Aluminium profiles

With the unique extrusion process, ALUnna has the capability to produce continuous lengths of extruded profiles. Unlike the conventional extrusion process, the continuous extrusion process does not use billets. Instead, raw material is fed into the process from a coil. This process is especially useful for the production of small extrusion profiles used as spacer bars in alloys EN AW-1050A / 1350A or EN AW-3103/3003. If necessary, there is an option to apply a draw pass to the spacer bar profile using an in-line Schumag continuous drawing machine in order to achieve the final dimension and the most demanding of tolerances.

Aluminiumwerk Unna AG one of the world’s leading manufacturers of aluminium alloy tube. We produce a variety of specialist aluminium alloy products. Our core focus is the production of aluminium alloy tube and tubular profiles. These can be offered as seamless extruded or porthole extruded products. The extruded products can also be cold drawn making it possible to offer a comprehensive range of final dimensions.

The purchase of Aluminium alloy billet is an option available to our customers from our on-site Cast house. The billets are cast by conventional direct chill semi-continuous casting using float-dip tube technology. The subsequent homogenisation takes place in one of our two homogenising ovens. We are able to offer short lead times for machined billet in smaller quantities than would otherwise be available. With the wide range of alloys and dimensions we can offer, we will surely find a solution for you.

In the aluminium industry, the porthole extrusion process is the standard method for the production of extruded tubes and profiles. The process is limited to a number of aluminium alloys. However, most of the commercially available medium strength aluminium alloys such as EN AW-6060 or EN AW-6082 can be extruded by porthole extrusion.