Home / Materials / 6061 vs 7075 ALLOY COMPARISON 6061 vs 7075 aluminium: which alloy for your part? The two forging alloys that dominate structural aluminium — compared honestly on strength, corrosion, machinability and cost, from a shop that forges both every day. Side by side Property (T6) 6061 7075 Tensile strength 310 MPa 572

Home / Materials / 6061-T6 Heat Treatment MATERIALS EXPLAINED 6061-T6: what heat treatment does to a forged part Forging shapes the part; T6 heat treatment gives it strength. Here is what the two letters mean and why nearly every structural forged aluminium part carries them. What ‘T6’ actually means T6 = the metal is solution

Home / Materials / What Is Billet Aluminium MATERIALS EXPLAINED What is billet aluminium — and how does it compare with forging? ‘Billet’ is everywhere in machining marketing. Here is what the word actually means, what billet parts do well, and where forging beats them. The definition, plainly Billet aluminium is solid wrought stock —

Home / Resources / Forging vs Casting PROCESS COMPARISON Forging vs casting: what really differs One shapes solid metal under pressure; the other pours liquid into a mold. That single difference decides grain structure, porosity risk, fatigue life — and which parts should never be cast. Two processes, two philosophies Forging heats a billet to

Home / Resources / Forged vs Cast PART-LEVEL GUIDE Forged vs cast parts: how to tell, and which to specify The same CAD model can come out of a forge or a foundry — and behave completely differently in service. Here is how to tell them apart and how to decide for your parts. Spot

Home / Resources / Drop Forging PROCESS EXPLAINER What is drop forging? The classic term for closed-die forging — hot metal pressed inside shaped dies until it takes the part’s form, grain and all. Here is how it works, what it makes, and why the name stuck. The process in five steps Billet cut &