Aluminum

Aluminum

Industry: Metals

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Aluminum

The removal of impurities from molten metal in a crucible, furnace, or scrap remelting furnace by bubbling a mixture of gases up through the melt. The combined chemical and mechanical action carries ...

Dove-tail

Metals; Aluminum

An interlocking connexion frequently used for the assembly of interconnecting extrusions; it is assembled by a sliding action.

Discontinuities

Metals; Aluminum

Abnormalities such as cracks, laps, folds, cold shuts, inclusions, segregation and porosity. Voids of any kind.

Disc

Metals; Aluminum

An electrostatic paint application shaped like a disc which atomizes paint utilising centrifugal force off the edge of the disc.

Stability dimensional

Metals; Aluminum

The ability of an object to retain its original shape under varying physical conditions.

Tool assembly die

Metals; Aluminum

The various components making up the assembly within the tool carrier or Die Slide. A typical example would be (from front to rear): die and backer enclosed in a die ring, bolster and possibly a ...

Weld die

Metals; Aluminum

A region in extruded hollow profiles created by two streams of metal within the die joining themselves in the weld chamber around the mandrel of a hollow type die. Die welds are generally present in ...