The rapid development of the economy has led to the improvement of people's living standards, according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, in order to meet the physiological needs, people began to pursue a higher level of material needs, China's private car ownership has been rising year after year is a good example. The number of private cars more and more, and the consequent fuel consumption is also more and more large, can often see the transportation of fuel tanker trucks on the road. So what material is the tanker truck made of?
At present, the world's common tanker trucks are made of aluminum alloy, aluminum alloy tanker trucks, whether from the economic benefits, social benefits, or from the point of view of safety and the environment, have immense advantages. In the past, many people have many misconceptions about aluminum alloys, thinking that the quality is light but the strength is not enough. In fact, aluminum alloys have been widely used in aerospace, ships, high-speed rail and other fields that require high strength. Aluminum alloy has the advantages that steel can not be compared, and the advantages are even more prominent in the field of tanker trucks.
Generally speaking, the length of tanker truck aluminum plate is generally within 12.5 meters, the width is less than 2.2 meters, the thickness is generally 5, 6, 7, 8mm, a complete tanker tank, generally need 4-6 pieces of aluminum plate welded together, suitable for tanker truck body with the aluminum plate is mainly 5-series and 6-series of related products. 5-series is the magnesium as the main alloying element of the aluminum alloy, the 6-series is magnesium, silicon as the main alloying elements and the Mg Series 5 is an aluminum alloy with magnesium as the main alloying element, while Series 6 is an aluminum alloy with magnesium and silicon as the main alloying elements and Mg2Si phase as the reinforcing phase, and the main alloy grades include: 5052, 5083, 5754, 6061 and 6082 aluminum plates. The most important can body is 5083H111 aluminum plate, the two sides of the can cover is 5083-O state aluminum plate, O state is softer, and the can cover needs to be bent, the part of the partition is also used 5083-O state. In addition, there are some manufacturers use 5454H111 aluminum plate to produce can bodies.