Aluminium plate protection
Aluminium plate protection
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Hi,
can someone help me? I'm looking for the maximum protection of an aluminium plate (EN- AW 5083, 600x300x15) against wear like scratches, that appear for example when a person slides over the plate with some stones on his shoes.
Can the upper surface of the plate be protected with some kind of a very hard layer? What kind of layer could prevent such scratches?
can someone help me? I'm looking for the maximum protection of an aluminium plate (EN- AW 5083, 600x300x15) against wear like scratches, that appear for example when a person slides over the plate with some stones on his shoes.
Can the upper surface of the plate be protected with some kind of a very hard layer? What kind of layer could prevent such scratches?





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The problem is that the upper surface of the stainless cover needs to be free of any holes, so fasteners are not an option. I heard that there is a way of joining the two surfaces with rubber vulcanization. Is this true? Has anyone have any information about this?
Any other suggestions about joining the two surfaces?
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Just make the 600x300x15 plate out of stainless steel instead of aluminum.
Remove all stones from the vicinity of the plate, and post a sign and floor mat next to the plate, expressly prohibiting people from walking on the plate with stones stuck in their shoes.
Or forget the stone removal and sign; glue the floor mat on top of the plate. Wasn't there a reply (appears to have been deleted) that suggested using carpet?
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The fact that the plate must be portable, nope. I can say with relative confidence that until now, you were the only one that knew that. What else does this thing have to do and not do? I give up.
Heh, do you know sometimes you can reduce the thickness of a part when going from aluminum to stainless? Why is it 15mm, thick?
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Regards,
Mike
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I don't recommend working with the foil, which can be cut with sturdy scissors, because the cut edges also cut hands, but stainless around 1mm thick can be mitered and folded nicely by a sheet metal shop. TIG weld the corners and it should look real nice.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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I can think of at least one family of adhesives that WILL hold up for long time, if applied correctly and used in a certain temp range.
If you "envelope" the stainless sheet like MikeH suggested, I don't see the need for an adhesive at all.
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It is very important that there is always a full contact between the two surfaces. Any space between them would cause error in the measurement data.
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