Category: kmc aluminium

Tips for Choosing the Right Colour for Aluminium Windows & Doors

Whether you are building or renovating, colour is going to play an important part in your home’s appeal. Opting for an aluminium door or window not only offers low-maintenance durability but also a chance to showcase your personal style on your home’s decor and look. The versatility of this metal provides homeowners with one of…
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How Long Must You Wait For Your Drawn Aluminium Tube Order?

A manufacturing process, Aluminium Fabrication or aluminium shaping is the process through which Aluminium can be manipulated or shaped into the desired part, component or end product. This has a wide number of uses as the metal is used as raw material for various products such as kitchen utensils, furniture like chairs and tables, air…
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How do you Remove Iron Impurities from Molten Aluminium?

The pure aluminium extrusion process involves the mining of bauxite ore, producing alumina or aluminium oxide from the ore and then, extracting the pure metal, and extruding it into specific dies. However, one of the issues that can impact the quality of aluminium extruded is the presence of iron impurities. For one, it reduces the…
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Correction Methods for Flatness of Aluminium Extrusion Profile

When the aluminium material is pushed through a die and it comes out in the same shape as the die, this is called extrusion.  Aluminium can be extruded in different shapes such as  Solid (like an ingot) Hollow (like an aluminium tube) Semi-hollow (like rivets) Depending on the shape of the die and the requirement of…
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What is Aluminium Hydroxide used to Treat?

What is Aluminium hydroxide used to treat? Aluminium Hydroxide is also known as Aluminic Acid or at times as alum and needs to be commercially manufactured using the Bayer procedure. The process involves dissolving bauxite in a solution of sodium hydroxide at 270 degree Celsius. Once the procedure is completed, waste removal is carried out,…
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Powder Coating Aluminium to Ensure a Great Finish

Aluminium is a metal that has more natural corrosion resistance compared to other metals. Giving it a coating enhances the corrosion resistance and improves the aesthetics of the metal. Aluminium extrusions can be given many types of finishing – Painting, Anodizing or Powder Coating. Powder Coating is a method of protection of the aluminium by…
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Knowing Aluminium as an Element and its Properties and Uses

Aluminium is one of the ubiquitous materials seen and used all around us. This silvery-white, lightweight metal which is soft and malleable was discovered comparatively late unlike other metals in just 1825 by Danish chemist and physicist Hans Christian Ørsted. With an atomic number in the periodic table of 13, Aluminium is the most abundant…
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Top 5 Benefits of Using Aluminium Doors for Office Spaces

It is not enough that office spaces are just functional. They need to be aesthetically pleasing as well. Design empathy has to be a crucial component in construction and it has to be accommodated without compromising on operational elements. Exactly for this reason we see more and more office spaces deploying aluminium for various uses.…
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The uses of Aluminium in Healthcare, Medical and Allied Industries

The last couple of years saw us closely interacting with the field of medicine, health care and everything associated with it because of the woes arising from the pandemic. Confined to our homes out of necessity, we kept a close watch on everything happening in medical science like our lives depended on it; And yes!…
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Why Aluminium Should Be The Primary Choice for Doors & Windows

The doors and windows in homes and office spaces are vital aesthetic elements. Beyond utility, they also have the role as interesting elements of interior design. Even for living spaces having good quality décor, equally good doors and windows are essential to elevate the appearance. The kind of options and variety available is mind boggling…
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