Aluminum Sheet Types

We offer a variety of alloys including a large inventory of 6061 in a range of standard sizes and thicknesses.

Aluminum sheet types.

Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces. Find your closest store. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered. Industrial metal supply stocks a full line of aluminum sheet and plate.

Thicknesses can vary significantly. Over 80 locations in north america offering instant access to a wide variety of metal types shapes sizes and grades. Cast alloys of aluminum are named using four numbers with a decimal between the third and fourth digit. Below in table 1 is shown the different types of cast aluminum their common alloying elements and their basic material properties.

Your 1 source for aluminum sheet metal. Aluminum comes in many different shapes and grades. 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 plate is any aluminum sheet metal that is thicker than 6mm. The first three numbers indicate the alloy and the fourth number indicates the form the product is in. 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. My store 80 locations across north america providing delivery or pickup 1 866 867 9344.

Such depth comes to the handy when sheet metals employed in quite a delicate type of function. We can provide custom cut to size aluminum sheet.