Aerospace Aluminum Alloys 6063

The reason why aluminium is so indispensable to the aerospace industry is because of high strength and weight ratio. Airframes must be strong enough to withstand the stress of takeoff and landing over time. At the same time, if the metal is too heavy, it will require more fuel consumption during flight. There fore, aluminum is often a more cost-effective option for aircraft.

Since the aerospace industry is so specialized, it’s no surprise that aircraft rely on specific high-performance alloys. One well known aircraft aluminium is 7075. 7075 aircraft aluminum is known for its excellent mechanical properties as well as ductility, high strength, toughness and fatigue resistance. Other popular aerospace aluminum alloys are 6061, 6063, 2014, 5052, 7050, 7085 and 7068.

6013 aluminum alloy is one of the most advanced aluminum alloys in the world. It has excellent formability (castability, plastic formability, weldability), moderate specific strength, good corrosion resistance, superior damage tolerance,etc. Therefore it is widely used in the fields of large civil aircraft, military carrier-based aircraft, and rail transit.

6063 grade aluminum is a heat-treatable strengthening alloy with moderate strength in the AL-Mg-Si series. Mg and Si are the main alloying elements. The main strengthening phases in 6063 aluminum alloy are Mg2Si and AlSiFe. The interval time between quenching and artificial aging has a significant effect on the degree of strengthening of 6063 aluminum alloy.

Found in the finer details of an aircraft, 6063 is mainly used for aesthetic and architectural finishes. It is used primarily for intricate extrusions. The common states of 6063 grade aluminum plate include O state, T4 state, T6 state and T5 state. The alloy in T651 state is formed by stretching on the basis of T6 state and eliminating internal stress, which is more suitable for processing and forming.

6063-T6 is used for occasions where the strength is not so high, and the main form is generally aluminium plate and bar; the main form of 6063-T5 is extruded profiles of various shapes, which is commonly used in building aluminum alloy doors and windows, curtain walls, industrial frame structures.

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6016 Aluminum Plate for ABS

It is shown that replacing the traditional steel structure with an aluminum alloy structure can reduce the weight of a car by 30% to 40%. The use of aluminum alloys is one of the important ways for automobiles to be lightweight and environmentally friendly. In addition, the main advantages of aluminum alloys are light weight and good heat dissipation. Therefore, it is very necessary to research and develop aluminum alloy auto parts.

6xxx aluminum alloys like 6016 aluminum plate are the most widely used aluminum alloys in the automotive industry. They have excellent formability, high strength performance, good corrosion resistance, edge folding, and smooth surface performance. At the same time, after painting and baking, the strength performance has been improved to a certain extent.

The replacement of steel plates with aluminum alloy plates for the inner and outer panels of automobiles can reduce the body weight by 40% to 50%, thereby reducing the net weight of the vehicle by about 10%. Ford Model T, Ford Prodigy, FORD T-150 pickup, Jaguar XJ, Ferrari 360, Chrysler Prowler, Volkswagen 31 Lupo, Audi A2, A8, the Honda Insight, Honda NSX, Tesla Special-Model, S, etc. all use aluminum body.

6016 t4 aluminum is widely used in ABS, but the heat treatment process is complicated, and pre-aging treatment T4P must be carried out between solution treatment and paint treatment to obtain good performance.

Because it should have good formability before stamping, and can rapidly increase the strength during the paint baking process after stamping, so as to have high dent resistance. After the 6016 alloy sheet is treated with solution-T4P-baking paint, it can meet the requirements of both aspects, but the process parameters have a great influence on the final performance.

Insufficient solution treatment reduces the precipitation power of T4P and artificial aging during the paint baking process. Long holding time may lead to grain coarsening. Low pre-aging humidity reduces the performance stability of the plate during placement and the hardening effect during the paint baking process.

If the temperature is too high, it will affect the forming performance of the stamping process. It can be seen that the solid solution and T4P process parameters should be optimized to obtain the ideal comprehensive performance.

At present, one of the main reasons that restrict the large-scale application of aluminum alloys in automobiles is that its price is higher than that of steel. In order to promote the large-scale application of aluminum alloys in automobiles, the material cost must be reduced. Haomei Aluminum has rich automotive aluminum alloys. Welcome to leave message to inquire what you need.

