ALUMINIUM ACADEMY

Designing with aluminium offers countless possibilities and opportunities.

Learn the fundamentals of extrusion design and the processes involved with our collection of easy to follow guides and advice.

Extrusion Basics

Learn the basics of Aluminium Extrusion. Our 101 guide takes you through extrusion process from start to finish.

Understand the benefits of using Aluminium. There are so many great reasons to choose aluminium extrusions.

Designing an extrusion? Follow our design guides. Applying these elements to your design will help ensure your profiles are extrudable.

Considerations to make. Take a closer look at all of the aspects you should consider when designing an extrusion.

Discover the importance of selecting the right alloy. There are many factors to learn about selecting the right alloy for your project.

Understand the importance of dimensional tolerances. Tolerances are crucial to the success of your part being extruded.

Not sure how to join your extrusions?We uncover various methods of joining Aluminium Extrusions

We've put together a simple method on how to calculate the weight of aluminium extrusions.

Apply various finishes and treatments to enhance your profile.

Want to learn more about anodising aluminium? Anodising aluminium holds many benefits and can even add dimensions to your part.

Use our guide to help select which surface finish you should apply to your profile.