Product Information

16 gauge aluminum sheet metal with a plastic coating applied to protect the surface while transporting and working the material. All of our Aluminium is sourced from accredited Mills and is fully certified. Chemical and mechanical certification is available on request.

There are many hundreds of types and sizes of plate and 16 gauge aluminum sheet metal in aluminummetals’s stock range. For non-stock sizes, through our reserved allocation, lead times can be scheduled to meet your requirements.

aluminummetals’s stock range of aluminium plate and 16 gauge aluminum sheet metal contains numerous sizes, alloys, and tempers.

It includes:

Plate from 6mm/ ¼” thick up to 500mm thick in our standard range
Plate thicker than 500mm can be supplied as special requests
Standard and bespoke plate sizes are available
M82 aluminium precision plate in 6082 T651
Sheets from 0.5mm thick to 6mm thick
Sheets are available in standard commercial grades as well as SPF (super plastic forming)
Sheets in standard 2000mm x 1000mm; 2500mm x 1250mm and 4000mm x 2000mm sizes are available
Super size sheets longer than 4000mm (for example for marine applications) can also be supplied
Sheets can be supplied polycoated to ensure they arrive in pristine condition

 

16 gauge aluminum sheet metal Material properties
Use in contact with food: Yes
Weldability: gas = good, WIG = good, MIG = satisfactory
Surface treatment: protective anodizing = very good, decorative anodizing = satisfactory, paint/coating = very good
Cold formability: bending, pressing, deep drawing, upsetting, impact extrusion = very good
Corrosion resistance: weathering good, sea water = satisfactory
Solderability: hard soldering, friction soldering, soft soldering = very good

16 gauge aluminum sheet metal Use:
Vehicle and shipbuilding
food industry
apparatus engineering
architecture
model building

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