The manufacturing of metal components often seems like a choice between two extremes. On one side, there is the slow and meticulous process of machining, where a block of metal is gradually shaved ...

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 ...

Aluminum is particularly well suited to the extrusion process due to its excellent plasticity at extrusion temperature. Only a minor degree of work-hardening takes place at this temperature and ...

The manufacturing sector continues to face a skilled labor shortage, and nowhere is this more apparent than in specialized fields like metal extrusion. As experienced professionals retire and ...