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How tin foil Is Made

The brand that is known and sold all over the world is manufactured in two locations -- Louisville, Kentucky and Richmond, Virginia. Aluminum for Reynolds Wrap® Aluminum Foil is placed into alloying furnaces at the continuous cast plant in Hot Springs, Arkansas and heated until molten. It is then modified to the correct alloy chemistry and fed into a machine known as a "continuous caster." The continuous caster converts molten aluminum to a coil of metal by forcing it between large, water cooled chill rollers at several feet per minute. The aluminum is formed as a long sheet with a thickness of .045". It's rolled into large coils that measure 74 inches in diameter and weigh over 30,000 pounds! These coils are shipped in Reynolds' specially designed rail cars to Richmond and Louisville, where they are converted into the Reynolds Wrap® Aluminum Foil we all know.

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64 posted on 06/06/2002 7:31:34 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
I say more Saran Wrap than tinfoil...
65 posted on 06/06/2002 7:33:45 PM PDT by Bob J
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To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
And the slag goes into the rivers.
66 posted on 06/06/2002 7:34:50 PM PDT by Bob J
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