Can Mic 6 be welded?

MIC6 components can be successfully welded utilizing the fusion based Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW or Mig), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW or Tig) and solid state based Friction Stir Welding (FSW) processes.

What is alum MIC6?

Mic 6® Aluminum Cast Plate is a blend of the most desirable features of many individual metals. The manufacture of this tooling plate material is the most advanced in the cast plate industry. It promotes consistency between plates and reduces the risk of disrupting material stability by entrapping stress.

What is cast aluminum tooling plate?

What is aluminum cast tool & jig plate? It is a high-quality, accurately machined aluminum plate that has received a thermal stress relieving treatment to provide dimensional stability during machining.

Can you anodize Mic 6?

There is such a wide range of alloying constituents in Mic 6, that it can, at times be hard to anodize, and not very decorative. But.. its these constituents that make the machinists like it, do to its machinability, and its capability to hold flat/parallel tolerances.

What is aluminum Jig plate?

Aluminum Cast Tool & Jig plate is vertical cast, stress-relieved, machined plate providing sound dimensional stability with minimal or no distortion even after extensive machining operations. Cast Aluminum Plates/ Cast Tool & Jig Plate have a precision machined surface for superior flatness, flat within .

What alloy is aluminum jig plate?

Cast Tool and Jig Plate are commonly known by their trade names: Alca 5, ATP-5, MIC6, and K-100S. Of these brands, Alro stocks the Alca 5, ATP-5 and MIC6. Each of these are produced from a very fine-grain aluminum alloy which is free from internal stresses.

What are Jig plates?

Tool and Jig plate is a machined product, with flat surfaces and a surface finish equal to 32 micro-inches or better on both sides (top and bottom). It is readily machined with very little distortion. Using proper aluminum machining methods, tolerances in the thousandths can be maintained.

What is Jig plate aluminum?

Aluminum Cast Tool & Jig plate is vertical cast, stress-relieved, machined plate providing sound dimensional stability with minimal or no distortion even after extensive machining operations.

How accurate is the 90 degree angle on a typical angle plate?

Angle brackets are often used when a fixed 90º angle is required. The right angle of these plates is closely controlled and is accurate to 90º ± . 08º.

What is Mic 6 aluminum?

Mic 6 is the standard in cast tool and jig plate aluminum. Why? Because Arconic guarantees consistent quality and excellent performance. Mic 6 has made its way into a variety of industries like printing, food processing, CNC machining, aerospace, and automotive.

Why choose Arconic Mic 6® aluminum cast plate?

Before mill exit, each and every single plate is inspected to verify both the thickness as well as the flatness. This dedication to providing a quality product, on every shipment, is why Arconic’s Mic 6® is still considered by many to be the standard in aluminum cast plate.

What kind of milling do you use for Mic 6?

Horizontal Milling If you’re looking to use horizontal milling to machine Mic 6, the advantages are that you can use straddle milling, edging, grooving and single tooth fly-cutting all efficiently and with minimal backlash. For the least amount of backlash, you can use climb-cutting.

What is the maximum thickness of Mic 6 cast plate?

Touting “the most advanced process used in the cast plate industry”, all thicknesses of Mic 6 cast tool and jig plate are produced to exceptional flatness tolerances. Thicknesses of.25” to.625” (6 mm and over) have a maximum thickness variation of.015”.