Aluminum tubes coated on the inner surface with Akebono's anodizing technology

Aluminum tubes coated on the inner surface with Akebono's anodizing technology

Akebono Kinzoku Industry has succeeded in anodizing the inner surface of a long, thin aluminum tube. By developing a special manufacturing method, the company has made it possible to coat the inner surface of thin tubes, which was previously difficult. The length of the tube is about two meters, and the diameter is three millimeters, and the wall thickness can be as thin as one millimeter. It was confirmed that the film could be deposited even when bent into a spiral shape. (May 24, 2019, Akebono Kinzoku Kogyo, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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