Your Alumninum Extrusion Partner of Choice

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Four Direct Extrusion Presses With 70 mm lbs. Annual Capacity


Astro consistently exceeds Aluminum Association's commercial extrusion tolerances on 6, 7 and 8 inch (with the capability of changing to 9 inch) diameters. We use 100% prime 6063, 6463 and 6005A aluminum billets, with the flexibility to supply secondary billet to meet LEEDS requirements. (For more information on LEEDS requirements, please visit www.usgbc.org)

Press capabilities include:

1400 Ton Youngstown 6 inch, single puller.
• Single puller
• 130-ft. run out with powered Kevlar rollers
• Billet length: 16 to 24 inch
• 10 ft. wide by 58 ft. long age oven
• Saw finish cut length capabilities from 60 to 264 inch


2200 Ton Watson Stillman 7 inch
• Single puller
• 145 ft. run out with powered Kevlar rollers
• Billet length: 18 to 28 inch
• 10 ft. wide by 58 ft. long age oven
• Saw finish cut length capabilities from 60 to 300 inch


2500 Ton Sutton 8 inch /9 inch
• Double puller
• 145 ft. run out with powered Kevlar rollers
• Billet length: 22 to 32 inch
• 14 ft. wide by 68 ft. long age oven
• Saw finish cut length capabilities from 60 to 460 inch


2500 Ton Sutton 7 inch
• Double puller
• 145 ft. run out with powered Kevlar rollers
• Billet length: 22 to 32 inch
• 14 ft. wide by 68 ft. long age oven
• Saw finish cut length capabilities from 60 to 378 inch



Did you know …

…Astro meets all production deadlines through press to press die diversity and level loaded scheduling.

…Astro's process repeatability is made possible through our state-of-the-art computer systems, a fully redundant fiber data network and our highly available Oracle ® database, boasting a 99.97% uptime over the past three years.







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