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5086 alloy for Shipbuilding

Aluminum alloy like 5086 alloy has been used in shipbuilding industry for nearly a hundred years. With the rapid development of shipbuilding industry at home and abroad, the lightweight of ships has been paid more and more attention. Due to the low density, high strength, high rigidity and corrosion resistance of aluminum, ships made of aluminum are 15-20% lighter than those built with steel or other synthetic materials.

The high toughness, corrosion resistance and weldability of aluminum alloys provide a good choice for building weight-critical ships. Due to the lower processing cost of aluminum, it is more economical to use aluminum to build ships. Aluminum alloy can be used as a sheet, and can also be processed by extrusion and casting.

The outstanding physical properties of aluminum alloys make the use of aluminum alloy ships very economical. From the point of view of ship designers, ships made of aluminum alloy can achieve higher speed and longer service life. These advantages of marine aluminum sheets make it develop rapidly in the application of ships.

Marine aluminum plates are generally mainly made of 5083 aluminum plates, aluminum 5086 h111, and 5454 aluminum plates, especially for ship decks and hull parts. Haomei marine aluminum sheets has got the certification of DNV, LR, ABS, CCS,etc.

Alloy	Temper	Chemical composition	Features	Application
5052	O,H14 H34	Al: reminder Si: <0.25Cu: ≤0.1 Mg: 2.2-2.8Zn: ≤0.10 Mn: <0.10Cr: 0.15-0.35 Fe: ≤0.40	Medium strength, good corrosion resistance and formability, high fatigue strength	superstructure, auxiliary components, small boat hull
5083	O, H32	Al: reminder Si: <0.40Cu: ≤0.1 Mg: 4.0-4.9Zn: ≤0.25 Mn: 0.40-1.0Ti:≤0.15 Cr: 0.05-0.25Fe: ≤0.40	Typical aluminum alloy for welding, highest strength among non-heat treated alloys, good weldability, corrosion resistance and low temperature performance	The main structure of the hull
5086	H32,H34, h111	Al: reminder Si: <0.40Cu: ≤0.1 Mg: 2.40-3.0Zn: ≤0.25 Mn: 0.20-0.7Ti:≤0.15 Cr: 0.05-0.25Fe: ≤0.50	Its weldability and corrosion resistance are the same as 5083, and has slightly lower strength and improved extrudability.	Main structure of hull
5454	H32,H34	Al: reminder Si: ≤0.25Cu: ≤0.1 Mg:2.4-3.0Zn: ≤0.25 Mn: 0.50-1.0Ti:≤0.20 Cr: 0.05-0.20Fe: ≤0.40	22% higher strength than 5052, good corrosion resistance and weldability, general formability	Hull structures, pressure vessels, piping
5456	O,H321	Al: reminder Si: ≤0.50Cu: 3.8-4.9 Mg: 1.2-1.8Zn: ≤0.30 Mn: 0.30-0.9Ti:≤0.15 Ni: ≤0.1Fe: ≤0.50	Similar to 5083, but with a slightly higher strength and stress corrosion susceptibility	Hull and Deck
6061	T4,T6	Al: reminder Si: 0.4-0.8Cu: 0.15-0.4 Mg: 0.8-1.2Zn: 0.25 Mn: 0.15Cr: 0.04-0.35 Fe: 0.7Ti: 0.15	Corrosion-resistant alloys that can be strengthened by heat treatment, high strength, but low welding seam strength, mainly used for screwed and riveted structures that are not in contact with seawater.	Superstructures, bulkhead structures, frames, etc.

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5182 and 5059 Aluminum for Tank Plate

In In recent years, in developed countries in Europe and the United States, the use of aluminum plate for tank trucks has become very common. As the main material of the tank car body, aluminum alloy has excellent corrosion resistance and high reuse value in addition to its light weight. 95% of aluminum alloys can be reused.

Aluminum sheets are mainly used for tanks of chemical liquid and fuel. Generally aluminum-magnesium alloys like aluminum 5182, 5083 and 5059 alloy with high magnesium alloy content, are used as tanker aluminum sheets.

5xxx aluminum alloy plates are mainly used in cylinders, heads and bulkhead of tankers after welding, wrapping or rolling. The 5083, 5182, 5454 aluminum alloy wide sheets produced by Haomei Aluminum are suitable for the tank body of the oil tanker.

Among them, 5182 aluminum has a tensile strength of more than 280MPa, a yield strength of more than 125, and an elongation of more than 26%. It has reached the “European Agreement on the Road Transport of Dangerous Goods (ADR)” and the European “Weldable Rolled Products for Storage and Transportation of Dangerous Goods” industry standards.

