Use and Care Manual

R03.001_11/06/2010
TECHNICAL FILE
ALUMINIUM
Aluminium is a very common and extraordinarily versatile material. It can be
transformed in a wide rage of shapes and different nishes. Aluminium is a
hard metal, exible, impermeable, has a longlife and it is 100% recyclable. The
proles of Emac® made of aluminium, are manufactured in two different alloys,
6063 y 1050A and are treated with lacquers and anodized with quality seals
Qualicoat and Qualanod respectively. These proles combine high mechanical
performance with quality nishes in multiple colors available.
Technical Features
Applications
Surface nishes
Emac® offers different nishes to its products in a wide range of colors:
Aluminium is one of the more used metals to manufacture all over the world. It is present in many
areas and in different forms. Sectors such as automotive, transporte, packaging for food conservation
or architecture and building, among others, are examples of the use of this material.
Emac® works with aluminium alloys. These alloys, 1050A and 6063, have high performance and are
available in multiple possibilities of nishes. These proles are manufactured by different processes
such as extrusion, rolling or folding.
Emac® has a wide range of products made of aluminium: decorative listellos, stair nosing, scotias,
edge protectors, etc. The excellent properties of aluminium, make it suitable to its application in any
product of this ranges. They can be installed depending on the nish chosen, outdoors or indoors, wall
or oor, always with excellent results and the maximum quality.
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Ductility High
Mechanical resistance Good
Tensile strenght 160-200 Mpa (N/mm
2
) pure aluminium
Yield 110 N/mm
2
Limit break 150 N/mm
2
Shear resistance 117 MPa
Elastic modulus 69
Corrosion resistance Very good
Density 2,7 g/cm
-3
Fire resistance
M0 según UNE 23-727-90
Non combustible against thermal action
Linear expansion coefcient 23,5 * 10
-6
m/mK
Recyclable Yes
- Anodized: Is an electrochemical surface treatment in which aluminium is protected by a surface layer
of alumina (aluminium oxide). The thickness of this layer determines the protection of the prole. The
anodizing, increases the resistance to abrasion and corrosion of aluminium and provides color through
dye processes. The anodized proles of Emac® are manufactured by processes certied with the
quality seal Qualanod, wich regulate the tests applied to the prole. The anodized nishes of Emac®
are available in different colors, original textures or decorative patterns with or without crystals.