takes on its profile, meaning that long lengths of extruded material can be created with cross-sectional symmetry. These are then cut to the required length.

Used to produce

Extruded components from scratch - either where no design currently exists, or an existing design requires modification.

Materials

Aluminium is the most commonly-used material within the extrusion process, although others can be used such as plastic, copper, brass, steel, lead, tin and even titanium.

Advantages

Extrusion companies often have the specialist knowledge required to design extrusions, meaning that there are no hiccups at the production phase of the project.

Disadvantages

Designing and manufacturing extrusions from scratch - including the tooling - can take time, meaning that this needs to be allowed for.

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