From quicker parts production to stronger finished parts, impact extrusion can offer a range of cost and performance advantages over other metal-fabrication processes. Is impact extrusion right for your aluminum or steel application? How does impact extrusion compare with other metal-forming processes? Explore the advantages our impact extrusion process offers.
Machining metal parts begins with a larger amount of material than the finished part and requires the "hogging out" of material to achieve the finished part. This method wastes material and burns through time and tooling.
Metal casting creates parts by pouring molten metal into a mold. The metal then cools and hardens into the form given to it by this shaped mold. Casting may be less expensive than machining but is slower, and parts are less precise.
Forging metal parts uses extreme heat to create parts. Metal grains are aligned during forging, which increases strength, but secondary processes are more difficult. Capital expenses and safety procedures are significant.
Welding together multiple components to create a complex part is both time consuming and laden with a variety of challenges, including imperfect welds, hazardous fumes, high temperatures, and many other safety considerations.
Deep drawing metal parts introduces a range of concerns, including stress fractures, top-edge wrinkles, necking, tearing, puckering, surface irregularities, uneven top rim, and excess material at the top of the drawn shell.
Metal stamping requires expensive presses to produce simple shapes. The cost and time required for dies results in a longer pre-production process. Dies can be difficult to change, especially if the design must be modified during production.
The inherent higher costs of maintaining parts inventory in addition to the added costs of welding or other joining techniques, imperfections in the joining process, and joints that are subject to leaking make this process less than ideal.
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