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  1. simonwar

    Vacuum grade aluminium thicknesses, forging and porosity....

    Cory, I am in discussion with the supplier. They have to talk to Russia, where the billet comes from. However, we believe the billet is forged to size, and I am only assuming, this is done by taking smaller thickness plate/sheet and forging up. However I am awaiting answers to these questions...
  2. simonwar

    Vacuum grade aluminium thicknesses, forging and porosity....

    Cory, You said "Any wrought Al alloy (sheet, plate, extrusion, forging) will be "pore-free" so that it could be used for vacuum applications". What do you mean exactly ? Are you saying that Al Alloy's are "pore-free", or are you saying they should be "pore-free". To clarify my question as I...
  3. simonwar

    Vacuum grade aluminium thicknesses, forging and porosity....

    Can anyone clarify? I am told that billet aluminium is supplied forged to a degree, and that each time the billet is forged, the aluminium loses its porosity. I want to investigate fabricating a high vacumm vessel, (10E-9T) using aluminium and not sure whether to machine from solid or...
  4. simonwar

    Creating a Layout with a Company Logo

    Can anyone help? Despite trawling through the Layout Wizard and Help/Tutorials, i still cannot understand how to create a layout that has drawing frames, title boxes, company logo's included in it. It can't be that hard, am i missing some AutoCAD specific terminology for such a standard...

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