Aluminium Sheet Routing

There is a great difference when routing wood and aluminum.

Aluminium sheet routing.

With the aid of a straight edge and a sharp knife score both sides of the aluminium sheet. It comes in many forms including diamond plate expanded perforated and painted aluminum sheet. The thicker the material and the greater the depth of cut the more important it is to follow these tips. Sheet aluminium can be cut without the need for a guillotine or tin snips which tend to deform the metal.

We supply custom cnc routing services of aluminium sheets. Sheet aluminum sheet and aluminum plate are essentially the same. Place the fracture line over the edge of a table and bend the overhang slightly downwards. The only true distinction is in their respective thickness.

Routing 1 4 aluminum with festool router and 1 4 carbide end mill. Aluminum sheet is any aluminum sheet metal thicker than foil but thinner than 6mm. We make use of high quality bits specially designed to cut aluminium which results in a great cutting quality reducing post cut processing. Cnc router aluminum sheet work is different than cnc routers cutting aluminum plate.

For more than 25 years alma has specialized in routing of aluminum sheets a technology specific to the aeronautics industry with high nesting performance and the ability to meet all the technological requirements and constraints of the routing process multi layer machining screwing riveting micro junctions etc almacam routing is the ideal system to program your aluminum routing machines. Used a basic 1 4 shaft wood edging router bit to quickly trim the edge of 1 4 thick 6160 aluminum sheet. Aluminium requires hardier router bits unlike wood since fragile bits will break easily when used on aluminum. 6061 extra thick aluminum sheet 12 inch x 12 inch x inch flat plain plate panel aluminium metal sheets finely polished and deburred by lostronaut 24 99 24.

Sheet plate view all view alloys hide alloys 1100 1100 h112 2024 2024 o clad 2024 t3 clad 3003 5052 5052 dfars 5083 h131 5086 6061 6061 dfars domestic 6061 o 6061 t4 7050 7075 7075 o 7075 o clad 7075 t6 clad 7075 t73 t7351 cast sheet plate 7075 t7451. This weakens the aluminium and creates a fracture line. There s a world of difference for a cnc router cutting thin aluminum sheet vs a cnc router cutting thicker aluminum plate.