Aluminum Coil is a rolled product, produced in a coiled form of continuous strip, and having an ID (Inner diameter) and OD (Outer diameter). It is described by the basic characteristics of Alloy-Temper-Gauge-Width, or 5052-H32.032" x 1.234" or similar.
Coiled aluminum strip, or "aluminum coil" is used world-wide in all types of manufacturing where improved productivity and lightweight, strong, corrosion resistant parts are required.
Aluminum Coil Advantages
Aluminum coil is about 1/3 the density and weight of steel,producing lighter parts and easier handling and shipping.
Aluminum coil produces parts with good corrosion resistance, further enhanced by anodizing.
Custom Rolled® Aluminum Coil only from United Aluminum can be tailored to improve your yield, increase your production speeds, and reduce your downtime.
Aluminum coil produces parts with good heat and electric conductivity. When compared using equal weight, the conductivity of aluminum is 204% of copper.
Aluminum Coil Uses
The transportation industry uses 29.2% of all aluminum manufactured in the United States.
The average amount of aluminum in a North American car is 125 kg.
Aluminum is used in luxury cars as well. Rolls Royce uses an all-aluminum body underneath its four coats of paint.
Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust but is never found in metallic form, it must be combined with other elements.
More aluminum is produced today than all other non-ferrous metals combined.
Aluminum Recycling Facts
Since 1972, some 16 million tons of aluminum cans have been recycled. Placed end-to-end, these cans would reach from the Earth to the moon 249 times.
Enough aluminum cans were recycled last year to fill an empty Empire State Building 24 times.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television for 3 hours, or the equivalent of 1/2 gallon of gas.
127,093 cans are recycled every minute.
Aluminum has no limit to the number of times it can be recycled.
Aluminum accounts for less than 10% of an average vehicle's weight, but accounts for 35-50% of the total material scrap value at the end of its useful life.
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