October 2026: an updated aluminum alloy formwork panel range built on 6061-T6 extrusion has been released for export, covering wall, slab, beam and staircase panels along with the adjustable props, diagonal braces and connectors needed to close a pour. The range is manufactured at a dedicated formwork production base in northern China and supplied per project, with sample panels and drawing-to-panel engineering available before an order is confirmed.
Each panel face is extruded from 6061-T6 alloy as one profile, then joined to its edge frame and stiffening ribs by friction stir welding. The process welds below the alloy's melting point, so the heat-affected zone keeps its section and the panel resists distortion when it is levered off set concrete cycle after cycle. Panel bodies are typically 4 mm thick, with 8 mm edge frames and a 65 mm frame height, a section sized to hold a 2400-2600 mm wall panel flat without the weight of a steel plate.
The practical outcome is a panel that behaves like a reusable component rather than a consumable. Faces stay flat, joints land on a designed grid, and roughly 85 percent of a typical structural layout can be set from standard panels, with the balance covered by adjustment panels, corner joints and infill pieces. That ratio is what keeps special fabrication low on a first project.
Four families make up the kit: wall panels, slab panels, beam panels (soffit, side and prop head pieces), and staircase panels. Wall panels are commonly 2400-2600 mm high and 50-600 mm wide; slab panels are typically 400-600 mm x 1200 mm and move between floors as a stack rather than as loose boards. Adjustable steel props span roughly 1800-3300 mm, which covers most residential and commercial storey heights without new shoring.
A single wall panel weighs around 20-45 kg depending on format, so two workers can lift, position and pin it by hand and a floor set can travel up on a material hoist. The consequence is larger than the panel: in steel or film-faced plywood systems the tower crane is often the pacing resource and formwork waits its turn. Within hand-lifting weight, the aluminum set follows the structure instead of the lifting schedule.
| Parameter | Typical Range or Specification |
|---|---|
| Material | 6061-T6 aluminum alloy, complete extrusion |
| Size Range | wall panels 2400-2600 mm high x 50-600 mm wide; slab panels 400-600 mm x 1200 mm; adjustable props 1800-3300 mm |
| Application | cast-in-place walls, columns, beams, slabs and staircases in repetitive residential and commercial structures |
| Surface Finish | extruded aluminum forming face; electrostatic spray coating on frames; optional film-faced liner |
| Panel Section | 4 mm panel body, 8 mm edge frame, 65 mm frame height |
| Panel Weight | approximately 20-45 kg per panel |
| Welding | friction stir welding at body and frame joints |
| Reuse | 150-300 typical cycles with routine cleaning and oiling |
| Certification | CE, ISO9001 and SGS categories available on request |
Installation follows a fixed order that repeats floor to floor: mark the setting-out lines, stand and tie the wall panels, set the beam panels, drop the slab panels onto the slab props, install the water and electrical pipes and rebar, check and adjust against the structural drawing, then pour. Every panel carries an installation code, so a crew works from drawing references rather than field measurement, which shortens the first cycle on an unfamiliar plan.
Wall panels are tied with threaded tie rods and fixed with wedges, and diagonal props hold the wall plumb before casting. Stripping mirrors the same order: wall forms, then beam, then slab, leaving props in place where the design requires. Clean, oil and stack the panels, and the set is ready for the floor above.
Because the forming face is extruded aluminum, the concrete surface comes out dense and smooth, and plastering can usually be dropped from the finishes schedule. There is no absorbent plywood face to swell or delaminate, and no sealing coat to renew between pours.
Waste follows the same logic. A plywood deck is consumed and becomes site waste, while an aluminum panel is cleaned, reused and finally recycled with the alloy still carrying scrap value. On projects with a waste management plan or a green building target, that difference can be documented.
The range suits repetitive vertical and horizontal structure: apartment towers, hotels, dormitories, student housing and long-span commercial floor plates where the same layout repeats storey after storey. It answers three problems that recur on those sites, namely plastering and its drying time, crane contention, and formwork disposal.
For buyers in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America running high-rise residential programmes, the deciding question is seldom the panel on its own. It is whether a supplier can turn a structural drawing into a panel schedule, ship a complete and labelled set, and support the first casting cycle. The supply model behind this range therefore includes 3D modelling of the project before production, panel coding for site assembly, inspection before packing, and remote or on-site technical support from the first pour onward.
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