Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Application of aluminum circle

Application of aluminum circle

Aluminum circles are widely used in processing and manufacturing of cooking utensils with tensile aluminum circle, lamps and lanterns tensile aluminum circle, traffic signage for aluminum circle, aluminum cans, and seal the top of tank of all kinds of required aluminum circle, aluminum circle industry.

Characteristics of aluminum circle performance:
 
1. The surface performance of aluminum circle is good, guaranteeing no obvious scratches, oil pollution, oxidation, black spot, etc.;
2, early on the coil grain size and good control of elongation, ensure the aluminum circle good deep drawing and spinning performance, effectively avoid the late processing may occur when the wiredrawing, falbala, ear rate higher adverse phenomenon;
3. Strictly control the testing of the alloy, state and performance of the coil, and guarantee the accuracy and diversity of the circle.
4. Detailed classification of aluminum circle, which can be used for different purposes and requirements of customers;
5. The product packaging is strong, which is in line with domestic sales and international export standards.
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Haomei Aluminium is both a aluminium Circle manufacturer and supplier with 18 years experience. So factory price is available, we are professional in producing aluminium circles. aluminium Round sheet, another name is aluminum disc. It is aluminium sheet in round shape. Pure Aluminium Circle, like Alloy 1050, 1060, 1070, 1100 and Alloy Aluminium Circle, like Alloy 3003. 
haomei aluminium circle is widely used in making aluminium cookware, as aluminium sauce pan, pizza pan, utensils, and various other applications, like: traffic signs, furniture, lighting, lampshade, etc. 
haomei aluminium circle is normal with thickness from 0.4mm--10mm, diameter from 100mm-800mm

Mirror aluminum sheet or Reflective sheet like Mirror surface for light and Solar pow

Mirror aluminum sheet or Reflective sheet like Mirror surface for light and Solar pow



Reflective aluminum sheet is the aluminum plate processed by rolling, polishing and other methods to make its surface appear like a mirror.The company has developed mirror aluminum and pattern mirror aluminum via elaboration of mechanical polishing,chemical polishing,atomization,chemical blasting,electro polishing,dyeing, and hole sealing to more than 10 processes.Mirror effect can compete with that of import mirror aluminum plate.
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The products suitable for hung ceiling decoration,solar reflective equipment,lamp-chimney etc.with stable product performance and the best choice of highly cost-effective, now have already been put into mass product.

Mirror aluminum sheet or Reflective sheet like Mirror surface for light and Solar pow

Mirror aluminum sheet or Reflective sheet like Mirror surface for light and Solar pow



Reflective aluminum sheet is the aluminum plate processed by rolling, polishing and other methods to make its surface appear like a mirror.The company has developed mirror aluminum and pattern mirror aluminum via elaboration of mechanical polishing,chemical polishing,atomization,chemical blasting,electro polishing,dyeing, and hole sealing to more than 10 processes.Mirror effect can compete with that of import mirror aluminum plate.
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The products suitable for hung ceiling decoration,solar reflective equipment,lamp-chimney etc.with stable product performance and the best choice of highly cost-effective, now have already been put into mass product.

Polishing Machined Aluminum to a Mirror Finish

Polishing Machined Aluminum to a Mirror Finish



This is one of many strategies to get aluminum to a mirror finish. If you have sandpaper, a buffing wheel, and some compounds, you can get pretty close to mirror. To get clearer and clearer finishes, you can chrome plate, electro-polish, or do it the way NASA recommends.


Step 1: Machine the Aluminum

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I started with machined aluminum from a Haas Mill, which saves a lot of sanding time. I recommend using the facing tool on all the flat surfaces you need to make shiny. End-mills are okay, but not as good. For this (kinda) cube, I rotated the piece and faced (with a facing tool) every side that was going to be polished. The sides of end-mills were leaving machine marks that were too deep.


Step 2: Sand to the Highest Grit You Have

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Because I had machined it with a very precise machine before all this, I could start with 1200 grit wet/dry sandpaper. After getting rid of all the machine marks, I sanded it with 1500, and then 2000, giving it enough time on each to make sure all of that surface gets to that grit-level.

