Stamping with Aluminum

What makes Aluminum a good material choice for your new project?

Aluminum is becoming a very popular choice of material for lots of reasons but one main one is its weight. As the automotive industry, home furnishings, medical, aerospace, military, and many others continue to need lighter material to keep product weight down, they begin to look at aluminum as an option. Aluminum’s specific gravity is about 2.7. Its mass (weight) is roughly 35% that of iron and 30% that of copper. Commercially pure aluminum has a tensile strength of about 13,000lbs per square inch (PSI), so its usefulness as a structural material in this form is somewhat limited. Although Aluminum is lightweight it does have a good strength to weight ratio.

Another big advantage of using Aluminum is that it is corrosion resistant as well as non-toxic. This is why many companies choose to work with aluminum for things like car parts and aerospace. Choosing Aluminum will help save costs that other materials may need to be plated to avoid corrosion. It’s also the second most common metal in the world used which means it’s easily available and cost-effective as well.

Aluminum Summary

If you’re looking for a shiny, lightweight, corrosion-resistant, conductive material, you may have found your match. Aluminum also is noncombustible, ductile, malleable making it a great material choice for a wide variety of parts. My personal favorite part of Aluminum is that it’s also an easy material to recycle. Some of the most common grades of Aluminium used to create Aluminum Metal Stampings are 1100, 2024, 3003, 5052, 6061.

Still not sure if Aluminum is the right choice for your project? Contact Gemco Manufacturing today and we will help you figure out the best material choice for your project.

Source:

https://www.custompartnet.com/wu/metals

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/aluminum-statistics-and-information