Resources
Guides, materials & FAQ
Practical references for engineers and buyers specifying custom aluminum extrusion and build-to-print parts — alloy selection, design rules, tolerances and answers to common questions. Start with the design checklist, then dig into the guides as your project develops.
Where to start
If you are early in a design, the design guide and the checklist stop the five mistakes that cause most rework: uneven walls, sharp internal corners, over-tall fins, fragile tongues and over-specified tolerances. If you are choosing material, the materials guide settles 6061 vs 6063 vs 6082. If you are costing or planning, the tolerances and FAQ pages answer lead time, MOQ, tooling and finishes.
Every page links back to the capability that applies, so a reference and a quote are one click apart.
Extrusion Design Guide
Wall thickness, fillets, fin limits, tongue ratio and tolerances for extrudable profiles.
Read →Blog
Deep dives and application notes — planned.
From reference to part
These resources sit under the two pillars of the site. Use them together:
Extrusion pillar
Profiles, structural, enclosures, tubes and specialty — with the design guide and tolerances behind them.
See extrusion →Thermal pillar
Extruded, skived, bonded, CNC and liquid cold plates — with alloy and tolerance guidance behind them.
See heatsinks →Capabilities
CNC, bending, welding, anodizing and powder coating — the secondary processes referenced throughout.
See capabilities →Designing a profile right now?
Grab the checklist and avoid the five most common extrusion mistakes.