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Advantages
- Lighter than copper, which was used for engine cooling in the past
- Easy to recycle
- Cheaper than copper
- High heat transfer performance
- Better durability
Recent Developments made by Alcoa Ultra Long Life Material (Multi-Layer-Material)
- Improved corrosion resistance to allow chromate coating removal at our customer locations
- Higher strength, good formability to allow downgauging
- Higher burst resistance
Locations
Alcoa currently has three brazing-sheet production facilities:
- AMP - Alcoa Mill Products, Lancaster (Pennsylvania, North America)
- AFRPE - Alcoa Flat rolled Products Europe, Koefem-plant (Szekesfehervar, Hungary)
- Alcoa Aluminium Co., Ltd. (Kunshan, China)
Lancaster is the biggest brazing sheet supplier in North America with a market share of over 40 %.
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