| Alumoweld is an aluminum-clad steel wire that offers the advantages of each metal and the desirable qualities of both. It has comparable corrosion resistance to solid aluminum wire and eight times the strength. Compared to steel wire, it has the same high tensile strength but furnishes much higher conductivity and provides much greater longevity.
In the finished size, Alumoweld has an aluminum coating equal to 25 percent of the cross-sectional area of the composite wire, and a coating thickness guaranteed to be a minimum of ten percent of the wire radius. The thick aluminum coating provides an electrical conductivity equal to one-third that delivered by the same size solid aluminum wire. The conductivity, combined with the high strength of Alumoweld's steel core, makes it an extremely versatile, highly acceptable substitute for solid aluminum in many applications.
Heavy aluminum cladding provides conductivity and corrosion resistance.
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| Alumoweld rod and wire maintain the same proportion of aluminum to steel -- ten percent of the wire radius. |
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