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  • Welcome to Durbin Metal Industries

    ...Durbins to help customers with ‘Near-to-shape’ profiles News Feb. 2021 Durbins launch upgraded anodising tooling plate 5754 is a high-quality vertically... News May. 2020 Standards never slide During ...

  • Aluminium

    ...metal. It is almost always alloyed, which markedly improves its mechanical properties, especially when tempered. Major applications for aluminium are: Transportation, Packaging, Building and construct...

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (Q)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Quenching The rapid cooling a metal or alloy from the solution treatment temperature by contact with a solid, a liquid or a gas to retain the hardening constitu...

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (P)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Partial Annealing Thermal treatment, after cold working, of a work-piece to reduce its strength to a controlled, but not fully softened, level. Percentage Elong...

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (R)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Recrystallisation Annealing A heat treatment that softens a cold worked metal or alloy by complete recrystallisation. Rectification Work done to correct dimensi...

  • Durbin Metal Industries is COVID-19 Compliant

    ...Durbin Metal Industries is COVID-19 Compliant News Apr. 2020 As a leading supplier of cut plate and bar in the U.K. Durbin supplies a wide range of sectors, including essential industries. Whether med...

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (A)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Ageing , Age Hardening , Precipitation Hardening The second stage in the process (solution treatment and ageing) for those aluminium alloys that respond to heat...

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (F)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Finstock Narrow strip in the thickness range 0.2mm to 0.4mm used for finning of heat exchanger tubes in applications such as air conditioning. Fixed Mandrel A d...

  • Durbin Metal Industries_Walsall WS9 8BX

    ... Rugby Stafford M6 A42 M1 A45 A50 A14 A46 Kidderminster M6T Inset Aldridge Warehouse No.1 Wharf Approach Anchor Brook Industrial Park Aldridge Walsall WS9 8BX www.durbinmetals.co.uk Tel: 01922 453982

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (M)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Mean Diameter The sum of any two diameters at right angles divided by two. Mean Wall Thickness For a tube this is the sum of four wall thickness measurements, m...