Extruding Metal for Your Product Requirements

by Hoyt Corporation Hoyt Corporation

When extruding metals for precision parts, a rigorous process must be followed. The right metal alloy has to be identified and tested even before the processing begins. Along the way, the proper certifications need to be recorded and associated with the product. As the processes of heating, extruding, and cooling are followed, the product needs to maintain its integrity and emerge capable of meeting its intended purpose. To find out more details about all of this please read the following blog.

Extruding Metal

There are two basic ways to form metal, usually copper, for creating electrical parts. Forging involves putting the metal under tremendous pressure to create the desired part, based on a die form. Extrusion involves pushing the copper through a die to create the desired shape of the part. It can be a hot extrusion or cold extrusion, but there is usually some amount of heat applied to increase the ductility of the copper.

Because of the ability to create complex die forms, extrusion provides more flexibility for creating parts. Extrusion also wastes less material, so therefore it's more economical. Despite heating up the raw material and exerting pressure in the process, the integrity of the metal is generally maintained. Also, parts have an excellent surface finish, so there is less need for post-production machining.

There are several different kinds of extrusion processes, each depending on the desired output and die type. These are discussions you need to have with your manufacturer to understand which method will work best to meet your goals.

Meeting Your Electrical Connection Goals

With our extensive experience creating electrical connections and contacts, we can assure you of the quality and reliability of our copper extrusions. The environments where our equipment is deployed goes from public transportation to mining, from light rail to diesel-electric locomotives. When our equipment is deployed, its use is practically always mission-critical. These kinds of requirements have always kept us at the forefront of manufacturing excellence.

There are several additional services available to you: just-in-time inventory delivery, engineering design services, product prototyping, CAD systems, and CDC machines. With our decades of experience in the business of providing the best quality equipment for low voltage electrical connections, from design to manufacture, we're certain you cannot find a better partner for your projects. For all your business's metal extrusion needs, and more, please contact us and let's start discussions.