You can see from my set up that I clamped the sandpaper down using a random piece of metal, to a flat table that I've cleaned off before. (Any dirt underneath will only cause scratches in your finish). Wetting the paper makes it stick to the table as well, giving it you a flat surface to push against. Every once in a while, I would rinse off the grit in a bucket of water right next to my whole setup.


Step 3: Buffing Wheel + Rouge

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The next and magical step is to hit the surfaces with a buffing wheel. At Pier 9, I used a cotton wheel on the Burr King and applied some brown rouge to to it, after knurling and cleaning the cotton a bit. Use the rouge sparingly, otherwise you'll end up with streaks of it on your metal. I placed a spongy mat underneath the wheel, just in case the Burr King caught an edge and flung it to the ground. Be sure to not even come close to the edge that will catch (like I did). Simply flip the piece around and buff from a different direction.

I sand and buff all in the same direction. This is not necessary, but it creates a uniform sheen on it at each stage which makes it easy to see what you have yet to sand/buff.

You should see it become reflective after just a light touch on the buffing wheel. Buffing it further will give it a little more clarity.


Step 4: Hand Buffer + Metal Polish

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Apply some appropriate metal polish, and follow the directions on the back of the tube. At Pier 9, we have a buffing hand-tool with some nice cotton buffing heads. This saves some time and arm movements of rubbing the polish in. But after buffing it, you still need to rub the compound away with a clean microfiber cloth. If you watch the video, it's kinda magical to rub away this black tarnish to reveal a near-mirror finish.

And that's it! Be patient, and whatever strategy you use, try it on a test piece first. There are a lot of little nuances that only come with doing it a few times.

Step 5: Take Some Selfies and don't touch it without gloves on.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Mirror aluminum sheet metal is the eye of the art

Mirror aluminum sheet metal is the eye of the art



Speaking of mirror aluminum sheet metal, the first reaction is the reflective material of lighting industry. Nowadays, it is no longer just reflective material, because of its beautiful appearance and superior performance, it is recognized by more and more industries, mirror aluminum is also favored in the construction industry, the France Louvre Lens branch project built in 2012 is the best description which use of a large number of mirror aluminum sheet indoor and outdoor.



The French Louvre Lens Branch is a unique project in the world. Ordinary aluminum sheet can not meet the needs of this design for reflective levels, but the mirror aluminum sheet can do it. While exhibiting exhibits in the Louvre Lens Branch in France, visitors are attracted by the magnificent atmosphere interior and exterior mirror walls. Looking from outside, the mirror aluminum bring the curtain wall noble and elegant art, its establishment is undoubtedly add the cultural atmosphere which enough to change the old mining area image. Mirror aluminum and glass build a rectangular modern pavilion, showing a very different style with the Paris Museum, giving the Louvre a new era. Into the interior of the museum, mirror effect of the exhibits will be set off to make life, so that the indoor visual effects more illusory and open. Mirror aluminum sheet metal is the art eye.

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The best mirrors are in Germany,china and Italy. Japan's mirrors are oxide-free and are standard-sized sheets with high losses, but their unique textured effect is favored by manufacturers of electronic and signage casing.

if you want to do high-end products, then use the imported mirror, low-end, then choose domestic. Domestically made mirror is characterized by no protection of the surface treatment, mirror aluminum will change over time, the price is cheap; imported products are characterized by a stable reflectance, 86% of the ordinary mirror and 95% of the super-mirror two grades, the price to a little more expensive.

Maintenance and storage of aluminium tread plate

Maintenance and storage of aluminium tread plate

First, regular cleaning, for the stains on the surface of aluminium tread plate, use the water or the corresponding cleaning agent for cleaning, stains residue easily lead to corrosion of the plate deformation. Second, use professional spray coating on the surface film, on the one hand can form a barrier to prevent corrosion effectively, on the other hand can play the role of landscaping decoration to help it better integrate to the use environment. Lastly, about the storage and transportation. In the storage, the aluminium tread plate should be away from the wet environment to avoid touch with the chemical substances. The storage environment should always pay attention to ventilation, no corrosive climate. In the transport process need to do the treatment of rain and snow, so to avoid the occurrence of oxidation. In the transfer process, it is necessary to be gentle to avoid wear and tear and affect the beautiful appearance on the surface

