May 9, 2022

Features and Benefits of Aluminum Extrusion

Aluminum Extrusion Advantages for Manufacturing

Getec Industrial is one of North America’s leading aluminum extrusion turnkey manufacturing companies, providing a full line of turnkey extruded aluminum products, including high performance heat sinks and aluminum extrusion die custom shapes. Our thermal management solutions services are based on meeting and exceeding the needs of our clients with a commitment to quality.

Features and Benefits of Aluminum Extrusion

The qualities inherent in aluminum extrusion die profiles offer freedom, versatility, and reliability to designers and engineers in all market sectors, from building and construction to transportation to engineered products, such as consumer goods. Numerous features and benefits that satisfy a range of performance criteria are unmatched by other materials and processes, including time- and cost-efficiencies and process repeatability. See a materials comparison chart showing properties of extruded aluminum and how it performs against competing materials.

Aluminum’s Material Advantages Aluminum Extrusion’s Process Advantages
Corrosion-Resistant Attractive
Cryogenically Strong Complex Integral Shapes
Durable Cost-Effective
Electrically Conductive Design Flexibility
Formable Ease of Fastening and Assembly
High Strength-to-Weight Ratio Ease of Fabrication
Lightweight Low Tooling Costs
Noncombustible Machining
Nonmagnetic Precision Tolerances Available
Non-sparking Rapid Prototyping
Nontoxic Short Lead Times
Recyclable Versatility in Joining
Reflective Virtually Seamless
Resilient Wide Range of Finishes
Strong  
Thermally Conductive