Copper is an essential ingredient of many applications. Whether it is construction, electrical wiring, interior designing, decorative art, or submersible pump industry, copper strips are used almost everywhere. The main reason of such widespread use lies in the dual properties of the strip and they are high thermal as well as excellent electrical conductivity properties. In fact, that’s why they are so much in demand in the electrical industry. There are many other advantageous features of these copper strips and the most important one is its malleability. This is the reason why continuous casting or strand casting can be carried out. In fact, that’s why copper strip manufacturers are able to easily provide multiple shapes to copper.

Process of manufacturing

When a copper strip manufacturer manufactures copper strip, they start from molten copper. In the very first step, impurities are removed. Once impurities are removed, slab, bloom, and billet are made. These are rolled in finishing mills and in the final step the strips are manufactured. In fact, various types of profiles are created by the manufacturers including wires, plates, foils, copper sheets, and many more. In fact, not all of them have the same thickness. They vary anything from 0.8” to 7.0”. A copper strip manufacturer creates strips width in accordance with the needs of different customer needs. That’s the reason why the term “precision copper strip” has come into existence. Sometimes contact type measuring system is also used for achieving highest copper strip precision.

Copper Alloys

When we talk about copper strips, they generally come in the form of pure metal. However, many manufacturers may it an alloy by adding other elements in it. The copper alloys have better corrosion resistive strength along with more strength. One such example is that of brass, which is formed after zinc is added to copper. Brass are not only more corrosion resistive but also come with better strength. Another popular copper alloy is bronze, which is formed after copper is mixed with tin. It makes it hard and tough. A copper strip manufacturer manufactures many other copper alloy products such as strips from cupronickel, copper-clad steel, copper-clad aluminium, and many others.

Uses of Copper Strips and Copper Alloys

Copper strips are utilized by different types of industries for purposes and the main two reasons for their widespread popularity are corrosion resistance and conductivity features.

#1 In the construction industry, copper strips are used for protecting outside structures of construction such as domes, roofs, flashings, spires, doors, rain gutters, and others from natural elements.

#2 Copper wires are also used in automotive industry too. The main usages can be seen in the motors of electric powered vehicles. It is used because performance as well as efficiency seems to become better and the electrical energy waste gets reduced.  In fact, copper strips are more economical than other good electricity conductors.

#3 Due to inherent characteristic features and cost effectiveness, copper is used in heat sinks as well as heat exchangers. Dissipation of heat takes place in a better manner with copper than aluminium.