As Managing Director of UK Profile Components, I offer you my 30 years experience within the Aluminium Industry.
Originally working in the production department, I learned how the extrusion presses worked and was responsible for scheduling the work for three of the site’s seven presses. Later, I moved into sales and was responsible for clients in the UK as well as in Scandinavia.
Minalex joined the site in 1991. I saw this as a new challenge and decided to sell miniature extrusions.
In 2006 I decided to start my own business and formed UK Profile Components Ltd.
We can also manage your stock for you, if you wish. You will have total visibility of your stock at all times with regular updates at each stock movement. We can provide automatic stock replenishment or we can discuss a tailored agreement. Deliveries typically 2/3 days from call off.
With our clients hailing from a variety of industries, we occasionally receive questions from our customers looking to know more about us and the aluminium extrusion process. For ease of response, here are answers to some of the questions we are most frequently asked most frequently asked questions.
As aluminium is a soft and malleable metal, it lends itself excellently to the process of extrusion. This process, which creates aluminium extrusion profiles either in solid shapes or with a complex network of cross sections at their centre, is excellent at creating parts for a diverse range of products used in dozens of industries.
Aluminium profiles’ usefulness across a variety of industries has led them to be found in a huge variety of products, from agricultural to automotive applications. They also play an essential role in industries such as aerospace, electronics and engineering.
As it is one of the most cost-effective methods of achieving a range of shapes and sizes, aluminium extrusion is ideal for shorter projects such as trials and prototypes, offering companies the opportunity to test complex product designs affordably.
With our thirty years’ experience of the aluminium industry, we hope that we have outlined why you have stumbled upon the best aluminium extrusion suppliers, right here at UK Profile Components.
? We’d be happy to offer you help, advice and a price estimate for any extrusions before supplying. We can also offer a stockholding service whereby we hold your bespoke extrusions in our warehouse for delivery within 2-3 days of call off.
We actively use Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technology to bring the product to life, either in the traditional 2D form or more latterly utilising 3D conceptual design.
We can offer a traditional 2D design if you prefer to keep costs down, through to 3D conceptual design which brings the product to life prior to committing fabrication cost.
In a nutshell, we offer a service that designs the die to your requirements, sources the finest material from a well-established and reliable supply chain, extruding the aluminium and make use of CNC tooling, cutting the product to the desired length, drilling, tapping or punching the product and lastly provide several aluminium finishes to either make the product more pleasing to the eye or offer an extended life.
Alternatively, clients sometimes want to prolong the natural shelf life and enhance the appearance of the material by applying either a powder coating and aluminium anodising finish to the product. At UK Profiles, we offer that service – being a ‘One Stop Shop’.
The anodizing of aluminium involves a sequence of processes as follows: Mechanical Treatment > Rack> Degrease > Matt etch or Brighten > Desmut > Anodize > Colour > Seal > Derack. By immersing the product in a dilution of sulphuric acid it increases the natural oxide layer on the surface of the metal. What this means essentially, is that it provides a better adhesion for paint primers and glues than the bare metal itself. Moreover, by anodising the product it safeguards against ‘galling’ or bubbling and flaking of the surface.
Our extensive range of services include aluminium design, die, extrusions through to fabrication and finishing to fulfil your needs. Any sort of aluminium design can be given to our team and with the aid of CAD technology we can turn these into a reality! Our dies are a type of tool template that is used to make aluminium profiles. These dies are customer exclusive. Extrusions are then produced in order to achieve the most cost-effective way of making a wide range of shapes and sizes. After this our team of specialists can fabricate your profile before the product is finally finished.
