| Aluminum tubing is used in many different | | | | aluminum tubing can be made in a whole host |
| ways from the race track to household | | | | of different shapes, such as square or |
| appliances and drinks cans. Aluminum is an | | | | triangular to suit its end use. Such shaping |
| excellent choice of metal as it has many | | | | can be used in products where a traditional |
| desirable properties - it is cheap, widely | | | | round tube would not be appropriate. The |
| available, easy to machine, hard to corrode, | | | | building industry for example, use square |
| light weight and extremely tough and durable, | | | | tubing extensively in certain processes and |
| in fact aluminum is around one third the | | | | the fact the aluminum tubing can be made so |
| weight of steel but almost as strong as some | | | | quickly and to the builder's exact |
| low carbon steel. Add to this the fact that | | | | requirements it is a huge plus. Aluminum |
| aluminum extrusion produces incredibly cheap, | | | | tubing can also be made into solid poles, |
| yet high standard aluminum tubing, and there | | | | which are more durable than the hollow tubes |
| is little wonder that it is used on a large | | | | which can, if thin be bent out of shape with |
| scale today. | | | | excess pressure. However, it is unlikely that |
| | | | an experienced builder or designer would use |
| Aluminum tubing can be made to a customer's | | | | such a product when solid tubing would be |
| exact requirements and the lengths can be | | | | needed. |
| easily cut to specifications. There are so | | | | |
| many different sizes of aluminum tubing all | | | | Such is the precision of aluminum tubing |
| of which for different purposes. Aluminum | | | | manufacture today that the thinnest tubing |
| tubing is used extensively in the racing | | | | can be created with ease and at speed due to |
| industry, where it is used for exhausts and | | | | the extrusion process. Once a die has been |
| body parts for cars. When used in exhausts, | | | | made for the aluminum tubing it can be |
| aluminum tubing provides a durable and non | | | | replicated time and time again without any |
| corrosive part that can also withstand high | | | | loss in quality. As a result the aluminum |
| temperatures without any loss of shape. When | | | | tubing produced is of a high standard and any |
| aluminum tubing is used in this way it will | | | | extra finishing is not need as the tubing |
| be bent to shape to form the exhaust and this | | | | will be clean and free from any imperfections |
| is a straightforward process, although there | | | | or surface scratches. This method of creating |
| can be hardening in the bend area, but this | | | | aluminum tubing is very cost effective and |
| is a minor aspect which will not adversely | | | | add to this the life of an extrusion die, |
| effect the tubing. | | | | which is practically infinite, then it is the |
| | | | obvious choice for anyone wanting to have |
| Besides being a traditional round tube shape, | | | | aluminum tubing made. |