When a machine frame is built with 6061-T6 aluminum extrusion, the number that predicts the first permanent bend is the aluminum yield strength, not...
A maintenance engineer at an automotive battery-line integrator has to replace a welded steel machine frame that weighs 186 kg. The T-slot aluminum ...
At Shanghai Huishuo Aluminum Industry Technology Co., Ltd., our engineering team recently fielded a question from a machine builder designing a gant...
Aluminum is the most abundant metal in Earth's crust (8.2% by weight), yet it is never found in metallic form: it has to be refined from bauxite ore...
Steel is cheaper per kilogram. Aluminum wins nearly everything that happens after purchase. At 2.70 grams per cubic centimeter, aluminum alloy weigh...
A packaging machine builder recently re-quoted a 6-meter conveyor gantry two ways: a welded mild steel frame at 340 kg, or a bolted frame built from...
Material Engineering Notes, Industrial Framing Series A 6063-T5 bar extruded at around 480 degrees Celsius and cooled in still air reaches a yield s...
Two purchase orders for the same 4040 T-slot profile can specify different metals: one buyer writes 6063-T5, another insists on 6061-T6, and the gap...
A purchasing engineer who orders forty sticks of 6-meter T-slot profile without checking aluminum density in lb/in3 usually finds out at the loading...
When a machine builder asks about the melting point of aluminum, they are usually not planning to melt anything. They are checking a weldment drawing...
Choosing the right stock aluminum extrusion profiles comes down to matching profile geometry, alloy, and finish to the real mechanical and environmen...
An opening aluminum extrusion profile is an extruded aluminum section with an open cross-section — a U-channel, C-channel, or L-profile — rather than...