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Aluminum Billet
I need forging stock. Who supplies billet in this alloy and diameter?
What it is
Ingot that has been forged or rolled to a smaller round or square cross section, refining grain structure and homogenizing the microstructure. The standard input stock for forging and extrusion.
- Typical dimensions
- Commonly 4 to 16 inches diameter for aerospace alloys.
- Also known as
- billets, forging stock, forge stock, bloom
Suppliers
Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.
Mills and producers 3
Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.
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Century Aluminum Company VerifiedUS melted7 in to 14 in diameter, up to 288 in long
Extrusion billet cast at Mt. Holly from 7 to 14 inches diameter and up to 288 inches long, with up to 70 active alloy combinations. Billet diameter and length are the constraints that decide which extruder can take it, and both are published here, which is unusual. IMPORTANT: this is STANDARD grade primary aluminium. Century's high-purity and military-grade primary metal came from Hawesville, which is curtailed and whose site has been sold for redevelopment. Do not read this edge as a source of military-grade primary aluminium.
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Kaiser Aluminum Verified2024, 6061, 7075, 7050
Forge stock and manifold bar under the KaiserSelect brand. Forge stock is the input a forging house buys.
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Taber Extrusions VerifiedUS meltedAS9100NADCAP Heat TreatingNADCAP Nondestructive Testing
Aluminium billet and log from Taber's own cast house, described as ITAR and BABA compliant and supplied to the wider US aluminium manufacturing industry rather than only consumed internally. BABA is Build America Buy America, a federal infrastructure procurement rule. It is NOT DFARS specialty metals and NOT the Berry Amendment. Billet diameter range is not published.
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