Aluminum is the metal of choice for many of the most popular DIY projects on the web. It's lightweight, versatile, and it can be machined at a relatively low cost
But with all the options available in aluminum fabrication, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the choices and end up choosing the wrong one
In this article I'm going to share some simple tips for setting up a CNC machine with aluminum that will help you avoid investing thousands in a new machine.
aluminum for cnc machiningAluminum is one of the most common metal materials to produce components for various fields, almost all fields. Also, CNC aluminum machining is a very common process for aluminum parts.
Aluminum is very easy for machining process because the material is soft and shaping keeper, it is suitable for many different production facilities, such as machining, extrusion, stamp, casting, etc.
With its good thermal conductivity and excellent shaping feature, temperature devices and electricity device and other industries are commonly using aluminum alloy. Aluminum alloy has many different materials codes to support wider demands.
1/ Aluminum material is soft for machining, easy for CNC machining to carry out desired shapes
2/ CNC machining aluminum parts are durable for long term using, high resistance than steel series
3/ CNC machining aluminum parts are flexible to apply many kinds of surface finishing treatments
4/ CNC machining aluminum is good resistance against low temperature, which benefits for winter products
5/ Aluminum materials can be produced by many process, for example, forging, extrusion, stamp, casting, fabrication, etc.
6/ It is basically environmental material and supporting recycle collecting, material renewal benefits the burden of world
| Aluminum Property | Alloy Type | Content | Melting Point | Hardness | Tensile Strength | Density |
| Aluminum Based | Aluminum and others | 660°C | HRC 22-35 | 80-345 MPa | 2.72-2.82 g/cm3 |
| Aluminum Alloy | Workable Processes | Surface Finishing for Aluminum Parts | Materials Code |
| CNC Turning, CNC Milling, CNC Drilling, Molding, Extrusion, Fabrication, Welding, Casting, etc. | Chemical Film; Oxide; Anodizing, Painting, Plating, etc. | Aluminum 2024 | |
| Aluminum 5052 | |||
| Aluminum 5083 | |||
| Aluminum 6061 | |||
| Aluminum 6063 | |||
| Aluminum 6082 | |||
| Aluminum 7050 | |||
| other more Aluminum Alloy |
Asianstar many CNC machines allow us to produce various aluminum parts, different sizes, and structures are well done by suitable solution
Asianstar professional engineers team has experience from year 2005, we produce aluminum parts for clients with expertise skills
Asianstar QC system and QC tools guarantee our products are perfect result. We have procedures to control aluminum parts quality during production
Asianstar aim to buildup partnership with clients, always choose best suitable facilities to carry out the components in competitive prices
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