Aluminum

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Slide die

Metals; Aluminum

The extrusion press component located between the container and press platen. It supports, aligns to the press and retains the tooling (die, backer, bolster, sub-bolster, etc. ) for the specified ...

Solid die

Metals; Aluminum

A steel disk, with one or more orifices or apertures, of similar cross-section and contour as the desired product, through which metal is forced forming open profiles such as bar, channel and angle.

A circular steel extrusion tool which forms an open profile with a high tongue ratio. Generally this tongue ratio is greater than three to one. This type of die is similar to a hollow die. The tongue ...

Number die

Metals; Aluminum

The number assigned to a die for identification and cataloguing purposes, and which usually is assigned for the same purpose to the product produced from that die.

Ring die

Metals; Aluminum

A cylindrical sleeve that holds the die and backer in axial relationship to each other.

Fluorocarbon

Metals; Aluminum

A stable carbon compound in which hydrogen from a hydrocarbon has been replaced by fluorine. Coatings containing the fluorocarbon PVF2, among the most stable known, are applied by roll coating or ...

Flow coating

Metals; Aluminum

Painting a part by directing streams of paint against it and letting excess paint drain into a tank for recirculation. Complicated shapes can be painted this way, but they must be correctly ...