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At Offshore Direct Metals, high quality aluminum in various shapes and sizes is used for extrusions purposes. The outcome is shaped metal that is fabricated or machined according to the customer’s need. Aluminum circles, which are also referred to as blanks, are just as the name implies, circle pieces of aluminum that go through the extrusion process.

Virtually every industry uses aluminum in one aspect of another. The professional team at Offshore Direct Metals provides different services according to customer need. As part of this, different forms of aluminum are used to include aluminum coil, circles, billets, ingots, and more.

Offshore Direct Metals works hard to save customers money associated with stock aluminum extrusions. Among the many different products offered are billets, which is a length of metal with a square or round cross section that measures no more than 36-inches. These are created by taking blooms or ingots and using hot rolling as a means of extrusion, continuous casting, or indirectly rolling and...

To create aluminum castings, molten aluminum is poured into a mold. Depending on the situation, sometimes a vacuum is applied. The result is permanent mold castings being made stronger compared to sand or die castings. At Offshore Direct Metals, we work with the best suppliers of metals in the world. For the customer, this equates to an overall cost savings but without compromising on the quality...