Clad Metals & Metal Foils

ULTRA THIN METAL FOILS

Metal foils are mainly produced to customer specifications for specific applications. We have defined foils as strip with a thickness of less than 0,1 mm down to 0,001 mm. Foils can be made from pure metals, (nickel-)alloys but also stainless steel can be supplied on request. Applications include various fields of electrical engineering, electronics, mechanical engineering and instrumentation, measuring technology. Many of these foils open up new potential in the development and production of conventional components

membranes for security technology;
measuring gauge strips to extreme close tolerances;
compensating foils for machine-building purposes;
foil resistors and strain-gauge ribbons;
shielding properties (magnetic fields or x-ray radiations)

Delivery conditions:

Foils are supplied either in the as-rolled condition or heat- treated. Special heat treatment processes can be applied to create specific properties in the end product.

Coiled on reels or bobins, in width of at least 1 mm.
Thickness (mm) Tolerance ( % of nominal thickness) Maximum width
0,001 to 0,005 +/- 10 60 mm
0,005 to 0,1 mm +/- 5 fine tolerance 110 mm to 400 mm

Innovation with PHYNICX CLAD METALS

Combine properties of 2 or 3 materials to have a clad material with new properties! Or combine expensive metals with a low cost metal for cost price reduction! (Think on high nickel and copper prices)

Clad metals are laminates which combine the respective properties of the core and cladding material used. The properties of the clad strips are the combined properties of the single components of which the clad strips are made. Depending on the application, the material will be delivered in the following conditions: Annealed, Deep drawable or Hard. Standard testing criteria are: tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, hardness, Erichsen value, grain size. In addition, the determination of the specific electric resistivity and the aering is possible.

Typical combinations are

Core Material	Cladding Material
Non-alloy Steel	Stainless Steels
Non-alloy steels	Copper
High-grade steels	Nickel
Iron-nickel alloys	Copper-zinc alloys
Copper	Copper-tin alloys
Nickel	High-grade steels