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Draw, Stretch and Stamp

Accession number: 
1955.0067
Production Years: 
1940

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Film Properties: 
Length (minutes): 
13
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Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal, Quebec: 16mm.
"Stresses the importance of understanding the special techniques and correct procedures when drawing, stretching and stamping with aluminium."

Bibliography: 

“Draw, Stretch and Stamp,” Alcan 16mm Film Catalogue (Montreal: Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited: c.1960), 5.
“How to form cylindrical, rectangular and odd-shaped parts of aluminum in single and double-action presses. Emphasis is placed on the alloys best suited for drawing and stretching and how choice of alloy influences tool design, clearance radii, and reduction per draw. Correct lubrication and tool maintenance are discussed. The methods used in stamping, embossing and coining aluminum are depicted.”