Aluminium Triplate
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Aalco is the UK's largest independent multi-metals stockholder. Customers from every sector of UK manufacturing and engineering industry, whether small local businesses or large multinational corporations, benefit from a cost-effective single source for all their metals requirements. No order is too large or too small and Aalco offers a responsive and competitive service for supplying anything from single item orders to major JIT contracts, tailoring this service to the individual needs. Whatever your requirement, in whatever quantity, your local Aalco service centre is ready and willing to satisfy your needs. For a quotation, for further information, more extensive technical information, advice on product selection or to place an order, please contact your local Aalco service centre or refer to the web site. Shockwave Metalworking Technologies BV ABERDEEN Tel 01224 854810 Fax 01224 871982 e-mail aberdeen@aalco.co.uk GLASGOW Tel 0141 6463200 Fax 0141 6463260 e-mail glasgow@aalco.co.uk HULL Tel 01482 626262 Fax 01482 626263 e-mail hull@aalco.co.uk NOTTINGHAM Tel 0115 9882600 Fax 0115 9882636 e-mail nottingham@aalco.co.uk BIRMINGHAM Tel 0121 5853600 Fax 0121 5856864 e-mail birmingham@aalco.co.uk LEEDS Tel 0113 2763300 Fax 0113 2760382 e-mail leeds@aalco.co.uk SLOUGH Tel 01753 619900 Fax 01753 512227 e-mail slough@aalco.co.uk CHEPSTOW Tel 01291 638638 Fax 01291 638600 e-mail chepstow@aalco.co.uk LIVERPOOL Tel 0151 2073551 Fax 0151 2072657 e-mail liverpool@aalco.co.uk SOUTHAMPTON Tel 02380 875200 Fax 02380 875275 e-mail southampton@aalco.co.uk DYFED Tel 01269 842044 Fax 01269 845276 e-mail dyfed@aalco.co.uk MANCHESTER Tel 01204 863456 Fax 01204 863430 e-mail manchester@aalco.co.uk STOKE Tel 01782 375700 Fax 01782 375701 e-mail stoke@aalco.co.uk ESSEX Tel 01268 884200 Fax 01268 884220 e-mail essex@aalco.co.uk NEWCASTLE Tel 0191 4911133 Fax 0191 4911177 e-mail newcastle@aalco.co.uk Explosively Bonded Transition Joint for welding aluminium to steel NORWICH Tel 01603 787878 Fax 01603 789999 e-mail norwich@aalco.co.uk BELFAST Tel 02890 838838 Fax 02890 837837 e-mail belfast@aalco.co.uk CREATE THE ULTIMATE ALLOY TO STEEL BOND SWANLEY Tel 01322 610900 Fax 01322 610910 e-mail swanley@aalco.co.uk Also available in Ireland e-mail: dublin@amari-dublin.com e-mail: cork@amari-cork.com For shipbuilding, ship & boat repairs, oil rig superstructures and many other applications Proven results worldwide AALCO is a registered trademark of Aalco Metals Ltd. Triplate is a registered trademark of Shockwave Metalworking Technologies BV. This information is based on our present knowledge and is given in good faith. However, no liability will be accepted by the Company in respect of any action taken by any third party in reliance thereon. The extent of the Company’s liabilities to any customer is clearly set out in those Conditions; a copy of which is available on request. Designed and produced by Punch Design Limited 01608 650330 Vacuum technology Technical Booklet

Materials subjected to hammer bend test Triplate® is widely used to facilitate the on-site welding of aluminium to steel, for example ships hulls to decks and oil rig superstructures to steel supports. It consists of a steel base material and a corrosion resistant marine-grade aluminium alloy top layer with an intermediate laye of pure Aluminium to promote bonding. The three Triplate® layers are homogeneously bonded together by vacuum-explosion welding. Other Products The Shockwave Process is also used to bond other metal and alloy 'sandwiches' such as Titanium/Steel for use in a wide range...