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There are numerous decisions to be made in life.  Sometimes the answer isn't all that important after all.  Other times, it makes a significant difference.  Take, for example, aluminum tube that has been extruded.  In general, seamless extruded tubes are a little more expensive than seamless extruded tubes, which may lead you to specify structural tubes.  However, this is one of those instances in which saving a few dollars could end up costing a lot more in the long run.  There are times when you want t... more

The extrusion process, which takes advantage of aluminum's excellent malleability, produces shapes by heating billets of aluminum alloy to soften them and then forcing them through special steel dies with a hydraulic press or ram under high pressure. What is produced are pieces of aluminum that retain the exact shape of the die that was used. A subsidiary of the world's largest aluminum profile company, Hydro Extrusion is the North American leader in extruded aluminum products made from common alloys and custom extruded aluminum prod... more