As an Aerospace metal supplier we are happy to work with aircraft and aerospace companies across the industry to provide their various raw material needs. We are located near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is ideally situated to serve and deliver all of your company's raw material needs. Our facility...
Aluminum is an extremely versatile aerospace and aviation industry material that is used in a wide range of products in and on aircraft. There are a variety of methods for shaping aluminum products, but all of them involve using some sort of die or mold. Drawn and extruded aluminum are the...
Today, aluminum materials make up 75 to 80 percent of a modern aircraft and aluminum has been used in that capacity since the birth of powered flight. In fact, even before the Wright Brothers first successful flight in 1903, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin used aluminum to make the frames of his airship...
If you've been involved in the aerospace industry during the last two decades you’re probably aware of the increasingly common use of titanium products in both aircraft frames and parts, as well as aircraft engine components. The rising costs of fuel and other factors in the economy have driven the need...
Sheet Metal, Plate Metal, and Aluminum Thicknesses Sheet metal is any metal that is thicker than a foil (0.8 inches) and thinner than 0.25 inches, the thickness of a metal plate. Sheet metal is often used for building structures that do not require durability and is often corrugated or formed for...
At AAA Air Support, we are proud of our more than two decades of providing the aerospace industry with quality raw metal materials in the form of extrusions, sheet, plate, bar and tube, in addition to roll formed products. Roll forming, our specialty, is a mechanical process that runs a coil...
When you need quality aerospace metal materials, we like to think that AAA Air Support should be your “go to” choice. AAA Air Support is a manufacturer and stocking distributor of quality raw materials including roll form stringers and aluminum extrusions, as well many other aluminum, steel and titanium products used...
When it comes to parts for maintenance repairs and new parts fabrication, everything is not simply straight lengths and angles. There are times when a curved, or contoured, part is needed to do the job. And that hasn’t been an easy task for most parts suppliers. Enhancing Roll Formed Parts We’ve covered...
Someone once said, “Mere time on the planet doesn’t mean you know anything.” Translated to businesses and, in particular, to aerospace distributors of raw materials, that simply means that just because a company’s been around for a while is no guarantee of quality. We understand that when it comes to ordering products...
A Look At Seamless Vs. Welded Tubing Among the many aluminum products used in a variety of industries, tubing has a significant place in the aerospace industry. There are essentially two basic types of tubing produced: seamless tubing and welded tubing. Metal Tubing Production The production processes are somewhat indicated by their name. For example,...
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