Due to the trace element Si contained in the alloy, the welding performance is excellent, and it can be used for gas welding, electric welding, seam welding and argon arc welding. It has good corrosion resistance and cannot be heat treated, but has good cold workability and good formability.

Using 5182 aluminum alloy welding, the mechanical properties in the weld can reach the minimum specified for the base metal. The excellent quality of the 5182 alloy plate improves the safety of the aluminum alloy tanker.

Aluminum 5059 belongs to the 5xxx aluminum-magnesium alloy aluminum plate, which has high strength, high plasticity and corrosion resistance, good weldability and low crack tendency. With its own unique advantages, it is widely used in special tank trucks for petrochemical and other dangerous goods.

5059 aluminum plate is with ow density, only 2.66 g/cm~3, high tensile strength, higher than some low carbon mild steel. Welcome to leave message below to inquire what you need.

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Different uses of 1235 Aluminum Foil

Similar to the lithium battery copper foil, the battery aluminum foil is the key material for the current collector of the lithium battery cathode material. Its main function is to collect the current generated by the battery active material and output the current.

In order to obtain a lithium battery with better performance, it is required that the conductive current collector should be in full contact with the active material, and the internal resistance should be as small as possible. Due to its good electrical conductivity, soft texture, mature manufacturing technology, and outstanding cost advantages, aluminum foil battery contact has become the first choice for lithium-ion battery cathode current collectors.

1235 aluminum foil is an aluminum foil with an aluminum content of not less than 99.35%. This product is widely used in cables, tapes, batteries because of its excellent mechanical properties such as elongation and tensile strength, excellent anti-rust properties, formability and weldability.

1235 is also a kind of important household aluminum foils. In the kitchen, aluminum foil is often used to wrap food, especially when baking bread or heating food. If the food is directly brought into the oven for roasting, it is prone to uneven heating and slow heating.

If the food is wrapped in aluminum foil and then baked, the heat source of the oven is transmitted to the aluminum foil and then to the food, so that the food and the aluminum foil are closed to generate water vapor and hot air, which can not only heat the food evenly, but also speed up the heating speed.

The largest amount of aluminum in cigarette packaging is aluminium foil lining paper. The thickness of the 1235 aluminum foil is 0.006mm to 0.007mm. The size of the aluminum foil lining paper of each pack of cigarettes is 154mm×114mm. According to the specific gravity, the aluminum foil lining paper of each pack of cigarettes occupies about 0.284 grams. Welcome to leave message below to inquire 1235 aluminum foil price.

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Aluminum Alloy Strip 1060 Applications

1060 Aluminum alloy strip is a very commonly used aluminum strip. It has good elongation and tensile strength, which can fully meet the needs and uses of all walks of life. What are the 1060 aluminum alloy applications?

Aluminum strip for transformer

Dry-type transformer generally uses 1060 aluminum strip, whose aluminum content reaches more than 99.6%, also known as pure aluminum alloy strip, which fully meets the conventional machining requirements (stamping and drawing).

Aluminum strip for bottle cap

Aluminum bottle caps are mostly processed on a production line with a high degree of automation, so the strength, elongation and dimensional deviation of the material are strictly required, otherwise cracks or creases will occur during deep drawing. The transparent medicinal bottle cap is usually made of 1060 aluminum strip and anodized before.

Anodized Aluminum Sheet

It is to place the aluminum strip sheet in the corresponding electrolyte (such as sulfuric acid, chromic acid, oxalic acid, etc.) as an anode, and conduct electrolysis under specific conditions and the action of an applied current.

A thin layer of aluminum oxide is formed on the surface with a thickness of 5-20 microns, and the hard anodized film can reach 60-200 microns. The anodized aluminum strip improves its hardness and wear resistance, up to 250-500 kg/mm2. Generally speaking, the oxidation effect decreases in the following order: 1 series >5 series >6 series >3 series >2 series >7series, commonly used alloys are 1060, 5052, 6061, 6063, etc.

Polished aluminium strip

It refers to the aluminum strip that is processed by rolling, grinding and other methods to make the surface of the aluminum strip show a mirror effect. The surface of mirror aluminum sheet is as smooth as a mirror, which is widely used in lighting reflection, decoration, hardware signs and other industries. The main alloys are 1050, 1060, 1070, 1100, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3104, 3105, 5182,etc.

Aluminum strip for face mask

In addition to the 95% filtration efficiency, another important factor is that the N95mask fits closely with the face. These two factor contributes to the superior protection function both in medical environment and common surroundings. The close fit depends on aluminum nose strip for face mask.

