Flattening

DIX Metals offers flattening services for stock aluminum plate up to 1 inch in thickness. When metal comes from the manufacturer or customers, there can be distortions in the metal. Most are barely visible to the naked eye. DIX Metals’ experts can spot these defects and use a variety of presses and other devices to true the metal up before or after the blanks are ground.

It takes a keen eye and a subtle touch to move the metal in just the right way to get the proper result.