Aluminum

Aluminum

Industry: Metals

Contributors in Aluminum

Aluminum

(1) The measure of a bearing being perpendicular to the die face which can be accomplished with a toolmaker's square or equivalent techniques. (2) Characteristic of having adjacent sides or planes ...

square bearing

Metals; Aluminum

A bearing surface exactly perpendicular to the die face and ideally to the metal flow.

spot, lube

Metals; Aluminum

A non-uniform extraneous deposit of lube on the coated sheet.

spreader

Metals; Aluminum

An auxiliary tool sometimes attached to the end of the container to produce an effective billet of greater size than the I. D. Of the container. Use of a spreader permits the extruding of sections ...

splice

Metals; Aluminum

The end joint uniting two webs.

spider die

Metals; Aluminum

An extrusion die for producing hollow shapes, whose mandrel is supported by multiple legs attached to the cap. Metal flows between the spider's legs and reunites before emerging through the die ...