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Aluminum Structural Shapes

Who rolls structural sections in this material, and can they hit my grade and length?

What it is

Hot rolled long product in standard structural cross sections such as wide flange beam, angle, channel and tee, sold to published section tables rather than to a custom die.

Typical dimensions
Per AISC or equivalent section tables; lengths commonly 20 to 60 ft.
Also known as
beams, angle, channel, wide flange, sections, structurals

Suppliers

Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.

Mills and producers 2

Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.

  • Kaiser Aluminum Verified
    Franklin, TN · Mill
    2024, 6061, 7075, 7050

    Soft and hard alloy extruded shapes.

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  • Taber Extrusions Reported
    Russellville, AR · Converter Service provider
    AS9100NADCAP Heat TreatingNADCAP Nondestructive Testingsolid profiles to 31 in wide; hollows to 29 in

    Large, wide and long extruded profiles. The Russellville plant was originally dedicated to military extrusions of exactly this kind for the US Government. Recorded at medium: the sources describe large structural extrusions without using a structural-shapes product term.

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