Kitchen utensils aluminum circle stock price has a lot to do with a circle’s alloy, temper, thickness, diameter and surface treatment methods. For example, 1050 and 1060 discs are cheaper than 3003 ones, and mill finish wafers cheaper than anodized ones. Though it may be possible to measure the value of other semi-processed aluminum products, it’s extremely difficult to offer a specific price for aluminium discs based only on their uses, for alu circles of the same application scope fall on varied levels in quality and specification. If you are going to make kitchen utensils, you can choose either 1xxx or 3xxx aluminum round sheets, depending on the standard of your products in the market.
Kitchen utensils aluminum circle, therefore, does not refer to any single type of aluminum round discs in the industry. Detailed specifications are still necessary for estimation of its price. Either 1xxx or 3xxx aluminium can be hot rolled or cold rolled. Hot rolled round sheets are more expensive because it entails more complicated process to manufacture them. Correspondingly they display more favorable mechanical properties in further deep drawing or spinning process while being made into kitchenware products. 3003, 3004, 3005, 3104 and 3105 aluminum circle stocks prove to be higher in price than 1050, 1060, 1070 and 1100 disc circles, since they cost higher in raw materials.
Generally speaking, mill finish 1000 series of aluminum circle stock ranges from $2300 to $2800 per metric ton, and 3000 series of aluminum circle stock price $2500 to $3200. Anodized or pre-painted stocks could be dearer. In addition, the price is also influenced by currency rate and delivery cost, thus buyers are advised to send detailed specifications if they want a price.