Aluminum Extrusion

[LMF5000]

900 Fahrehenheit = 480 Celsius. You're welcome :)

[nadavg10]

great video but why in Fahrenheit, inch? You know that the common American-drinking-bud-watching­-Football douchebags wouldn't have a slightest idea of what "extrusion" or "aging" is. Simply because you have to be an Engineering or Chemist student to understand it. And these guys usually know and prefer the metric system, quite naturally, like the rest of the world.

[FreddoX1]

@nadavg10 Exactly, I'm an Engineering student and get so frustrated when Americans insists in using fahrenheit and inches. Not only does the calculations become inaccurate, but it takes up so much unnecessary time and energy to convert whatever you might need to convert.

[azdynastybullies]

this is both hot and cold!!!!

[wndyd95]

is this cold, hot or warm drawing?

[vmelkon]

900 °F = 482 °C

[AmyFley]

Aluminum LOL!

[bobrec3GTI]

@AmyFley aluminium?

[AmyFley]

@bobrec3GTI That's better LOL. :)

[bbmohammed]

@alderaforall well actually the reason im working at sapa is because i want the money for college because the fuckers didnt give the scholarship now im stuck with the loans i mean my life is just sucking big time

[abcbb4ever]

@bbmohammed really ? Where are you from ?

[bbmohammed]

man i am working at sapa right now and i wish they would pay more since we are working our asses off every 5 days 12 hours under hot temperature, to your interests they raised the hourly payment to 10,50 but it is not that great to the hours we work

[alderaforall]

@bbmohammed if you don't like the pay, I suggest you get yourself in school to learn a skilled trade so you have a marketable skill to offer. If you do the kind of things that guys in this video are doing you shouldn't be making good money, it lacks any skill other than a couple hours training. This isn't a dig on you or these guys, it is the reality of the working world. I trained as a machinist, when I started I didn't make shit, as I learned more I earned more.

[ajtomon]

how much would one of these machines cost? and where would they even purchase one of these machines

[shocows2]

I worked for Universal Alloy in Canton, Ga where I ran a 16,200 ton press, it wasn't automated like this. The other guy is right, they don't pay shit, 10-12 bucks an hour. More if you work in Ultra Sonic Inspection or Die Repair.

[eyescreamcake]

How do you extrude stuff with holes in it?

[godofwar2masterR]

@eyescreamcake basically the same way you would a solid die.

[AOTrans]

@eyescreamcake i was kinda wondering how this works 2

[TheAmericanArm]

LOL- Use to do this...They don't pay jack shit.

ALCOA...fuckin sucked...oh the memories...

People getting slapped on the toes when stacking...lucky they wear metatarsals.

But good Video.

[smithraymond09029]

@TheAmericanArm Unfortunately manufacturing has become slave work. I know. I worked in forgings for a bit and saw how hard operators worked and how low a wage they earned. Helpers started at $9/hr (in 1998). This was evidenced by the very high turn over rate. They earn as much working at the mall.

[TheBestgajooo]

what  the product from this procrss ??

[lexichronicle2]

@TheBestgajooo Those look like bearing housings. But absolutely loads of stuff is made by extrusion. Casings and heat sinks are common. As well as tubing. Most tubing is made by rolling sheet metal into a tube shape, then welding the seam shut. The seam can create a weak spot, it's an area for contamination to collect inside the tubing and it creates extra drag on the material passing through. Nuclear and aerospace guys will use pierced (extruded) tube instead, so it's all one piece minus welds.

[warchild69ATtheZCR]

I worked in a factory like this in Elizabethton Tennessee... Alcoa... What a hot job!

[mrcubbsey]

i was electrical engineer, our press was run by allen bradley plc 5 upgraded to slc 500 in 1999.

[andrewdgt]

Fascinating 

[woodshopart]

great video, very educational

[46ace]

Looks like fun from here today ,I was hating life in maintenance

[dmkext]

Very good. I did this for 30 years Both hard and Soft Alloys. However you did not talk about the 'Berp" cycle

[mrcubbsey]

worked in a mill like this as a sparky. happy days.

[hoth260]

@mrcubbsey a sparky?

[badagr]

very helpful n precise

[alaazaid100]

Thank you for this video, really i understood the processes how it be done.

[BendeSevdim]

Brilliant explanation.. understand the process much better! Thanks!

[tuncsezen]

how do they shape as a full profile? in pressing operation or with further process?

[prodius420]

Nice video. How many presses does your company have?

[43932]

@prodius420 972

[ashkin]

thanks! This is so good

[jennpard15]

nice one!

thank you so much

[clintton888888]

Very good commentary video. Thanks