Five Aluminum Products Operating In Your Daily Life
Posted on: 7 November 2018
Aluminum was a good find when it was discovered. It took a while to turn it into a usable metal product, but since then (a mere one hundred years ago), it has become one of the most common and most widely used metals. If you stop to look around, you should be able to spot at least five aluminum products that operate within your daily life. The short list of the most common products, made by companies like Garelick Steel, follows.
Beverage Cans
As soon as researchers determined that aluminum was safe for holding human consumables, soda pop and beverage companies snapped up the idea to "bottle" their drinks in aluminum cans. Aluminum would not rust or corrode or leave toxins in the drinks, and it was an incredibly cheap option for packaging beverages. Many more beverages and bottling companies have resorted to using aluminum cans for these very reasons.
Aluminum Wheels and Hubcaps
Car manufacturers have chosen aluminum to make wheels and hubcaps on vehicles lighter in weight. Reducing the weight of the wheels allows the rest of the vehicle to glide effortlessly forward without requiring more engine power to drive the vehicle. Aluminum is a regular part of the design of most modern vehicles now.
Aluminum Encasements for Industrial Equipment
Aluminum is used for encasing the guts of industrial equipment. This makes it easier to access the internal workings of the equipment without needing some serious machinery to lift and remove panels from the equipment. It also makes the equipment a lot lighter and easier to move and install.
Aluminum Molds in Factory Settings
Aluminum has been used to mold shapes out of everything from bread and pound cake to plastics. It holds onto heat well without liquefying itself, making it ideal for molding other hot items or acting as a container while other semi-solids or liquids are heated and shaped.
Aluminum Sheet Metal to Line Commercial Freezers
Aluminum is also used to line commercial freezers. If you walked into a commercial freezer in any restaurant, you would seen the sheen of the hammered or smooth aluminum sheets that line the walls of this appliance. Because of its ability to maintain heat or cold in either setting, it is used for a lot of heat/cold applications, including freezers and refrigerators. Additionally, you will see that ventilation systems are frequently made from aluminum sheet metal that has been bent and formed into air duct shafts because the aluminum is lightweight and conducts the heat or cold so easily.
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