Metal extrusion has quietly become one of the most rapidly evolving manufacturing processes of the past few years. While the basic principle remains the same (forcing heated metal through a shaped die ...

Editor?s note: The author, Donald E. De Laney, a consultant in polymer process rheology, worked with GE for 17 years and has worked with Dynisco over the past eight years. The plastics compounding and ...

Extruded products constitute more than 50 % of the market for aluminium products in Europe of which the building industry consumes the majority. Aluminium extrusions are used in commercial and ...

When it comes to turning raw metal alloys into useful things, two processes dominate: casting and forging. Both have their place, but when strength and light weight are priorities, forging is the ...

The art of forging dates to at least 4000BC and probably earlier. Metals such as bronze and wrought iron were forged by early man to produce hand toots and weapons of war. Forging of wrought iron and ...