Extruded Aluminum, an Ideal Material Applied to the Construction Industry

Extruded Aluminum – It’s widely used with some competitive advantages

As we all know, around 20% of the world’s total aluminum production is used in the construction industry. In some industrialized countries, the amount of aluminium extrusion the construction industry wound use takes more than 30% of its total output.

The extruded aluminum can not only greatly reduce the weight of the building, save materials, but also reduce the transportation and installation workload of the components, speeding up the construction progress.

The construction industry has always been the largest consumer of aluminum, and the extruded aluminum is widely adopted to various places, which include maintenance structure of buildings, architectural decoration, reticulated shell structure, grid structure, glass curtain wall support system, aluminum plant, Enclosures, aluminum formwork, communication tower to pedestrian bridge, etc. For instance, Galuminium’s extruded aluminum is quite suitable for manufacturing the curtain wall. The surface finish is available in anodized, sandblasting, electrophoresis, powder coating, wood grain and so on, manifesting the magnificence of the building.

Indeed, it frequently appears in the construction industry.

Internationally, the maximum span of the dome can reach 131 meters and the double layer can reach 236.5 meters. You may be surprised to know that the University of Connecticut, the University of Hawaii Arena, Bell Economic Center and Alabama National University are of 80.77 m round covers, which are made by extruded aluminum.

In China, the application of aluminum in Chinese grid and reticulated shell structures is also increasing. The main frame of Shanghai International Gymnastics Center, Shanghai Acrobatic Gymnasium, Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone Investment Service Center, etc. use aluminum alloys as materials.

So what on earth are advantages of the extruded aluminum and the products it produces?

On the top of the list, it is light, easy to install or disassemble, not prone to rust, and can be used repeatedly. The finish of aluminium’s surface is smooth so that people may not need the interior decoration.

Compared with other materials,  extruded aluminum is competitive.

Compared with the steel formwork, the aluminum formwork has a fast speed when disassembling and installing; thus, it can reduce the construction cycle time.

What’s more, although the aluminum formwork is more expensive than the steel formwork, it can be repeatedly used more frequently than the steel formwork. Throughout the life cycle, the cost of aluminium extrusion is much lower than the template of any material, which is more significant in the construction of high-rise buildings.

The inner wall surface made of aluminum formwork is very smooth, so it does not need the plastering or smoothing process, and can directly and effectively eliminate the common problem of indoor wall plastering and cracks.

Moreover, in comparison with traditional materials. Aluminum envelopes which are manufactured by extruded aluminium have the advantages of light weight, easy processing, corrosion resistance, and aesthetics. They have been used in some factories and large buildings in China.

Aluminum alloy is far superior to steel in corrosion resistance, and it has distinct advantages in terms of wear resistance and heat resistance. Therefore, in many countries, aluminum alloy tower structure is mainly suitable for communication, military field, as well as monitoring, wireless data transmission and other services.

In the future, when the communication coverage tends to be expanded, the base station will gradually expand to areas with serious pollution and strong corrosiveness such as coastal areas, islands, chemical plants, and fertilizer plants. The application of the products produced by extrusion aluminium like the aluminum alloy communication towers will be further expanded.

The aluminium profile produced by the extruded aluminum is more and more frequently used in the Construction industry. So naturally, the demand for extrusion aluminium would be much larger. Find out more by visiting http://www.gdgal.com.