Extrusion Mold

In simple terms it's a hole in hard steel (or similar) that some material is pushed through.

Havn't you seen a Play-Doh fun factory here !

The result of a mould is seen on the previous thread.

Imagine a piece of metal with a similar hole in it. The material Aluminium/PVC/plastic is molten and forced through the hole and allowed to cool and set.

A billet is a piece of material (aluminium) to be used for melting and extrusion,

The volume of the billet limits the length of a section(s).

Thanks for the reponses. Does anyone have a picture of an actual billet?

The kind of extrusion mold, I'm referring to is one for making stainless steel parts for furniture, but a picture of any kind would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Lauren

Hmmm....Not sure that stainless steel will be easy to extrude...Aluminium alloy is more usual, and there are some good stong attractive alluminium alloys.

ST/ST will extrude but needs plenty of pressure and heat! All depends how much you want to spend on the furniture!

Wow! Stainless extrusions are cool enough, but extruded titanium too!? Way far out!

Note om extrusion moulds or dies:

With aluminium the mould will deteriorate over time it is suspected that it will go faster with stainless steel. It must be reflected in your costs.

An alternative is to consider anodised aluminium.

Are you talking about an injection mould?

An injection mould can be seen as a cavity formed by 2 or more moulds to the shape of the desired part. The molten material is then forced into the cavity and allowed to cool and set.

I am not familiar with the injection of St/St. The best known is casting aluminium-alloy in a sand filled mould and then machine the part to the desired tolerance.

The shrinkage of the cooling St/St must be provided for.