Aluminium as a material
The use of aluminium in everyday objects makes economic, safe and ecological sense. For this reason, since the beginning of its 80-year company history, ZARGES has decided to manufacture innovative products predominantly from this unique light metal.
The advantages of aluminium, which are described in more detail below, allow an extraordinarily wide range of product solutions. ZARGES differentiates between aluminium products in the areas of access technology and logistics equipment.
Did you know? Aluminium is the most widely used metal after steel. Aluminium is the most common metal in the earth's crust. After oxygen and silicon, aluminium is the third most common chemical element on earth.
The advantages of aluminium
Surface finishing of aluminium
- Powder-coated aluminium: When coating aluminium workpieces, one to several layers of powder coating are electrostatically applied to the base material. The coating provides protection against wear and corrosion, but it can also be used to influence the non-stick properties, sliding properties or thermal insulation of an aluminium workpiece.
Anodised aluminium: The refinement of aluminium has found its perfection in the electrolytic oxidation of aluminium (anodising). Hardly any other process provides better protection against abrasion or corrosion in aluminium. The result of anodising is an extremely hard and scratch-resistant surface and thus reliable protection against corrosion. In contrast to pure aluminium, the anodised layer is not electrically conductive.