by Ben Wiley | Jan 16, 2020 | Aluminum Extrusion, Bending, Extruded Section, Metal Ductility
When aluminum is extruded through a die it’s supposed to come out straight. Die designers put a lot of effort into achieving that result because bent or twisted extrusion is of no use in many applications. There are occasions when curved or radiused aluminum...
by Ben Wiley | Dec 20, 2017 | Metal Deformation, Metal Ductility, Metal Fabrication
Remember Clippy, the annoying paperclip “assistant” Microsoft imposed on us with Windows 98? You’d type the first few words of a letter and Clippy would pop up in the bottom right corner of your screen, asking if you needed help. Many of us had fantasies about...