How to find the trusted aluminum coil suppliers

How to find the trusted aluminum coil suppliers



To find a verified aluminum coil supplier is the first key point of aluminum coil product company, they may have known there are many ways to findaluminum coil suppliers, such as searching on b2b website like alibaba, find manufacturer on an aluminum product expo, recommend by friends, or directly on the search engine like google, yahoo, bing. Today I will give you some tips for helping you find the trusted aluminum coil suppliers.

aluminum coil suppliers
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First is the experience, there is no doubt that the longer the enterprise is, the stronger ability it has. Only with many years experience, the factory can supply best service and have more experience for provide professional product. To a aluminum factory, over 20 years many be the best choice, a factory over 20 years have been through the industry change and technology development. The second is the advanced producing line. The quality of aluminum coil is effect by the processing. The hot rolled line, cold rolled line, foil mill line, the slitting machine, searing machine and other equipment are the basic device of a professional factory, the quality of aluminum alloy product can be guaranteed. It;s no doubt that will save you a lot of time and cost for you. The last one must be the responsibility of the service, if you choose trusted aluminum coil suppliers, they can service you sincerely, no matter about the product, the payment, the shipment, the after-sale or other aspects, they can help you a lot, cooperation with such enterprises, you may find that business can be simple, fast and trusted. No matter how much aluminum coil you are going to purchase, remember the tips can help you find the trusted aluminum coilsuppliers quickly!

Why choose color coated aluminum

Why choose color coated aluminum



Color coated aluminum is a new type of material that has come into being recently. Its advantages are incomparable strength and changeable color, and it is recycle for environmental protection, what’s more, it is not harmful to human body health. Therefore, it is widely used in the development of doors and windows, sunshine rooms, balcony packaging and other fields. The so-called color coated aluminum mainly refers to color coated aluminum coil, it has a variety of colors, produced from raw aluminum coil after cleaning, chromium, coil coating, baking and other processing, aluminum coil surface with a variety of color paint coating, that is, color coated aluminum coil.

coclor coated aluminum

Because it has advantages of light texture, bright color, easy molding, no rust, color coated aluminum is widely used in aluminum composite panel, honeycomb board, insulation board, aluminum curtain wall, window blinds, shutters, aluminum magnesium manganese roofing system, aluminum ceiling, household appliances, gutters, aluminum cans and other areas. The color can be produces as customized, all specification can be produced as you want. As more and more people choose color coated aluminum as the decoration material, with advanced technology and people’s hard working, the productivity of color coated aluminum will increase greatly!

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HaoMei---specializes in producing color coated aluminum sheet for Exterior and Interior applications. Color coated aluminum sheet is a salt with an excellent acid-resistant material. Coating to maintain a long light. It is an environmentally friendly, fire-resistant properties of the green and beautiful decorative. color coated aluminum sheet are widely used in ACP,curtain panel,honey comb panel,shutter,roofing and most of the decoration areas. We have introduced in most advanced computerized metal processing equipment ,Pre-treatment by the German pharmaceutical Henkel and Kenema Mittel. PPG paint coatings using the United States, Sweden BECKER paint, the United States Lili valspar paint. PVDF, perfluorocarbons can be divided into surface coatings, self-cleaning nano-Kang Wu fluorocarbon coating, coated polyester, acrylic coating.With the superior quality and advanced management,our products had been export to Euro, Middle East, North America ,East Asia and many other areas and Countries

The processing knowledge of aluminum foil

The processing knowledge of aluminum foil

Aluminum foil has the most widely application in our daily life, it has the thinnest thickness of aluminum alloy, so the processing method must be strict. With the development, there is double zero aluminum foil in the market, so the processing technology must be advanced. As we have export a lot of aluminum foil products to different countries for different use, we can summarize some knowledge to you.
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aluminum foil
Aluminum foil is processed by aluminum foil billets through rolling mills. The most important method of aluminum foil manufacturing process is the rolling. Rolling is one of the most common machining methods in metal pressure processing. Rolling process is the interaction between the rolled material and the rolling, rolled pieces are pulled into the rotating roll, it is pressed and has plastic deformation. Aluminum foil billets are divided into hot-rolled billets (DC), cast billets (CC). Automatic thickness control system (AGC) is an automatic control system required by modern aluminum foil mills to keep the thickness and precision of aluminum foil products produced within a relatively high range. After aluminum foil is processed, there are another step-cutting. The aluminum foil is rolled to the appropriate dies according to users’ requirements, cutting into the users required width and length (diameter), according to user requirements, aluminum foil smooth or dark surface roll on the outer surface, the decapitation with ultrasonic welding and other methods to connect the firm or make obvious markings.

