Copper foil is used in the manufacturing of batteries, cables, printed circuit boards and copper strips. The museum collection contains a sample that was made at the Uralelektromed plant. The facility manufacturing copper foil has been operating there since 1987.
There are two ways of foil fabrication: cold rolled and hot rolled. In the first case, the copper alloy is pressed between two massive rolls until the sheet becomes very thin. In the second, the metal is preheated and then pressed between the rollers.
Copper foil is produced in sheets that are rolled. The thickness of one sheet can be from 0.025 to 0.09 millimeters, and the minimum batch weight is up to 500 kilograms.
‘Uralelektromed’ was established as the Pyshminsky Copper Electrolytic Plant, which was opened in 1934. The enterprise grew, houses for workers were built around and this is how the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma appeared.
During the first years the plant produced refined copper for wire and batteries, but during the Great Patriotic War it switched to manufacturing products for the front. From 1941 to 1945, about 80% of all shell casings were made of the copper produced by the Pyshminsky Copper Electrolytic Plant.
Also, the plant produced special alloys based on copper and nickel, from which driving bands were made for long-range artillery shells. In the bimetal workshop, materials for rifle cartridges were prepared.
After the war, the demand for refined copper and copper powder increased: they were needed in restored factories, new communication lines and railways. To increase production volumes, the workshops at the Pyshminsky plant were rebuilt and the conditions for workers improved.
In 1947, a music school for the children of the employees was opened next to the enterprise, and a few years later gas and water pipes were installed in residential buildings on the territory. In the 1950s–1960s, a hospital building, a stadium and a Metallurgists' Palace of Culture were built there.
In the 1970s, the Verkhnepyshminsky Copper Electrolytic Plant was transformed into the Uralelektromed Combine. It produced copper ingots, foil, powder and other types of metal.
Now ‘Uralelektromed’ is the only enterprise in the country that produces copper electrolytic powders. They are used to manufacture cars, aircraft, machines and other equipment.
There are two ways of foil fabrication: cold rolled and hot rolled. In the first case, the copper alloy is pressed between two massive rolls until the sheet becomes very thin. In the second, the metal is preheated and then pressed between the rollers.
Copper foil is produced in sheets that are rolled. The thickness of one sheet can be from 0.025 to 0.09 millimeters, and the minimum batch weight is up to 500 kilograms.
‘Uralelektromed’ was established as the Pyshminsky Copper Electrolytic Plant, which was opened in 1934. The enterprise grew, houses for workers were built around and this is how the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma appeared.
During the first years the plant produced refined copper for wire and batteries, but during the Great Patriotic War it switched to manufacturing products for the front. From 1941 to 1945, about 80% of all shell casings were made of the copper produced by the Pyshminsky Copper Electrolytic Plant.
Also, the plant produced special alloys based on copper and nickel, from which driving bands were made for long-range artillery shells. In the bimetal workshop, materials for rifle cartridges were prepared.
After the war, the demand for refined copper and copper powder increased: they were needed in restored factories, new communication lines and railways. To increase production volumes, the workshops at the Pyshminsky plant were rebuilt and the conditions for workers improved.
In 1947, a music school for the children of the employees was opened next to the enterprise, and a few years later gas and water pipes were installed in residential buildings on the territory. In the 1950s–1960s, a hospital building, a stadium and a Metallurgists' Palace of Culture were built there.
In the 1970s, the Verkhnepyshminsky Copper Electrolytic Plant was transformed into the Uralelektromed Combine. It produced copper ingots, foil, powder and other types of metal.
Now ‘Uralelektromed’ is the only enterprise in the country that produces copper electrolytic powders. They are used to manufacture cars, aircraft, machines and other equipment.
