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Aluminum extrusions for material handling and storage systems

Custom aluminum profiles for material handling, storage and industrial systems, produced to your drawings and application requirements. Machining, drilling, cutting and kitting can be integrated into the program when parts need to arrive ready for assembly.

Send a drawing → Machining · drilling · cut-to-length · kitting

Profiles

What we supply for industrial applications

These programs are usually a small number of profiles held to tight tolerance, machined, assembled and delivered as kits rather than as stock lengths.

Finned heat sink profiles

Fin pitch, fin height and base thickness set the thermal performance; the aspect ratio between them sets whether it can be extruded at all.

Structural framing and T-slot sections

Load-bearing framing for machine frames, guarding, automation cells, racking and warehouse storage systems.

Enclosure and chassis profiles

Sections that carry boards, rails or covers, where hole positions matter more than the outline.

Material handling and conveyor profiles

Rails, carriers, mounts and guide sections where straightness matters as much as the cross-section.

Trim, edge and gasket-carrier sections

The small parts that complete an assembly.

Specification

How these programs usually run

Tolerance agreed before tooling. Which dimensions are critical is settled at die review and written into the inspection sheet, so first article is checked against your drawing rather than against a general standard.
Machined and kitted, not just cut. Profiles arrive drilled, tapped and grouped by assembly, so the part goes to the line rather than to a saw.
Inspected twice before release. The mill checks it, BNA checks it again, and nothing ships on a certificate alone.

Alloy and temper	To your specification — tell us the load case and the machining and we will confirm what the section needs
Tolerance	Critical dimensions are nominated at the tooling stage and written into the inspection sheet for the program
Machining	CNC drilling, milling, tapping, punching, countersinking, bending, welding, deburring and laser marking to drawing
Finish	Mill finish, anodized or powder coated; anodizing on heat sinks slightly improves emissivity as well as appearance
Delivery	Cut, machined, deburred, assembled, labelled, barcoded and kitted to your bill of materials

Answers

Material Handling & Storage Systems, answered

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Can a heat sink be extruded to any fin geometry?

No — the limit is the aspect ratio between fin height and the gap between fins. Tall, closely spaced fins need very high pressure and wear the die tongue quickly, so past roughly a 10:1 height-to-gap ratio the profile becomes progressively more expensive rather than impossible. Send the thermal requirement and the geometry can be worked backwards from it.

What is the difference between 6061 and 6063 for machined parts?

6061 is stronger and machines to a cleaner edge, which is why it is specified for structural and machined machinery profiles. 6063 extrudes into more complex thin-wall shapes and takes a better anodized finish. If the part is going to be drilled, tapped and loaded, 6061-T6 is usually the right answer — but the program is built to whatever you specify.

Do you machine extrusions or only supply lengths?

Both. Profiles can ship as stock or cut lengths, or as finished parts — drilled, milled, tapped, punched, deburred and kitted to your bill of materials so they arrive line-ready.

Other sectors

The same discipline, a different die

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Send us your drawing, sample or specifications and tell us what the program requires.