Capabilities

Aluminum Alloy

MEA only uses secondary (recycled) billet in our extrusion process. This enables us to provide the best price to our customers, as well as giving them the LEED compliance that many of our customers require.  With our many years of experience running secondary billet, MEA has been able to achieve the same aesthetics as prime billet for the customer base that we serve. MEA sources multiple companies located in North America to supply our billet, in order to maintain the best quality of product and to ensure that we always have surplus inventory to meet customer demands.

MEA’s billet suppliers are compliant under the guidelines of USGBC – LEED. The current recycled content of our billet is:

• 10% Post Consumer Scrap
• 60% Post Industrial Scrap
• 30% Primary Aluminum

Below are some charts of the alloys and temper that we supply, in addition to their typical properties:

6063 Alloy Description:

Temper	MEA Usage	Finish	Typ. Price Range	Typical Application	Min. Ultimate Tensile	Min. Yield Tensile	Min. Elongation
T1	Low	Better	Medium	Bendable / Formable	16-17  ksi	8-9 ksi	12%
T4	Low	Better	Medium	Bendable / Formable	18-19  ksi	9-10 ksi	14%
T5	High	Better	Low	Bendable/General Purpose	21-22 ksi	15-16 ksi	8%
T6	Highest	Better	Low	General Purpose with good strength	30 ksi	25 ksi	8-10%

6105 Alloy Description:

T1	Low	Good	Medium	Bendable w/strength over time	25 ksi	15 ksi	16%
T5	High	Good	Medium	High Strength	38 ksi	35 ksi	8%

6061 Alloy Description:

T1	Low	Bad	High	Bendable w/strength over time	26 ksi	14 ksi	16%
T6	Low	Bad	High	High Strength	38 ksi	35 ksi	8-10%