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Old 01-18-2025, 11:51 AM
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I'm surprised they could get any aluminum parts off steel tooling.

If they got 1 out of 15, they probably had to manually finish them with some creative bodywork.

Just the springback of aluminum will be 3 times steel because of the modulus.

Here's a great article comparing properties and how they affect forming:

https://www.metalformingmagazine.com...l-and-aluminum

Mike

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