Aluminum Sheet Types

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Aluminum sheet types.

Find your closest store. Industrial metal supply stocks a full line of aluminum sheet and plate. Aluminum plate is any aluminum sheet metal that is thicker than 6mm. Below in table 1 is shown the different types of cast aluminum their common alloying elements and their basic material properties.

Such extreme temperature helps to produce metal sheets of thickness ranging from 1 16 inches to 5 16 inches. The type of aluminum grade you choose ultimately depends on how you intend to use the metal. Aluminum comes in many different shapes and grades. My store 80 locations across north america providing delivery or pickup 1 866 867 9344.

Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal. Over 80 locations in north america offering instant access to a wide variety of metal types shapes sizes and grades. Such depth comes to the handy when sheet metals employed in quite a delicate type of function. Cast alloys of aluminum are named using four numbers with a decimal between the third and fourth digit.

The type of aluminum grade you choose ultimately depends on how you intend to use the metal. Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces. The first three numbers indicate the alloy and the fourth number indicates the form the product is in. Thicknesses can vary significantly.

Your 1 source for aluminum sheet metal. Mild steel sheets are another variation of steel sheets and it can be called a subset of cold rolled steel.