The processing knowledge of aluminum foil

The processing knowledge of aluminum foil

Aluminum foil has the most widely application in our daily life, it has the thinnest thickness of aluminum alloy, so the processing method must be strict. With the development, there is double zero aluminum foil in the market, so the processing technology must be advanced. As we have export a lot of aluminum foil products to different countries for different use, we can summarize some knowledge to you.
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aluminum foil
Aluminum foil is processed by aluminum foil billets through rolling mills. The most important method of aluminum foil manufacturing process is the rolling. Rolling is one of the most common machining methods in metal pressure processing. Rolling process is the interaction between the rolled material and the rolling, rolled pieces are pulled into the rotating roll, it is pressed and has plastic deformation. Aluminum foil billets are divided into hot-rolled billets (DC), cast billets (CC). Automatic thickness control system (AGC) is an automatic control system required by modern aluminum foil mills to keep the thickness and precision of aluminum foil products produced within a relatively high range. After aluminum foil is processed, there are another step-cutting. The aluminum foil is rolled to the appropriate dies according to users’ requirements, cutting into the users required width and length (diameter), according to user requirements, aluminum foil smooth or dark surface roll on the outer surface, the decapitation with ultrasonic welding and other methods to connect the firm or make obvious markings.

The performance and property of aluminum circle

The performance and property of aluminum circle

Aluminum circle is a kind of round aluminum plate products, among the 8 series aluminum alloy, 1000 series and 3000 series Aluminum circle  are usually used in the market. As one of the professional aluminum circle manufacturers, we Haomei Aluminum supply Aluminum circle s with all specification to the clients all over the world. While applied in the industries, with different performance and property, aluminum discs have different application. In general, Haomei aluminum circle has features as follows.
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aluminum circle
1, The Aluminum circle has good surface performance, which ensures no obvious scratches, oil pollution, oxidation, black spots on the surface, which is very good to process products like cookware and lamps. 
2, Keep good control of the grain size and elongation at the early stage, which ensures the good deep drawing and spinning performance the Aluminum circle , and effectively avoids the bad phenomena of wire drawing, lotus leaf edge and so on. For future processing, the quality is guaranteed. 
3. Strictly control the alloy, temper and performance to ensure the accuracy and diversity of the aluminum circles, we are sure to provide products meet customers requirements, the processed products have been checked before delivery. 
4. The Aluminum circle  of Haomei Aluminum is classified in details. According to the customers' different uses and requirements, the accurate category can be selected, we have more than 25 years’ experience to help you on the specification choice. 
5. The product is packed firmly and safe, which conforms to international export standards, we choose trusted ship line to shorten the delivery time.

The advantages of Aluminum Roofing Sheet

The advantages of Aluminum Roofing Sheet

.The aluminum roofing sheet has many applications, like construction at airport terminals, aircraft maintenance depots, stations and major transport hubs, convention and exhibition centers, stadiums, exhibition halls, large public entertainment facilities, public service buildings, shopping malls, commercial facilities and residential buildings. The reasons why does aluminum roofing sheet has so many application in no wonder that it has many advantages, as a professional aluminum roofing sheet manufacturer, we summarize the advantages as 11 points
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1. Advanced design, economic, reasonable, meet the function requirements of thermal insulation and noise reduction.
2. Natural circulation and ventilation, long using life, good corrosion resistance and seasonality, life-long maintenance.
3. No screw exposed on the surface, eliminating pollution and aging problems, the appearance of building is completed.
4. Superior waterproof performance and good air permeability.
5. Roof system is closely connected and the overall lightning protection system of the structure as a lightning protection flashover.
6. The roof can be set skylight and automatically open fire windows.
7. Roofing sheet allow to extend and move under the temperature difference, the vertical length of each board is not limited.
8. Can withstand greater load, allow installation and maintenance personnel walking on the roof, safe and solid.
9. Can be made into fan-shaped, fan arc according to the needs of project. Each board is with simple structure and lightweight.
10. Fire performance has passed the European fire test - grade AA.
11. Mobile machinery and equipment on-site processing, installation fast and simple.


