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DRAWN ALUMINUM TUBE

THE DRAWING PROCESS AFTER EXTRUSION

Sometimes the tubes may be drawn after the extrusion process. Drawn aluminum tubes are usually required when:

  • narrow tolerances are required for the aluminium tubes
  • the outside diameter or wall thickness of the extruded tubes needs to be reduced
  • a required strength class for naturally hard alloys is to be achieved through cold forming
  • there are special requirements for the microstructure of the tubes

If the aluminum tubes meet one or more requirements, we carry out the respective drawing steps after the extrusion process. By repeating several drawing operations, very thin wall thicknesses (0.5 mm) are possible. After several repetitions of the procedure, the malleability of the aluminum changes. Soft annealing returns the aluminum to a malleable state.

Drawing is possible with seamless extruded tubes as well as with porthole extruded tubes. All commercially available aluminum alloys can be processed using the drawing procedure.

DRAWING PROCESS FOR ALUMINUM TUBES

Drawing aluminum tubes

TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS

Seamless extruded and drawn aluminum tubes

0,5

0,75

1

1,25

1,5

2

3

4

5

6

8

10

12

16

20

25

5

x

x

x

8

x

x

x

x

x

10

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

14

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

16

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

20

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

25

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

40

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

60

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

70

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

100

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

160

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

180

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

200

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

220

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

250

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

260

x

x

x

x

x

x

280

x

Vertical: Diameter in mm, horizontal: Wall thickness in mm

Porthole extruded and drawn aluminum tubes

0,5

0,75

1

1,25

1,5

2

3

4

5

6

8

10

12

16

20

25

5

x

x

x

8

x

x

x

x

x

10

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

14

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

16

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

20

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

25

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

40

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

60

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

70

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

100

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

160

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

180

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

200

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

220

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

250

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

280

x

x

x

x

x

x

310

x

x

x

x

x

340

x

x

Vertical: Diameter in mm, horizontal: Wall thickness in mm