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Aluminium Extrusion and Fabrication
Handling and assembly equipment for long profiles and soft finished surfaces
Industry Pain Points
What Makes This Sector Difficult to Automate
Delkotech's published customer base includes aluminium.
Length works against you
A long profile bends under its own weight, accumulates marking error and needs support the moment it is unclamped.
The surface marks easily
Anodised and coated aluminium shows every contact. Handling designed for steel will damage it.
Patterns repeat, jigs multiply
Every fastener pattern becomes a physical jig with storage, handling and setup time attached.
Cutting and assembly are separate
A manual step between two automated operations sets the rate of both.
What Customers Need
Requirements We Design Against
- Support and clamping designed for the section, not for a generic profile
- Non marking contact surfaces on every handling and support point
- Programmed patterns instead of a jig per product
- Machines sized to the longest section you actually produce
- Equipment that sits inside the line rather than beside it
Typical Applications
Where Delkotech Equipment Goes In
Rail and profile assembly
Indexing a long profile from one datum and fastening to a programmed pattern.
In line cutting
A cutting unit positioned within the line with guarding designed around the routine tasks.
Sheet and panel handling
Vacuum handling that lifts from the face rather than dragging the surface.
Window profile fabrication
Sealant and assembly operations on extruded window frames.
Delivery Capability
What a Project With Us Looks Like
Application study
Your part, operation, rate and floor space are recorded from the real production, not from a nominal case.
Concept and layout
A machine concept with the layout, cycle estimate and safety approach, priced against a defined scope.
Design
Mechanical, electrical, controls and safety designed together, with the sequence of operation written before any code.
Build and try out
Manufactured at Vaughan, then dry cycled, run with your parts and run to rate before it ships.
Installation and handover
Installed, interfaced and commissioned, with operator and maintenance training and the as built documentation.
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Drive every fastener in a pattern in one stroke with torque controlled at each spindle
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Sheet Metal Automation
Automatic Sheet Metal Pick and Place Machine
Vacuum gantry de-stacker that feeds blanks to a laser or press without manual lifting
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Stations that position the part and perform the operation in one controlled cycle
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CNC Silicon Window Machines
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Projects in This Sector
Project
Isolation Cutting Machine
Cutting and handling unit built for an aluminium profile production environment
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CNC Guard Rail Assembly Machine
Programmed fastener patterns on long rail sections from a single datum
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CNC Riveting Railing Machine
Programmed riveting positions on railing assemblies with consistent set force
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Questions
Aluminium Extrusion and Fabrication Questions
Do you have experience in aluminium extrusion and fabrication?
Delkotech's published customer base includes aluminium. What we build for this sector is shown in the equipment and projects linked from this page.
Which machine should we start with?
Start from the operation that is costing you, not from the machine type. The four scenarios on this page are the ones that come up most often in this sector.
Can equipment be specified for our environment?
Yes. Materials, finishes, contact surfaces and access are specified at design review against the environment the machine will live in rather than assumed from general industrial practice.
Will the machine produce records we can show a customer?
Where the process needs evidence, counts, process values and test results can be recorded and made available to your plant systems. The data contract is agreed with your IT group before software is written.
What do you need to quote a project for us?
Part drawings and real samples, the operation, the rate, the floor space and the equipment either side. Email [email protected] and we will come back with a concept.
Talk to an engineer
Bring Us a Aluminium Extrusion and Fabrication Problem
Describe the operation that is costing you rate, accuracy or labour. We will tell you what a machine can and cannot do about it.