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Get high-quality online aluminum extrusion services for aluminum extruded prototypes and production parts. For industries demanding precision and reliability.
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RapidDirect cuts cycle times by up to 50%, offering instant quotes and quick deliveries. Using advanced technologies and extensive expertise, we ensure top-quality aluminum extruded parts with expedited turnarounds.
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Our process involves a comprehensive analysis of your product's unique specifications. We seamlessly blend extrusion with diverse methods to make custom aluminum profiles with precision.

What is
Aluminum Extrusion?

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Aluminum extrusion is a versatile manufacturing technique that forces an aluminum alloy material into a metal extrusion die with a consistent cross-sectional shape. A large ram pushes the heated aluminum billet through the die with an extrusion or hydraulic press and leaves through the die aperture.

Extrusions are well-known for their high strength, light weight, and superb conductivity, making them an excellent choice for a wide range of end-use applications. For example, frames, enclosures and heat sinks. Because of the much lower unit price, it is the most cost-effective for high-volume and low volume runs.

RapidDirect offers advanced manufacturing solutions to bring your aluminum extrusion parts to life. We boast of innovative manufacturing capabilities for custom aluminum extrusion profiles. All extruded prototypes and final products meet stringent quality standards.

Standard
Extrusion Profiles

RapidDirect will work with you to produce standard extrusion profiles suitable for a wide range of projects. Our expert technicians can help you create standard profiles of different sizes and shapes, ranging from circular bars and tubes to square bars and tubes, and many more.

  • T-Slot
  • Aluminum Angles
  • T-Bars, H-Bars, Z-Bars
  • I-Beams
  • U-Channels
  • Hat Channels
  • Rectangular Tubes
  • Round Tubes and Pipe

Standard size: 10mm x 10mm, 20mm x 20mm, 30mm x 30mm, 40mm x 40mm, 45mm x 45mm, 50mm x 50mm, 60mm x 60mm, 80mm x 80mm, 100mm x 100mm, 160mm x 160mm

Note: These are general profiles commonly found in T-slot aluminum extrusions used for framing and other applications. For specific industries or applications like windows, doors, or structural designs, the standard sizes may vary.

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Custom Aluminum
Extrusion Profiles

RapidDirect delivers custom-length extrusion profiles with precision, catering to prototypes and small batches. We offer flexibility in design and serve various industries with intricate profiles.
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We produce custom aluminum channels, blending advanced extrusion techniques with precision engineering.
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We transform aluminum into robust, customized profiles suitable for diverse industries, guaranteeing optimal performance.
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Our aluminum trims blend aesthetics with functionality. We make trims the perfect finishing touch, promising resilience and visual appeal in every application
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Post Machining for Aluminum Profiles

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Aluminum Extrusion Applications

Our aluminum extrusion capabilities cater for a wide range of applications. We offer high-quality aluminum extruded parts applicable to various aluminum extrusion companies. These include:

  • Heat sinks for electronics
  • Enclosures for electronics
  • LED lighting profiles
  • Aircraft structural components
  • Home appliances
  • Automotive components
  • Bicycle frames
  • Window and door frames
  • Solar panel fra
  • Conveyor structures
  • Wind turbine components
  • Display racks and retail fixtures
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FAQs

Yes, you can order custom aluminum extrusion profiles from RapidDirect. Leveraging advanced manufacturing technology, they deliver high-quality, tailor-made profiles for diverse industries. The user-friendly platform ensures easy design uploads and instant quotes. With transparent pricing, quick turnarounds, and industry expertise, RapidDirect stands out as a premier choice for custom aluminum extrusions.

Different factors may influence the costs of your aluminum extrusions. These include labor and production costs, die and tooling costs, surface finishing, production volume, and post-production operations. However, we ensure your aluminum extrusion project is cost-effective as possible.

Aluminum extrusions are usually rigid and stronger, making them suitable for demanding applications. We offer a wide range of finishes since aluminum extrusions are compatible with different finish options. More importantly, aluminum extrusions allow us to conform to tighter tolerances that meet clients’ requirements.

Aluminum extrusion products often have improved strength and thus wear resistance. This is due to the material being produced under pressure to generate a homogeneous structure free of holes, chips, and pores.

Generally, aluminum extrusions can be in any imaginable shape, including basic rods, structural angles, bars, open seam square and rectangular tubing, pipes, corner extrusions, sliding t-track, I-beam, H-beams, J-channel, U-channel, hat-channel, C-channel, and Z-channel.

Aluminum extrusions are 100% recyclable, making them applicable in eco-friendly applications. Recycling and reusing aluminum extrusions also reduce manufacturing costs on the long-run.

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