{"id":15148,"date":"2022-08-13T11:39:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T11:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/?p=15148"},"modified":"2022-12-06T02:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:54:32","slug":"history-of-aluminum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/history-of-aluminum.html","title":{"rendered":"History of Aluminum in Aerospace Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15148\" class=\"elementor elementor-15148\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75e3d6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75e3d6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c74ebe5\" data-id=\"c74ebe5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6f0d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6f0d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of aluminum in aerospace industry<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432cd99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"432cd99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Did you know that aluminium makes up 75-80% of modern aircraft? !<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\">history of aluminum<\/a> in the aerospace industry goes back a long way. In fact, aluminum was used in aviation before airplanes were invented. In the late 19th century, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin used aluminum to make the frames of his famous Zeppelins.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Aluminum is light and strong, making it ideal for aircraft construction.\u00a0 History of aluminum weighs about a third as much as steel, allowing planes to carry more weight or become more fuel efficient. In addition, aluminum&#8217;s high corrosion resistance ensures the safety of the aircraft and its passengers.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea0f5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ea0f5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common grade of aviation aluminum<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53677d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c53677d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2024 &#8212; Typically used for aircraft skins, fairings, aircraft structures. Also used for repair and repair.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">3003 &#8211; This history of aluminum plate is widely used for fairing and baffle plating.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">5052 &#8212; Often used to make fuel tanks. The 5052 has excellent corrosion resistance (especially in Marine applications).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">6061 &#8212; Commonly used for aircraft landing pads and many other non-aeronautical structural end uses.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">7075 &#8212; Usually used to strengthen aircraft structures. 7075 is a high-strength alloy and is one of the most commonly used grades in the aviation industry (second only to 2024).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd367d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd367d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of aluminum in aerospace industry<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d54d1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d54d1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Wright brothers<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d80cf01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d80cf01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the world&#8217;s first human flight in their airplane, the Wright Flyer.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">At the time, car engines were too bulky to provide enough power to take off, so the Wright brothers built a special engine in which the cylinder block and other parts were made history of aluminum.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Since aluminum is not widely used and expensive, the plane itself is made of sitka spruce and a bamboo frame covered with canvas. Due to the aircraft&#8217;s low airspeed and limited lift generation capacity, keeping the frame extremely light is essential, with wood being the only feasible material light enough to fly but strong enough to carry the required load.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">It will take more than a decade for aluminum use to become more common.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d086505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d086505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15189\" alt=\"History of aluminum3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum3-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92a437d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92a437d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The First World War<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d86635d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d86635d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Wooden aircraft made their mark in the early days of aviation, but during World War I, lightweight aluminum began to replace wood as an important part of aerospace manufacturing.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">In 1915, German aircraft designer Hugo Junkers built the world&#8217;s first all-metal aircraft; The Junkers J 1 monoplane. Its body is made history of aluminum alloy containing copper, magnesium and manganese.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4f7e2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4f7e2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15190\" alt=\"History of aluminum2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum2-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d46fdde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d46fdde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The golden Age of aviation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a80705f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a80705f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The period between World War I and World War II is known as the Golden Age of aviation<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">In the 1920s, Americans and Europeans competed in aircraft races, which led to innovations in design and performance. The biplane was replaced by a more streamlined monoplane and transitioned to an all-metal frame made of aluminium alloy.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/span>In 1925, the Ford Motor Company entered the airline industry. Henry Ford designed the 4-AT, a three-engine all-metal aircraft using corrugated aluminum. It was called &#8220;The Tin Goose&#8221; and became an instant hit with passengers and airlines.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">By the mid-1930s, there was a new streamlined aircraft shape with multiple engines with tight covers, retractable landing gear, variable pitch propellers, and stress-skinned aluminum construction.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a8c7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28a8c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15191\" alt=\"History of aluminum1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aab5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aab5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Second World War<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0117f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0117f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>During World War II, aluminium was needed for many military applications &#8212; notably the construction of aircraft frames &#8212; which led to a surge in production.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">The demand for aluminum was so great that in 1942, Wor-NYC aired a radio program, &#8220;Aluminum for Defense,&#8221; to encourage Americans to contribute scrap aluminum to the war effort. Aluminum recycling is encouraged, with &#8220;Tinfoil Drives&#8221; offering free movie tickets in exchange for aluminium foil balls.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">From July 1940 to August 1945, the United States produced a staggering 296,000 aircraft. More than half are made mainly of aluminum. The US aerospace industry can meet the needs of the US military and its Allies, including the UK. At its peak in 1944, American aircraft factories were producing 11 planes an hour.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">By the end of the war, the United States had the most powerful air force in the world.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc693bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc693bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The modern era<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aabd5ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aabd5ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Since the end of the war, aluminium has become an integral part of aircraft manufacturing. Although the composition of aluminum alloy has improved, the advantages of aluminum remain the same. Aluminium allows designers to build aircraft that are as light as possible, can carry heavy loads, use the least fuel and do not rust.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 23px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Aluminum is ubiquitous in modern aircraft manufacturing. Concorde, which has been flying at more than twice the speed of sound for 27 years, is made of aluminum.<\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 23px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">The Boeing 737, the best-selling commercial jetliner that made mass air travel a reality, is 80 percent aluminum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"line-height: 23px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Today&#8217;s aircraft use aluminum in the fuselage, wing panes, rudders, exhaust pipes, doors and floors, seats, engine turbines, and cockpit instrumentation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257fbf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"257fbf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To explore the universe<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da70c05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da70c05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Aluminum is invaluable not only in aircraft, but also in spacecraft, where light weight and strength make it even more important. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite made of aluminum alloy.<\/li><li>All modern spacecraft are made up of 50 to 90 percent aluminum alloy. Aluminum alloys have been widely used in the Apollo spacecraft, the Skylab space station, the Space shuttle and the International Space Station.<\/li><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px;\">The Orion spacecraft currently under development is designed to allow humans to explore asteroids and Mars. Manufacturer Lockheed Martin chose an aluminum-lithium alloy as Orion&#8217;s main structural component.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de1d129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de1d129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15193\" alt=\"History of aluminum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/History-of-aluminum-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of aluminum in the aerospace industry goes back a long way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-knowledge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15148"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15449,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15148\/revisions\/15449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baowusteelcompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}