Market commonly used tank car aluminum plate length of 12.5 meters, width is less than 2.2 meters, the thickness is usually 5, 6, 7, 8 mm, a full tank car tanks, general need 4 to 6 pieces of aluminum plate welding and become, one of the most important body adopts 5083 h111 aluminum plate, on both sides of the pot cover is 5083 – O aluminum plate, O state more softer, which can cover need to bend, clapboard part adopts is 5083 – O state. In addition, some manufacturers use 5454H111 aluminum plate to produce tanks.
Aluminum plates for tank cars are mainly 5 series and 6 series related products. The 5 series are aluminum alloys with magnesium as the main alloy element, and the 6 series are aluminum alloys with magnesium and silicon as the main alloy elements and Mg 2Si phase as the strengthening phase. The main alloy brands include: 5052 aluminum plate, 5083 aluminum plate, 5754 aluminum plate, 6061 aluminum plate and 6082 aluminum plate.

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