Copper Coil Conducts Electricity

Among all other metals, copper is the best electrical conductor, making it predominantly found in the engineering, heating, refrigeration, cooling electrical and heat exchanging application industries. It can be found in a multitude of different shapes and sizes and can be cut out of large sheets. Before moving it on to buyers, suppliers will form it into rods, plates, pipes, sheets, coils and others based on use and application.

Copper coil is copper that is made up to include multiple turns. When all rolled up and sitting down, it can look similar to a toy slinky or even a hose depending on the diameter of the coil. Since copper is a great conductor, as a coil, it will serve as an electromagnetic coil. Copper coils are found in the back of refrigerators, in space heaters, or any kind of heating systems. In larger applications, copper coils are used in running big industrial machines and equipment.

For consumers, copper coil can be used in art pieces, jewelry, and at craft fairs. Whether a piece is made completely out of copper coil, or just a few elements are highlighted by using it, it ads flare. But for commercial and industrial applications, copper gives the electrical strength for electric coils.

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The Advantages of Using Aluminum Coils

Although aluminum springs are a type of coil, aluminum coils are not coiled as a spring. Aluminum coils are coiled from a strip of thin aluminum and are used in the transportation industry, luxury car manufacturing and other parts manufacturing. These coils are requested by manufacturers who need to have lightweight, strong, and corrosion-resistant coils.

There are many advantages to using aluminum coil. The coils are much lighter and less expensive to ship because the coil is 1/3 as dense as steel. Also, the aluminum coil is highly resistant to corrosion and can be anodized to increase the coil strength. Using aluminum coil will also improve product yield, reduce downtime, and increase production speeds because it is easier to shape than steel or other metals. Since the coil is made of aluminum, the coils are excellent at conducting heat and electricity. In fact, aluminum is up to 204% more conductive than copper of equal weight. This makes the metal ideal for use in electrical applications.

Another benefit to using coiled aluminum is that aluminum is easy to recycle. Recycled aluminum loses none of its strength or properties no matter how many times it is recycled, saving a factory significant costs.

Most coiled aluminum is sold in a variety of thicknesses, widths, and lengths that are coiled on rolls, making it easy to unroll and use for part making. A buyer can vary the product strength, size, and weight by changing the type of coiled aluminum used to make up the part or product.

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