Haomei Aluminium roofing sheet is made of aluminium and is ideal for all roofing and cladding needs. It is easy to use, durable and economical to work with. Using aluminium for roofing has many benefits. Some of them are: Aluminium roofing sheet are extremely light with high-strength-to-weight ratio.

The processing technology of aluminum embossed sheet

The processing technology of aluminum embossed sheet

As early as many years ago, the industrial aluminum sheet usually through cutting, carving, milling and other processes, these processes are completed through the equipment to improve the shape and performance. Among them, the processing technology of aluminum embossed sheet is more complex than ordinary aluminum sheet. Let us go to understand the processing technology together.

Now many factories using intelligent equipment - computer controlled CNC machine, it built-in CAD mapping software. We compiled the needed shape of the aluminum plate into the computer, after a period of time, we can get the aluminum sheet we need. The anti-skid effect, decorative effect of aluminum embossed sheet is very good, so it is one of the main types of industrial aluminum. In order to press out the lines of aluminum sheet, the drawing process is used. In simple terms, the external force the metal go through the mold, the cross-sectional area of the metal is compressed, resulting in a variety of lines. And retention of metal texture form, gloss and characteristics of its surface for different treatment. This drawing process makes the aluminum embossed sheet with anti-rust, anti-oxidation and chemical reagents and other properties. 

It is because of excellent processing technology, which makes the modern technology more perfect and efficient, at the same time, the performance ofaluminum embossed sheet has also been improved greatly. Whether it is material selection or performance, all have a significant improvement. With the improving processing technology, there will be more and more people tend to choose this kind of healthy fashion sheet.

embossed aluminium sheet stucco embossed aluminum sheet has many uses across a number of industries. It is used in education, manufacturing, medical and more. Stucco sheet is available in Alloy 1150A / H14.
embossed aluminium sheetis more durable than plain aluminium sheet of similar charactiristics. Stucco embossing also reduces the light-reflecting ability of the metal. This is due to the pebble-like surface, which is imprinted once the aluminium has been given the required finish. Finally, stucco embossed aluminum sheet always looks more presentable.

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Product Specifications

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Aluminum plate manufacturers talk about the reason of the aluminum plate

Aluminum plate manufacturers talk about the reason of the aluminum plate



With the continuous development of China's economy, the demand for aluminum plate is increasing. But the quality of aluminum plate is also has certain defects, production experience, production of  aluminum plate aluminum plate tend to have the phenomenon of brittle, so this is what causes, below small make up to tell you something about the causes, and how to change this phenomenon:

1, due to shunt bar is usually caused by poor convergence performance should be appropriately increased muscle and outside surface, reinforcement and reinforced the confluence of the length, or increase the compression ratios, the change of the die head pressure can change the die head straight length to adjust the material flow resistance; Different compression ratios can be selected to change the extrusion pressure in the mold design stage, but it must be noted that the compression ratio of the machine head is suitable to the compression ratio of the extruder screw. By changing the formula, the extrusion process parameters can be adjusted to increase the size of the melt pressure.

2. Insufficient head pressure. The pressure of the die head is determined directly by the compression ratio of the die, especially the length of the flat section. The compression ratio of the die head is too small or the flat section too short will cause the product not dense, affect the physical performance.

3. Unreasonable cross section design, especially the distribution and interface Angle of the inner ribs. This will result in a stress concentration phenomenon that needs to be improved to design and eliminate the right angles and acute angles at the interface.



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Analysis of common problems of 5052 aluminum plates

Analysis of common problems of 5052 aluminum plates

The most common use of the 5052 aluminum plates is the appearance or electronic parts. The common problems of 5052 aluminum plates are as follows:
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There are defects on the surface of the aluminum sheet.

The surface problem of 5052 aluminum plates, except for the case and billet, is derived from the production process of each machine.

