Aluminum 4043 Sheet

Ryerson offers heat treatable aluminum sheet grades like the popular 6061 aluminum alloy that can be used for commercial applications that require strength corrosion resistance and machinability as well as non heat treatable grades when formability and weldability are priorities.

Aluminum 4043 sheet. A wide variety of 4043 aluminium sheet options are available to you such as processing service surface treatment and grade. The silicon addition improves puddle fluidity producing an appealing bead profile. It is often used to for repair welding aluminum silicon cast alloys such as grades 353 a356. Almigweld and altigweld 4043 can be classed as a general purpose type filler alloy.

As a basic description we can say that 4043 is an aluminum filler alloy with 5 silicon added and that 5356 is an aluminum filler alloy with 5 magnesium added. The silicon additions result in improved fluidity wetting action to make the alloy a preferred choice by welders. You can also choose from plate aluminum sheet 4043 as well as from 5000 series 3000 series and 1000 series aluminum sheet 4043 and whether aluminum sheet 4043 is punching bending or cutting. 5xxx series magnesium is the primary alloying agent in the 5xxx series and is one of the most effective and widely used alloying elements for aluminum.

A wide variety of aluminum sheet 4043 options are available to you such as o h112 t3 t8 and t351 t851. Technical data sheet alloy 4043 is one of the oldest and most widely used welding and brazing alloys. Alloy 4043 is one of the most widely used filler alloys for welding 6xxx series alloys for structural and automotive applications. There are some misconceptions within the industry that you can successfully weld any aluminum base alloy with either 4043 or 5356 filler alloy.

4043 is an aluminum silicon filler metal designed for welding heat treatable base metals and is a common choice for welding 6061. Al4043 can be classed as a general purpose type filler alloy. Due to the addition to silicon alloy 4043 results in improved fluidity wetting action to make alloy 4043 the preferred choice by welders. Aluminum tig welding alloy qualified to aws a5 10 r4043 abs iso designation alsi5 alloy 4043 is a 5 silicon alloy used to weld heat treatable base alloys.

It is most often used to weld the 6xxx series of alloys. Alloy characteristics alloy 4043 is one of the oldest and most widely used welding and brazing alloys. 4043 offers good fluidity and less crack sensitivity than 5356 when welding 6000 series base metals.