The History of Metal Extrusion

Learn the strange history of metal extrusion! We make the best DIY pergola kit on the market. And we make those custom pergola kits out of extruded aluminum... but where desi the extrusion process come from? There is a weird history attached to metal extrusion that includes a frozen toilet, doing it by hand, and very obvious solutions not being thought of.

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00:00 What is Extrusion?
00:15 Before Extrusion
00:33 Early Extrusions
00:43 Bramah was BRILLIANT
01:21 The Process - How it Works
02:02 Make the Process Easier
02:17 Thomas Burr Does the Obvious Thing
02:47 Enter Aluminum
03:15 First Extrusion Plant
03:53 War Demand
04:16 Improvements
05:19 Modern Extrusion

[programmingwithian]

Shoutout to the luxury pergola channel for randomly producing some of the best obscure engineering history videos on Youtube.

[elijahwatt]

Really put the importance of tool and die shops into perspective. Maybe do a video detailing the process of getting a custom extrusion made!

[misterjangles]

this is the kind of content that comes out of a million sub channel. loved watching this video alot!

[IlusysSystems]

Forging has also evolved quite a bit. We made some accessory machines for brass fitting manufacturer. They basically heat up a brass slug till it's red hot and then it is slammed into final shape by hydraulic press. It's technically forced casting of solid metal. I guess everything is fluid if you really really want it to be :)

[Oldtanktapper]

Depends on how you exactly want to define processes, but there are also the methods of using shaped rollers and drawing material through a forming die. Both are still widely used today, as they have for several centuries.

[jaydenkerr]

I genuinely thought this channel would have a million subscribers based on this videos quality😮

[mml]

I work at a Steel foundry in Germany and I worked on the so called "recipient" where the hot mass is inserted and the "stamp" which presses the material throu the die.
It is a really interesting process to build a recipient. In there are multiple sleeves and heating elements. And cooling too...There is shrinking with nitrogen and heating with Ofens involved, everything weights minimum 1 ton to max 32 ton (because of Crane-weight limitations)...I miss the job sometimes but it was really dangerous. Slinging giant, 400 degrees hot metal cylinder all over the place goes alright 99 times... untill it doesn't.

[SixTough]

I always thought really soft things like sodium were extruded first, but I was wrong that probably came closer to 1900s!

[HuskyMachining]

I used to work at a place that extruded zirconium for nuclear fuel rod cladding and this video was fun reminder of that. good stuff

[zchrode]

maybe u could hv shown a die shaping the extrusion for a cylindrical or some prismatic shape

[paradiselost]

technically, i would classify extrusion as a form of forging... just pushing it out rather than into a die...

iunno, the bit that always gets me is how they get the interior sections. i can deal with pipe. thats easy. but when theres multiple cores?

[SoloRenegade]

0:53 need to get that over to the lockpicking lawyer, pronto to verify

[uncletiggermclaren]

Hey hey, what was all that Ironical and subtle Humour ? . . . did you go study in England or France or something?.
:)
I found this a very interesting view, AND rather amusingly funny in parts.

[joediverfl]

Ditto to @progammingwithIan! I love this channel, your authentic, funny, engaging mannerism. This is NOT the usual fake Drama, clickbaiting, pandering to the armchair judges masses, (Sorry to be harsh and negative, ), just too old to waste time. This is a must visit channel. 👍

[timpratten]

The word 'Extrusion' now sounds very strange after watching this video.

[Thoriumplatypus]

I don't think saying FDM 3d printers use an extrusion process is accurate. I think it would be more accurate to say they use a "targeted-deposition" process.

[sharpsticksnz]

I don't understand what the die must look like to create the extrusion at the start, it's like a stencil with no support for the letters 🤔