There are two kinds of aluminum strips for sale:

1. Aluminum alloy: 3003 and 1060

2. O Temper

3. Mill finish.

4. Thickness: 0.4*0.5 mm

5. Width: 90-100 mm

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The Popular Types of Embossed Aluminum Tread Plates

The production of embossed aluminum tread plate is to re-roll the machine on the patterned roller after the aluminum plate is processed. The pattern is convex and clear. The main purposes are for anti-skid and decoration.

The common alloy grades of the aluminum tread plate are 1100, 1060, 3003, 5052, 5754, 6061, 6082, 6062, etc. The normal thickness range is 0.8-7.0mm, and Haomei patterned aluminum plate has a patterning rate of 100%. It has good oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance, strong weather resistance, and has a service life of more than 20 years.

The common patterns are orange peel, one bar, two bar, three bar, five bar, diamond, lentil,etc. The common ones in the market are 5 bar aluminum plate and small 5 bar aluminum checker plate. It is widely used in transportation, construction, decoration, shipbuilding,etc.

5 bar aluminum tread plate

It is used more in the automobile industry. 5 bar aluminium diamond plate is generally used in the fenders of the car. After all, the density of the aluminum plate is relatively small. Compared with the same hardness alloy, 5 bars are used.

Orange peel pattern aluminum plate

As a household appliance that is commonly used in our daily life, we seem to be familiar with refrigerators. The linings of refrigerators that we often see are made of embossed aluminum plates, generally 0.5mm thick orange peel embossed aluminium plate. In addition, embossed aluminum plates have been habitually used in the inner tray of the refrigerator, the condenser of the refrigerator, the condenser tube, etc

Orange peel embossed aluminum sheet (embossed aluminum coil) is a product made of aluminum coil material through pressure processing by orange embossing equipment. Because the pattern style is similar to orange peel texture, the aluminum coil is called orange peel embossed plate.

Orange peel embossed aluminum coil is used in the refrigerator, air conditioning and refrigeration industry (the surface area increases after embossing, which is conducive to dissipating temperature), and the pipeline insulation industry.

As one of the big embossed aluminum sheet suppliers, Haomei Aluminum has orange peel embossed aluminum coils with thickness of 0.2, 0.3, 0.35, 0.4, 0.45, 0.5, 0.6, 0.65, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 mm. Welcome to leave message below to inquire what you need.

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How to Ensure Quality of Prepainted Aluminum Coil

The prepainted aluminum coil refers to aluminum coils that are coated with one or several layers of organic coatings such as polyester and fluorocarbon polyester after surface processing, and then baked and cured. There are usually two kinds of paintings: PVDF and PE.

Compared with polyester (PE) coating aluminum coil, fluorocarbon (PVDF) coating aluminum coil has the advantage of long service life. Generally, the service life of PVDF coated aluminum coil can reach more than 20 years while the service life of polyester color-coated aluminum coil is usually about 10 years.

Fluorocarbon color-coated aluminum coil is a product that uses high-quality fluorocarbon paint to coat the surface of aluminum coil. Fluorocarbon paint has better weather resistance and longer service life, and is the first choice for color-coated aluminum coils for outdoor products.

The general production process of coil coating has 5 steps, namely coil input, cleaning and chemical treatment, painting, curing and finished product output. The process layout and equipment composition are different in different cases, but the basic parts are the same.

The quality of the pretreatment (cleaning and chemical coating) determines the quality of the coating and directly affects the flexibility and impact resistance of the coating. It determines the coating adhesion of aluminum trim coil.

The purpose of initial coating, finishing coating and curing is to coat the coating on the surface of the substrate, and volatilize the organic solvent of the coating by heating, so that the organic coating and the substrate are closely combined. Coating and curing directly affect the appearance quality and physical and chemical properties of color-coated aluminum coils, which are the key links in production control.

Aluminum trim coils may have color difference during production and use. Since color difference is affected by various factors such as production batch, color depth, use time, use environment, and purpose, it is usually negotiated by both the supplier and the buyer when ordering.

Coating durability is the performance of the color-coated aluminum coil during use, and it is usually measured by the length of service life. Coating durability is mainly affected by factors such as coating type, coating thickness, and environmental corrosion. coating type, coating thickness, and environmental corrosion. The true durability of coatings can be determined by atmospheric exposure testing or artificial aging tests.

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