What is aluminum foil?
Aluminum foil is an aluminum metal material that is rolled into thin sheets by a rolling mill.
Aluminum foil is a material that is indispensable in daily life, in the food industry, in packaging, and in the pharmaceutical industry. The average aluminium foil consumption in Europe is over 26 sqm per capita.
Aluminum foil can be produced into aluminum foil rolls and sheet aluminum foils.
The thickness of commonly used aluminum foil is between 0.014-0.2mm, and there are thicker and stronger heavy-duty aluminum foils.
Alloy grade
The alloy models that can be used for rolling into aluminum foil are:
- 1050 aluminum foil
- 1060 aluminum foil
- 1070 aluminum foil
- 1100 aluminum foil
- 1235 aluminum foil
- 3004 aluminum foil
- 3003 aluminum foil
- 5052 aluminum foil
- 8021 aluminum foil
- 8011 aluminum foil
- 8079 aluminum foil
- 8006 aluminum foil
Specification of aluminum foil
- Temper: O – H112
- Thickness: 0.006mm – 0.20mm
- Width: 50mm – 1500mm
Aluminum foil production process and safety
Aluminum foil adds other trace elements, avoiding the shortcomings of pure aluminum foil. It will form a layer of aluminum oxide film on the surface, which has a good antirust effect, making its service life longer.
Aluminum foil in the production process and the content of heavy metal does not exceed 0.25 parts per million, which can ensure the safety of food and medicine.
Thick heavy duty aluminum foil
Thick Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil is a thicker aluminum foil.Can be cut into 18" x 500ft and other sizes, silver or colored. offers extra protection against both high heat and freezing cold, making it perfect for cooking that calls for high-quality performanc.Find heavy duty aluminum foil supplier near you.
Advantages and uses of aluminum foil
Aluminium foil provides an absolute barrier against moisture, light, and oxygen, keeping the aromas inside. It protects contents against light, oxygen, moisture, and contamination.
It's recyclable, it's shiny, and it is super versatile. It can be used to clean, catch, protect, frighten, scrub, lift, soften, shape, grow, fix, sharpen, steam, attach, boost, and polish.
Aluminum foil is widely used in household, kitchen, packaging materials industry, food containers, composite materials, electrical products, architectural decoration, air-conditioning manufacturing, printing, and other fields.
Foil can also be used to minimize cleanup by covering pots and pans to prevent splatters and baked-on messes. Its also great for storing leftovers, as foil keeps your food deliciously moist and flavorful without a lot of extra effort or special ingredients.
The surface of the aluminum foil
Because aluminum has the appearance of silver white, used as the packaging will also appear very beautiful, and have good visual effects.
According to the processing state, aluminum foil can be divided into plain foil, embossed foil, composite foil, coated foil, colored aluminum foil and printed aluminum foil.
Deep processing of aluminum foil
- Plain foil: Aluminum foil without any other processing after rolling, also called smooth foil.
- Embossed aluminum foil: aluminum foil with various patterns embossed on the surface.
- Composite foil: composite aluminum foil formed by pasting aluminum foil, paper, plastic film, and cardboard together.
- Coated foil: aluminum foil coated with various resins or paints on the surface.
- Colored aluminum foil: A single color aluminum foil is coated on the surface.
- Printing aluminum foil: aluminum foil that forms various patterns, patterns, texts or pictures on the surface by printing, it can be one color, up to 12 kinds.
Aluminum foil packing
- Package: Wooden case
- Standard Wooden case specification: Length*Width*Hight=1.4m*1.3m*0.8m
- Once needed,wooden case dimension could be redesigned as required.
- Per wooden case Gross Weight scale: 500-700KG Net Weight: 450-650KG
- Remark: For special packaging requirements, corresponding shall be added accordingly.
Packing
Aluminum products of Tigers meet the export popular.Plastic movie and brown paper can be protected at customers’ need. Also timber case or timber pallet is adopted to shield products from harm for the duration of the delivery.
There are styles of packaging, which is eye to wall or eye to sky. Customers can choose either of them for their convenience.
There are 2 tons in one package, and loading 18-22 lots in 1×20′ container, and 20-24 tons in 1×40′ container.
