6101 Aluminum Sheet Plate

Overview

  6101 aluminum sheet plate is a dedicated heat-treatable reinforced Al-Mg-Si functional alloy sheet in the 6-series aluminum family. It is different from ordinary 6-series structural aluminum plates such as 6061 and 6063 which focus on mechanical support. This sheet strictly controls the content of alloy elements and impurities, weakens redundant structural strength design, and maximizes the conductivity and thermal conductivity performance on the premise of ensuring basic structural stability. It fills the performance gap in the industry that "pure conductive aluminum has insufficient strength while structural aluminum has low conductive efficiency". As the benchmark high-conductivity 6-series aluminum material, it achieves perfect balance in electrical conduction, heat dissipation, lightweight and structural load-bearing, and has become the core preferred material in electrical engineering, new energy power transmission and high-precision electronic heat dissipation fields.

Specification

  Alloy: 6101

  Temper: H111, T6, T63, T65, T61, T64

  Thickness: 1-250mm(Common: 3, 3.5, 4, 5, 6 , 8 , 10, 12mm)

  Width: 100-2600mm

Feature

  1.Industry-leading High Conductivity Performance‌: The conductivity stably reaches above 55% IACS, far higher than 40%~43% IACS of 6061 ordinary structural aluminum, which is close to the conductivity level of 1-series pure aluminum. Under large current long-term operation condition, it reduces heat generation and pressure drop, and significantly cuts transmission power loss, effectively ensuring the safe and energy-saving operation of electrical equipment under full load for a long time.
  ‌2.Balanced Mechanical Strength Advantage‌: It breaks the industry limitation of "high conductivity with low strength". Under T6 temper, its tensile strength is about 210MPa, which completely makes up for the defect that 1060 pure aluminum is too soft to be deformed under stress. No bending deformation will occur under long-term dead load of outdoor equipment and bending installation of busbar, and the elongation is higher than 8%, no cracking will occur during bending processing, with higher assembly fault tolerance.
‌  3.Dual Excellence in Electrical Conduction and Heat Dissipation‌: It owns both efficient conductivity and excellent thermal conductivity of 200~230 W/(m·K), which can quickly guide out the heat accumulated during current transmission. It is very suitable for integrated composite components that carry current and need rapid heat dissipation at the same time, avoiding the risk of circuit components burned by accumulated heat.
‌  4.Outstanding Lightweight and Cost Reduction Value‌: The material density is only 1/3 of copper, which greatly reduces the load bearing pressure of equipment brackets and cabinet bodies, and the labor cost in transportation and installation is also reduced synchronously. Compared with traditional copper row, it can save more than 40% of raw material cost in long-term mass production, which is the core cost reduction solution for electrical industry to replace copper with aluminum.
‌  5.Excellent Machining Adaptability‌: The plate has moderate toughness, stable forming performance, and is compatible with various precision processing techniques such as cutting, stamping, bending, welding, drilling and milling. No problems of cracking, rebound, tool sticking will occur during processing, the finished product has high dimensional accuracy, small deformation, and the finished product yield of mass production is far higher than that of ordinary conductive aluminum plates.

  6.Superb Weather Resistance: The dense oxide protective film naturally formed on the surface has excellent resistance to atmospheric corrosion and damp oxidation. It can adapt to long-term service in outdoor and humid distribution room environments without rusting.

Application

  6101 aluminum sheet and plate finds wide applications in power transmission, new energy EV charging and energy storage sectors. When standard busbar dimensions cannot meet design requirements, it can be custom-cut to drawings into extra-wide busbars and tailored conductors, minimizing redesign and splicing work. For outdoor EV charging stations, it is fabricated into enclosure panels, support plates and mounting backplates, leveraging its corrosion resistance, lightweight nature and excellent fabricability with consistent performance in punching, bending and assembly. It can also be processed into high-current connectors with specified widths and hole patterns as EV charging conductors and busbar stock, which reduces joints to lower the risks of poor contact and hot spots. In EV high-voltage boxes and PDUs, it serves as conductive plates and tabs to strike a balance between electrical conductivity and assembly strength. In addition, it is an ideal material for busbar plates and transition tabs in energy storage PACK connections to satisfy requirements for current carrying capacity, temperature control and batch consistency, and can be made into conductive connection plates and transition bars for switchgear and MCCs, featuring easy punching, assembly and maintenance with outstanding batch consistency.