Lot 2417 · 6082-T6 · certified

Alloy6082-T6 · EN 573-3

Yield260 MPa · min

Tensile310 MPa

Density2.70 g/cm³

Hardness95 HB

MachinabilityGood · 3 mm/rev roughing

Tolerance±0.005 mm · finished faces

CertEN 10204 3.1 · per lot

Spec before story.

Eleven alloys. One datasheet per lot. The numbers first.A materials supplier that leads with the certificate, not the brochure. Every bar, billet and plate ships with its own test results, and the machining notes come from our shop, not a catalogue.

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A CNC mill cutting an aluminium block, coolant and chips spraying from the tool

material removed · lot 2417, part 3

01 · Tolerance

Closer, in four passes.

±0.500 mm

tolerance held · this pass

Datum A

Datum B

Rough±0.5 mm · 3 mm/rev

Semi±0.1 mm · 0.8 mm/rev

Finish±0.02 mm · 0.1 mm/rev

Lap±0.005 mm · by hand

Rough · ±0.5 mmFast and loud. Most of the metal leaves here, as chip. Nobody measures anything yet.

A machined aluminium manifold block, bored and pocketed, on a grey surface

02 · The numbers

What we stand behind.

alloys in stock. Aluminium, stainless, brass, one titanium. No exotics on request.

0.005 mm

finished tolerance on faces we lap. Stated on the sheet, checked on the CMM.

48 h

to a quote with the lot number on it. Not a range. A number.

datasheet per lot, mill cert attached. If the lot changes, so does the sheet.

Molten metal pouring from a ladle in a foundry, sparks flying

The story comes after.

There is a foundry, there are people, there's a reason we started. It's on page four. Pages one to three are the numbers, because that's what you're buying.

Materials

Three we sell the most of.

The full list is eleven. These three cover most of what comes through the door, and their sheets are the ones we get asked for.

Aluminium · bar, plate, billet6082-T6

Yield260 MPa

Tensile310 MPa

Density2.70 g/cm³

WeldableYes · 4043

AnodiseGood · clear

The structural one. Machines clean, welds without drama, anodises evenly.

From £6.40/kg · cert 3.1

Stainless · bar, sheet316L

Yield170 MPa

Tensile485 MPa

Density7.99 g/cm³

CorrosionMarine · chloride

MachinabilityFair · slow feeds

The one for salt and acid. Slow to cut, work-hardens if you dwell. Notes on the sheet.

From £9.80/kg · cert 3.1

Brass · bar, hexC360

Yield140 MPa

Tensile380 MPa

Density8.50 g/cm³

Machinability100 · the reference

Lead2.5–3.7% · declared

Free-machining. The alloy every other one is rated against. Lead content printed, not hidden.

From £11.20/kg · cert 3.1

Ordering

How an order goes.

Five steps. The datasheet is in step one, before you've paid for anything.

A brushed aluminium sheet with fine linear grain

Ask for the sheetAlloy, form, rough size. We send the datasheet for the lot we'd cut from. Read it first.

Quote in 48 hoursPrice, lot number, lead time, and the cert reference. All four, every time.

Cut to drawing or to stockSend a drawing and we machine to it. Send nothing and it comes sawn, deburred, oversize by 2 mm.

Measured before it shipsFinished faces go on the CMM. The report goes in the box, with the cert.

Then the storyPage four. The foundry, the people, why we bother. Skip it. It's fine.

Datasheet

Request the datasheet.

Tell us the alloy and the form. The sheet for the current lot comes back the same day, cert attached, machining notes on the back. No account needed to read it.

Request the datasheet