Anodizing Aluminum Tubing and Aluminum Shape Benefits

The benefits of anodizing aluminum tubing and aluminum shapes are:

• Durability – Scars and wear from fabrication, handling, installation, and usage are virtually non-existent.
• Cost – low initial cost when compared to other coatings
• Color Stability - anodic coatings provide excellent resistance to fading from exposure to ultraviolet rays, do not chip or peel, and are easily repeatable from batch to batch
• Health and Safety – Anodizing is not harmful to human health, is chemically stable, will not decompose and is non-toxic

Profile provides anodized aluminum tube & extruded shapes to customers is a wide variety of industries such as surgical instruments, paintball markers, agricultural pruning equipment, medical research, aircraft lighting, commercial lighting, and electronics. A variety of coating thicknesses and colors are available to meet your specific needs.

Extruded shapes and aluminum tubes can be anodized in lengths from 1/4” to 20 feet.

Profile offers the following types of coatings:

• Type II (Sulfuric) in clear or color
• Type III (Hard Coat) in clear or color
• “Chem Film” Conversion
• Bright Dip