Aluminum · Product form
Aluminum Ingot
Who melts this metal in the United States, and is the melt source DFARS compliant?
What it is
The first solid form after melting. A large cast cylinder, typically double or triple vacuum arc remelted for aerospace and defense use, that is subsequently broken down into billet, slab or bar.
- Typical dimensions
- Commonly 26 to 36 inches diameter, several thousand to 20,000+ lb per ingot.
- Also known as
- ingots, melt stock, VAR ingot, remelt ingot
Suppliers
Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.
Mills and producers 2
Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.
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Alcoa Corporation ReportedUS melted
Primary smelting and cast products.
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Century Aluminum Company VerifiedUS melted
Standard-grade ingot and sow cast at Mt. Holly, South Carolina, in sow grades P0610A and P1020A, from a smelter of about 230,000 tonnes a year. Sebree, Kentucky adds about 220,000 tonnes. IMPORTANT: this is STANDARD grade primary aluminium. Century's high-purity and military-grade primary metal came from Hawesville, which is curtailed and whose site has been sold for redevelopment. Do not read this edge as a source of military-grade primary aluminium.
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