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At left, buried in this confusing image, is an actual press used for aluminum extrusions. Minalex specializes in miniature extrusions - other presses can be far larger. In any case, the basic principals behind extruding aluminum apply equally to all presses.


At right is an idealized version of an extrusion press. This is what we will be using to facilitate the explanation of the extrusion process.