3003 Aluminum Plate & 1060 Aluminum Plate

3003 aluminum plate and 1060 aluminum plate are both commonly used materials, with light weight, good ductility, formability and corrosion resistance, high surface flatness, suitable for spraying and anodizing and other treatment processes, to meet decorative or functional needs. 3003 aluminum plate and 1060 aluminum plate are often used in curtain walls, interior decoration and other places where surface aesthetics are required. They can be processed into anti-slip aluminum plates or patterned plates for cold storage, workshops and other places with anti-slip requirements.

• 3003 aluminum plate

3003 aluminum plate is a common product in the aluminum-manganese alloy series. It has excellent anti-rust treatment characteristics and is also called anti-rust aluminum plate.

The compressive strength of 3003 aluminum plate is about 10% higher than that of 1100, and it has good formability and corrosion resistance. It is often used in the production and processing of parts and components that must have excellent forming properties, high corrosion resistance, good forgeability, or high compressive strength, such as kitchen equipment, chemical raw material processing and storage equipment, tanks and tanks for transporting liquid equipment.

• 1060 aluminum plate

1060 aluminum plate contains 99.6% aluminum and is also called pure aluminum plate. It has good elongation and tensile strength, and can fully meet the conventional processing requirements (stamping, stretching) with high formability. It is industrial pure aluminum with high plasticity, corrosion resistance, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, but low strength, heat treatment cannot enhance the machinability, gas welding, hydrogen atom welding and contact welding, not easy to braze; easy to withstand various pressure processing and extension, bending.

3003 aluminum plate VS 1060 aluminum plate

✅1. Performance

1060 aluminum plate is pure aluminum with low strength and suitable for stretching; 3003 is an aluminum alloy profile with high strength and can be made into thin/thick plates. The biggest difference between the two is the different chemical active ingredients. 1060 aluminum plate is soft, 3003 aluminum plate is hard, they cannot replace each other. If you want to make a bevel or curved surface, you need the aluminum plate to have good tensile properties. 3003 aluminum plate is not as easy to process as 1060 aluminum plate.

✅2. Electrical conductivity

1060 aluminum plate belongs to pure aluminum, not aluminum alloy profile, and its electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity are very good. 3003 aluminum plate is an aluminum-manganese alloy, with better tensile properties than 1060 aluminum plate, with relatively lower tensile strength and yield strength, but higher elongation, indicating that the alloy focuses more on its plasticity rather than its strength in application.

✅3. Price

Generally speaking, the price of 3003 aluminum plate is generally higher than that of 1060 aluminum plate. Because 3003 aluminum alloy has a large amount of manganese elements, stable performance and excellent quality. In addition, the anti-rust performance of 3003 aluminum plate is also very good.

Application fields of 3003 aluminum plate and 1060 aluminum plate

• ‌ * Application fields of 3003 aluminum plate

🔹Industrial and chemical equipment:

Containers, heat exchangers, pressure vessels and liquid/gas transmission pipelines, suitable for scenes requiring corrosion resistance and medium strength.

Oil tanks, heat sinks and ship structures in manufacturing, taking into account lightweight and rust-proof requirements.

🔹Architecture and decoration:

Used for building curtain walls, moisture-proof ventilation ducts and cold storage floors.

Processed into non-slip aluminum plates or patterned plates, suitable for occasions requiring deformation (such as vehicle exterior decoration).

🔹Packaging and containers:

Deep-drawn small liquid containers (such as beverage cans) and sealed tanks.

• * Application fields of 1060 aluminum plate

🔹‌Conductive and heat dissipation fields

As conductive elements, heat sinks and electronic equipment housings, it relies on its high thermal conductivity/conductive conductivity.

🔹Sheet metal and hardware processing

Suitable for simple bending and stretching of sheet metal parts (such as hardware accessories, curtain wall panels), without high strength and hardness.

🔹Packaging and daily necessities

It is used to make food packaging boxes, kitchen utensils and low-strength containers with low cost and excellent processing performance.

🔹Environmental protection field

It is often used for disposable packaging or environmentally friendly materials due to its high recyclability.