New Cheaper and Quicker Delivery Options

Our Metallin.co.uk on-line business relies on the bulk of its orders to be dispatched directly by our supplier and business partner based in Austria. Though our aluminium profile extrusions are the highest quality to be found in Europe and very competitively priced, the delivery cost of smaller orders can work out expensive due to the international aspect of our deliveries, and can take around 72 hours to deliver to the UK.

So we are building up a local stock of accessories to enable us to deliver quickly and cheaply to cover your more urgent situations. If your basket only contains these local items, and weighs less than 750g, then you will be presented with a "local" shipping option for delivery within 1 to 2 days at Royal Mail prices.

Aluminium Profile lengths to 2.5m

Our website can now take orders for profile lengths up to 2.5m and dispatched via our standard courier. We are able to dispatch longer lengths, but this would require a quote, so please do not hesitate to contact us with your requirements.

Load Deflection Calculator

When choosing the best series of profile and the necessary cross section for your purposes, it is vital to understand how the aluminium profiles will behave under load. We have now added a Load Deflection Calculator tab to each profile's product page. This is an example of Load Deflection tab on the product page:

This takes the Momentum of Inertia values specific to the profile (both x and y axis, i.e. the deflection will be dependent on what plane you bend the profile), and the Elastic Modulus for aluminium, and applies it to the given load (in Newtons) and the length of the profile. 

Three results are provided depending how the profile is clamped/restrained:

• One end clamped and the force applied at the opposite end.
• Both ends supported without clamping and the force applied in the centre.
• Both ends clamped and the force applied in the centre.

Visit http://www.metallin.co.uk/shop/series-5/profile-5/aluminium-profile-5-60x40.html for an example of our Load Deflector Calculator.

Aluminium Profile On-line Shopping

Metallic Innovations brings the on-line shopping experience to the world of aluminium profile extrusions through its e-commerce website www.metallin.co.uk. Browse and study the on-line catalogue, choose the profiles and components for your project, provide cutting instructions, even create your own kits. Pay by secure payment methods.