Extruded Parts

Using our extensive manufacturing knowledge, we can review your drawing prior to production. This will ensure you have a product design that reduces waste without compromising the strength and functionality of your part.

We utilise our design expertise and FEA skills to evaluate and consider:

• Uniform wall thickness
• Soft lines
• Smoothing
• Solid profiles (if possible)
• Pockets or channels
• Decoration

At Goudsmit UK, we use a direct extrusion process with various heat treatments available to suit your specific requirements. The most common alloys extruded are:

• 6060
• 6101
• 6063
• 6005A
• 6082

Most of the extrusion produced by Goudsmit UK is 6000 series which combines the aluminium with magnesium and silicon. Other material options may be available at the time of enquiry.

Almost all of the extrusions we produce here at Goudsmit UK are modified or post machined to suit customer application requirements. Often, bespoke extrusions are a starting point for a complex component that will be milled or turned to produce a final component. The following post machining procedures are commonly carried out:

• Drill and tap of holes
• Milling of slots
• Pressing in of inserts
• Turning groves and more complex forms
• Inserting plastic mouldings to form telescopic slides

We aim to ensure that your tooling is accurate before manufacturing begins.

As each tool is unique to a specific application, we work with a specialist tooling manufacturer to minimise errors which could impact customer's time to market.