Clad Sheet Aluminum Alloy

It has a melting point of about 500 degrees celsius or 932 degrees fahrenheit.

Clad sheet aluminum alloy.

Depending on the desired final properties the core is either homogenized or not before the cladding. The united states mint uses cladding to manufacture coins from different metals. From this trade name the adjective clad and the verb cladding have been derived. Anodized 5005 sheet for architectural applications and 5182.

Cladding is the bonding together of dissimilar metals it is different from fusion welding or gluing as a method to fasten the metals together. The thickness of the cladding on each surface may according. This allows a cheaper metal to be used. Aluminium brazing sheet is manufactured by roll bonding techniques to clad a core alloy ingot on one side or both sides with a low melting alsi alloy.

The trade name of this aluminum laminate as originated by the aluminum company of america is alcad. They re generally clad with a high purity alloy or a 6xxx series alloy to greatly resist corrosion. As an alternative one side can be clad with a non braze alloy e g. An extremely thin sheet of pure aluminum laminated onto each side of an aluminum alloy sheet improves the corrosion resistance with little impairment of strength.

To the thickness of the core sheet typically represent between 1 and 15 of the total thickness. Alclad is a corrosion resistant aluminium sheet formed from high purity aluminium surface layers metallurgically bonded rolled onto to high strength aluminium alloy core material.