Aluminium 2024
Your guide to Aluminium 2024
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Medium to high strength aluminium alloy (depending on temper)
Often specified for use in the military and aerospace sectors in critical structures
High strength to weight ratio
2024 is a medium to high strength aluminium alloy (depending on temper) with good fatigue resistance.
Aluminium 2024 offers good machinability in the heat treated and annealed condition.
This guide will take you through the main attributes, common applications, notes for designers and suitable finishing and treatments, as well as UK stock sizes and property tables. Don't forget to bookmark the page so you can refer back later.
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Aluminium 2024 Guide: Properties, Applications and Design Considerations
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What is Aluminium 2024?
2024 is a medium to high strength aluminium alloy (depending on temper) with good fatigue resistance. It is often specified for use in the military and aerospace sectors in critical structures where a high strength to weight ratio is required.
You may also see aluminium 2024 referred to as:
- AA2024
- UNS A92024
- ISO AlCu4Mg1
- NF A-U4G1 (France)
- DIN AlCuMg2
- ASME SB211
- CSA CG42 (Canada)
- AIR 9048.630 (France)
- 3.354 (Germany)
- EN 2419 (Europe)
- L97
- QQ-A-250/4
- AMS 4035
- Tempers: 0, T3, T351, T4, T81, T851, T42, T62, T361, T72, T861
Industry Examples: Aerospace | Military | Transportation | Medical | Scientific
Typical Components & Applications: Critical aircraft structures | Wing tension members | Aircraft fuselage | Gears | Shafts | Couplings | Rivets | Medical & scientific instruments
Main Attributes:
- High strength
- Very good fatigue resistance
- Improved fracture toughness
- Fatigue crack growth
- Poor corrosion resistance to atmospheric attack
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Aluminium 2024 Machined Parts
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Penta Precision provides the following aluminium 2024 machining services:
- CNC milling
- CNC turning
- Prototypes and batch runs
- Insert installation
- Part marking
- Manual milling
- Manual turning
- Machining design advice
- Design for manufacture service
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