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Aluminum extrusion offers product design key advantages inherent in the flexibility of the process to reduce fastener and assembly costs as illustrated in the Alex-Cube business card holder. Snap Fit Assemblies A “snap-fit” joint (O) is one that is self-locking and requires no additional fasteners to hold the joint together. Several rolled shapes, riveted together, can be replaced by…
Precisely manufactured components are critical to helping OEM engineers bring their product designs to life. When those products involve bent and formed aluminum extrusions, product designers need to consider factors, such as inside and outside diameters, critical surface areas and mechanical strength that can affect a part’s final fit and finish. Different types of bending…
Saving money while maintaining freedom of design presents a challenge for every manufacturer using machined extruded parts. Every industry that uses the extrusion process as an integral part of their design can benefit from the expertise Alexandria Industries offers. Fastening extrusions together without unnecessary machining or fabricating will reduce costs and increase flexibility in the design process. There…
The ability for engineers to utilize a near-net shape process coupled with a list of superior physical characteristics, offers unsurpassed advantages through the aluminum extrusion process. Aluminum has numerous design advantages, in terms of physical and chemical characteristics as well as providing beneficial tooling advantages and reduced lead-times. Process Typical Tooling Tooling Lead-Time Aluminum Extrusion…
In today’s fast-paced, first-to-market environment, product design engineers will want to explore the benefits afforded through the aluminum extrusion prototyping process during the design stage. It allows you to set high performance expectations for your components and the value they bring to the end product. From a functional perspective, it is important to ask what…
Gaining a competitive advantage in an increasingly demanding marketplace can be as simple as reducing supplier lead times, while minimizing inventory liabilities associated with large batch orders. Most domestic manufacturing operations will define lead-time as, “the time from when a manufacturing order is transmitted until the order is received by the customer.” Defining lead-time in…
A universal misconception of aluminum is that it is not strong enough to use in load-bearing structural applications. Perhaps that stems from the known fact of an aluminum can and its crushability. In all actuality, aluminum is probably a “victim of its own strength” in this respect, as its high strength-to-weight ratio is partly what…
Product flexibility can be defined as the amount of responsiveness (or adaptability) for any future change in a product design, including new products and derivatives of existing products. A flexible design will reduce redesign costs and allow quicker response to customers with increased performance. Many manufacturers offer products that are specifically designed to present additional…
Understanding the value aluminum delivers to the environment is important for all businesses. China is the world’s largest consumer of aluminum, while the U.S. is the fourth largest producer of the primary metal. Aluminum is the most commonly recycled metal in the world. More than one-third of all the aluminum currently produced globally originates from recycled metal. Recycled…
Whether your business uses aluminum as an integral material to produce a final product or not, the time invested in understanding what’s available is important to all of us. Extruded aluminum is used to manufacture innovative products and equipment that harness alternative energy sources. Aluminum is a green material due to its inherent attributes and…
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