The Case For Extruded Brass Shapes - Thanks to advances in extrusion technology, the old metrics for using near-net shaped brass stock are changing. The production advantages of extrusions are now more cost effective. Let's start with some basics. All else being equal, it is faster and easier to machine a part from a near-net [...]
Custom Aluminum Extrusions We have very strong partnerships with the top aluminum mills and help many of our customers save time and money by working with the experts to create custom aluminum extrusions. With a custom extrusion, you can use one of the thousands of dies from our mill’s libraries or work with mill experts [...]
Brass Frames - All of the grilles featured on this site can be fitted into a frame. Made from 1/8" (3mm) thick brass extrusion they are available in various different finishes. All corners are mitred and soldered and the frame highly polished. The following frames are available: T Section, Angle, Channel or Flat in the [...]
Failure analysis of stellite dies for brass extrusion The effect of aging Abstract Improving the performance of the extrusion tools and predicting their life postulates knowledge of their failure mechanisms. In this work, actual failure cases of brass extrusion dies made from stellite 4B are presented and their mechanisms are studied. It is found that [...]
