Aluminum

Aluminum

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Aluminum

Equivalent round

Metals; Aluminum

The diameter of a circle having a circumference equal to the outside perimeter of other than round tube.

Billet extruded

Metals; Aluminum

The starting stock for the extrusion operation. Extrusion billet is a solid or hollow form, commonly cylindrical and is the length charged into the extrusion press cylinder. It is usually a cast ...

Shape extruded

Metals; Aluminum

Any aluminium extrusion other than rod, bar, or tube.

Electroplating

Metals; Aluminum

Depositing a thin layer of a metal, usually copper, tin or silver, on the surface of another metal by electrifying the metal to be plated in an electrolyte containing the plating metal.

Extraction

Metals; Aluminum

The general process of separating a metal from its ore.

Finishing

Metals; Aluminum

Usually secondary operations applied to extrusions to improve product dimensionally or change surface condition (etching) or colour (anodizing, plating, painting, buffing, etc).

The nominal overall measurement of tube or pipe diameter measured across its outer perimeter because of variations in actual wall thickness, it does not necessarily indicate true dimensions at all ...