Shanghai Metal Corporation is a leader in aluminium foil manufacturing, our aluminum foil plant has 18 foil mills equipped with flatness control system from Siemens and guage control system from Honeywell . We have 19 continuous casting lines, 6 cold mills ,18 aluminum foil mills, 40 cutting/slitting/separating lines, 3 tension levelers, 15 coating lines, 10 anodizing lines, 3 oil coating lines, more than 70 annealing furnaces and other equipments. The main production and testing equipments are made in Japan, Germany , America and Italy . Shanghai Metal Corporation apply the most advanced technology in our manufacturing process and implement the best quality control system to assure customer satisfaction on our products, the total capacity up to 500,000 MT.

Applications of Aluminum Foil For Insulation:

1. Cars
2. air conditioners
3. refrigerators
4. freezers
5. home appliances
6. engineering
7. refrigeration and cold storage and freezers, etc
8. skates
9. sports shoes
10. lining materials
11. sport insoles
12. bags back pad
13. surfboard
14. kneeling pad
15. High-end products
16. Foam tape substrate
17. cold storage
18. light roofs
19. construction and installation
20. thermal insulation materials
21. Car seats
22. car interiors
23. foot pad
24. sun visor material
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Feature of Aluminum Foil For Insulation:
1. Environmentally safe product
2. Achieves thermal break and high R-Value performance reflecting up 97% of radiant heat flow
3. Significantly lowers the use of mechanical cooling and heating in buildings Safe to handle, quick and easy installation
4. Water proof, no moisture retention, no fungi or bacterial growth and fiber free
5. Glue free manufacturing process, avoiding ozone depleting substances
6. Exceptional fire safety qualities including safe fire retardant additives and non-dripping technology
7. Solid version qualifies as an air and moisture barrier

1) Grade: 1050,1060,1070,1100,1200,1235,3003,3102,8011, 8079 etc.

2) Temper: O,H14,H18,H22,H24,H26

3) Thickness: 0.005mm-0.2mm, per customer’s request

4) Width:15mm-1850mm

Aluminium Foil process involves main stages : 

Aluminum ingot--Melting-- Holding Funace -- Continuous Casting-- Cold Rolling( Mediate Annealing )-- Annealing-- Foil Rough Rolling 

--1)Thick Guage Foil Slitting--Annealing-- Thick Guage Plain Foil 

--2)Foil Intermediate Mill--Doubler--Foil Finish Rolling--Separation--Annealing--Thin Guage Plain Foil --Final Inspection--Packing--Delivery 

Packaging of Aluminium Foil:

Shanghai Metal Company according to the provisions and customer requirements packaging and labeling products. Be very careful to avoid any damage that may be caused during storage or transportation. In addition, a clear label is marked on the outside of the package for easy identification of product I.D and quality information

1)SMC Standard 

2)Customization

Q: Does aluminum foil insulation ?

A: Aluminum foil is wide used for thermal insulation (barrier and reflectivity), cable liners (barrier and electrical conductivity) and heat exchangers (heat conduction). Aluminum foil's heat semiconductive qualities build it a standard accent in tobacco pipe smoking: a sheet of perforated aluminum foil is often placed between the coal and also the tobacco, permitting the tobacco to be heated while not coming back into direct contact with the burning coal.

Q: Why is aluminum foil shiny on one side?

A: The reason aluminum foil is shiny on one facet and boring on the opposite is very fascinating. Aluminum foil is created by rolling it between sequential steel rollers. every set of rollers squeezes the foil thinner. The last stage of rolling reduces the foil's thickness to a thousandth of an inch or maybe dilutant. the matter is that such a skinny aluminum foil is simply too simple to tear throughout the last rolling stage. 

So, for the last stage of rolling, two sheets of foil are placed face to face and passed although the ultimate set of rollers along. Since the steel rollers ar extremely polished, the foil faces that contact the rollers also are brocaded to a extremely shiny surface. once rolling, the ensuing sheets ar separated from one another. The surfaces of every foil that had Janus-faced one another ar matte in texture, since that they had solely been squeezes against one another, and not the polished rollers.

Q: Is aluminum foil the same as tin foil?

A: In popular parlance today, many people use the tin foil when what they actually are concern to is aluminum foil, which came into common use following World War II. Aluminum foil is less costly and holds up better to use.In the late 19th century and early 20th century, tin foil was in common use, and some people continue to refer to the new product by the name of the old one. There are differences between aluminum and tin, with tin being a bit stiffer. 

Q: What's the difference between regular aluminum foil and heavy-duty aluminum foil?

A: Aluminum foil may be a very helpful item to possess round the kitchen. Aluminum foil are often used to cover dishes and may face up to being place within the kitchen appliance and even on the barbecue grill throughout preparation.

The regular aluminum foil (Houshold Aluminum Foil) is best used for tasks like covering food dishes, wrapping sandwiches or vegetables and reheating already well-done things within the kitchen appliance. regular aluminium foil is thinner than heavy-duty aluminium foil and and will not withstand high heats and heavy weights as well as heavy-duty aluminum foil.

The heavy- duty aluminum foil(Aluminum Foil Paper) is meant to be used for wrapping meats which will be placed within the freezer for storage, lining pans during cooking and even for wrapping foods in while you are cooking them. Additional heavy foil is meant to be used for long storage of things during a Deepfreeze or or for lining and cooking on barbecue grills.

Q: How to Recycle aluminum Foil?

A: It takes an incredible amount of energy to create a roll of aluminum foil. Recycling is a proactive way to reduce the toll on the environment. Unlike plastics, aluminum is able to be recycled over and over without compromising quality. It's the perfect recycle resource. There are a few steps to follow that can help reduce, reuse and recycle aluminum foil.

Q: What's applications of Aluminum Foil?

A: Many of the principal aluminium foil uses and markets, and variety of specialty applications, are mentioned in reference to discussions of varied properties or changing operations in different sections of this book. however the flexibility of aluminium foil and also the virtually many ways in which during which it's used in commerce throughout the planet, demand additional comprehensive listing of finish uses.

1) Aluminum Containers and Flexible Packaging

2)Semi-Rigid Foil Containers

3)Aluminum Foil Food Service Products

4)Household & Institutional Foil

5)Aluminum Foil Building Products

6)Aluminum Foil Finstock

7)Heat Exchanger for air conditioner

8)Aluminum Foil Capacitors

9)Aluminum Honeycomb

10)Aluminum Foil Strip Conductor

11)Aluminum Foil Lithographic Plates

12)Aluminum Foil Caul Stock for High-Pressure Laminates

13)Aluminum Foil Paper Board Stocks

14)Aluminum Foil Label Stock

15)Aluminum foil arts and crafts with different colors

16)Other Foil Applications