Aluminum

Aluminum

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Aluminum

fisheye

Metals; Aluminum

A defect in the paint film appearing as a circular depression resembling a crater but not revealing bare substrate.

finishing

Metals; Aluminum

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

finish

Metals; Aluminum

In extrusion, the condition, quality or appearance of the final aluminum surface. Aluminum can be finished in a very wide variety of textures and colors.

fin stock

Metals; Aluminum

Coiled sheet or foil in specific alloys, tempers, and thickness ranges suitable for manufacture of fins for heat-exchanger applications.

fin

Metals; Aluminum

A thin projection on a forging or casting resulting from trimming or from the metal under pressure being forced into hairline cracks in the die or around die inserts.

Surface discoloration which may vary from gray to black, is parallel to the direction of rolling, and contains rolled in foreign debris. It is usually extraneous material from an overhead location ...