2. After oxidation, color difference, black silk, sand hole and other defects.

Black silk can be caused by many reasons, such as the accessory machine drops of the mill on the oil due to poor management, such as stress or too much tension on the surface of indentation, if again to the thin material of rolling, the dark mark will become more and more to the more thin, dark lines or black line, and sometimes even can't distinguish oil or mark, even can't see what's the color on the surface, but were very obvious after oxidation, for the customer, see inconsistent phenomenon appearance, affirmation is to refuse. After oxidation, black silk is the most effective. Once this happens, there is almost no room for survival, and the loss and consequences are irreparable. Second off color, generally do look more products, also cannot appear off color, any customer is unwilling to accept a similar "two leatherface" products, in order to eliminate these problems, or want to rely on the source machine to control.

The reasons of sand hole, sand hole is commonly internal structure problem, because when slab ingot impurities or didn't rule out clean water, or other elements not mix factors such as, so request in ingot casting the source link to control testing.

3. Performance requirements: tensile strength, hardness, elongation, bending requirements, etc.

As for performance problems, the most is the bending deformation, this link because the customer product use different, cannot treat as the same, but in general the annealing at this stage, how many temperature, how long, how thick to retreat, there is a standard.

5052 aluminum plate has wide USES, the product is classified, but as long as pay attention to each link of the controls, to the common problem in source control, process stability, make sure to attract market products!

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Calculation method of aluminum metal weight

Calculation method of aluminum metal weight



1. Aluminum plate/aluminum platoon:

Density X thickness (MM)X length (M)X width (M)X quantity (PCS)

Example: aluminum plate 6061 15*1220*2440 1.

15 * 1.22 * 2.75 * 2.44 * 1 = 122.79 KG

2. The aluminum bar:

Diameter (MM)* diameter (MM)* length (M)* quantity (PCS)

Example: 7075 Ø 20 * 2500 two bar

20 * 20 * 2.5 * 0.0022 * 2 = 9.49 KG

3. Aluminum tube:

Wall thickness (MM)*(outer diameter - wall thickness)MM* length (M)* quantity (PCS)

Example: aluminum tube 6063 Ø 30 * Ø 18 * 2500 2

24 * 2.5 * 0.00879 * 6 * 2 = 6.3288 KG

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Storage of Aluminum Sheet, Aluminum coils and Aluminum Extrusions

Storage of Aluminum Sheet, Aluminum coils and Aluminum Extrusions



if at all possible, do not stack the aluminum plates in a flat stack on the ground. Storage in this way traps water between the sheets, increasing corrosion rates. Instead, stack the plates on edge to allow water to drain between the pieces. If sheets must be stacked flat, remove any paper interleaving or packing from between the plates. If left in place, the paper will act as a wick and draw water into between the plates. If the sheets are stacked flat, try not to stack one sheet directly on top of another. Instead, insert small wood or aluminum “stickers” between the sheets to let water drain.

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Which Aluminum Alloy plate You Are Welding?

Which Aluminum Alloy plate You Are Welding?

It isn’t enough to know that you are welding aluminum plates . Welding professionals have to know which alloy is about to be welded, and they have to know the correct filler metal to use. The most common alloys used in shipbuilding are the Al-Mg 5XXX sheet alloys and the Al-Mg-Si 6XXX extrusion alloys, primarily because of their excellent resistance to corrosion.
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Most Aluminum Alloy plates are easily arc weldable. Virtually all of the alloys in the 1XXX, 3XXX, 4XXX, 5XXX and 6XXX series can be arc welded using GTAW and GMAW. However, most of the alloys plates  in the 2XXX and 7XXX series cannot be arc welded. The only arc weldable alloys in the 2XXX series are 2219 and 2519. Almost all of the other 2XXX alloys will crack severely when welded. Similarly, the only alloys in the 7XXX family that can be arc welded are 7003, 7004, 7005 and 7039.

Specifically, be particularly wary of 2024 and 7075 aluminum plate. It is tempting to buy one of these alloys for repair welding because they are strong and commonly available, but they are crack-sensitive to arc welding.

Welding an “unweldable" alloy or using the wrong filler alloy can result in immediate cracking or a premature failure in service at a later time.