What is Formodal®?
Formodal® is precision milled, aluminium cast alloy plates with excellent machining properties.
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High Grade Metals is the exclusive New Zealand supplier of quality German Formodal®.
To make Formodal®, the product is cast in large blocks, saw-cut to thickness and machined top and bottom to at 0.1 tolerance.
Formodal® is commonly used for tool and mould-making and machine building in New Zealand.
Benefits of Formodal®
Formodal® is very flat, very stable, and won't move during machining.
Where the cooling process to produce a traditional aluminium plate creates a skin on the outside, and the rolling process creates stress inside the material which can cause the plate to bend when cut, Formodal® is a cast plate so remains flat and stable during machining.