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    ...Durbins to help customers with ‘Near-to-shape’ profiles News Feb. 2021 Durbins launch upgraded anodising tooling plate 5754 is a high-quality vertically... View more We are here to help Get in touch to...

  • 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 construction,...

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  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (S)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Scaffolding Tube A ‘welded’ tube, size 1 29/32 inch O/D x 7 swg wall thickness (7swg = 0.176 inch / 4.47mm) used for scaffolding that has been Drift Tested Scalping...

  • 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 dimensional...

  • Metal Glossary for Aluminium (T)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Temper Designations There are two systems of letters and digits used, after the alloy designation number, to define and describe the temper of an aluminium alloy....

  • 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 (C)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Cast , Heat, Melt These terms are used interchangeably to refer to the product of a single melting furnace charge. Sometimes the furnace contents are tapped into...

  • 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 Elongation...

  • 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 device...