Aluminum Sheet Types

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Aluminum sheet types.

Your 1 source for aluminum sheet metal. 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. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered.

Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces. The type of aluminum grade you choose ultimately depends on how you intend to use the metal. We can provide custom cut to size aluminum sheet. Such extreme temperature helps to produce metal sheets of thickness ranging from 1 16 inches to 5 16 inches.

Industrial metal supply stocks a full line of aluminum sheet and plate. Such depth comes to the handy when sheet metals employed in quite a delicate type of function. Find your closest store. Below in table 1 is shown the different types of cast aluminum their common alloying elements and their basic material properties.

Metal supermarkets steel aluminum stainless hot rolled cold rolled alloy carbon galvanized brass bronze copper. The type of aluminum grade you choose ultimately depends on how you intend to use the metal. We offer a variety of alloys including a large inventory of 6061 in a range of standard sizes and thicknesses. Aluminum plate is any aluminum sheet metal that is thicker than 6mm.

Cast alloys of aluminum are named using four numbers with a decimal between the third and fourth digit. Thicknesses can vary significantly.