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Old 08-23-2011 | 09:02 AM
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The bulk of the aluminum pieces you see on the car come from an extrusion. This cuts down on cnc time tremendously and greatly reduces scrap. Die sets to form the extrusion still have to be made. Think of the play dough toy where you put the dough in the chamber and then force it out of a thing and it makes spaghetti or a tube etc...
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