Alcoa’s 16kg aluminium wheel could change fleet efficiency equation
A truck’s overall weight comes from dozens of components, including the engine, chassis, tyres, etc. Wheels are one area where fleets can explore lightweighting. Traditional steel wheels, widely used across the transport industry, are known for their robustness. Forged Alcoa aluminium wheels offer...
Why aluminium scrap grade matters when buying secondary aluminium in India
India’s aluminium recycling sector has matured significantly over the past decade. Secondary aluminium, produced by remelting and refining scrap, now accounts for a growing share of the country’s total aluminium consumption. Recycling aluminium requires up to 95 per cent less energy than smelting...
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Sumitomo Electric readies improved aluminum wire harness
Sumitomo Electric Industries has developed an automotive wire harness from a special aluminum alloy that is strong enough and skinny enough to replace around 70% of all copper wire harnesses now used in a car, including in the engine compartment and doors. The average modern car with all its...
Rusal plans more JVs with Chinese companies
United Company Rusal Plc, a leading aluminum producer, is setting up more joint venture with its Chinese partners in Russia to make high value-added, greener aluminum products. "Rusal has a clear advantage in aluminum technologies, and hydropower resources are abundant in Russia," Oleg...
Galaxy S7 likely to feature new aluminum alloy design
A recently published tech report claims Samsung could be experimenting with a new aluminum-magnesium alloy for the upcoming Galaxy S7. It is unclear why the company wants to try a new metal material, though it may have something to do with Apple. Samsung already uses high-strength 6013 series...
Booming aerospace materials market will buoy demand for aluminium alloys
The aerospace materials market is expected to reach $23.8 billion in 2022, reveals data from a recently published report. The main drivers for the growth of the global aerospace market are change in technology, increased aircraft size, and high replacement rate. Buoyed by this steady growth, demand...
Ford, Alcoa collaborate on more formable and design-friendly next-generation aluminum alloys
Ford Motor Company and Alcoa Inc. are collaborating to produce next-generation automotive aluminum alloys that are more formable and design-friendly. Ford will use Alcoa’s Micromill® material in multiple components on the 2016 F-150 - becoming the first automaker to use the advanced automotive...
China's automotive aluminium alloy market size slated for 20% per annum growth
In a recently published report, aluminium and aluminium alloy has been together termed as the future of China automotive lightweight material (metals) industry. The key findings of the report are: - China's consumption of automotive aluminium alloy hit 300,000 tons in 2014. The supply and demand of...
Chalco and Dongfeng Motor join hands to develop automotive aluminum alloy
Chalco and Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM) signed a strategic agreement on August 28 to establish an all-new DFM-Chalco automotive aluminum alloy laboratory. The laboratory will be dedicated to research and development and applications of new materials and technology in automotive aluminum alloy...
HDDC process for aluminium heat sinks and liquid cold plates
Aavid Thermalloy has announced launch of its its High Density Die Cast (HDDC) heat sinks. These heat sinks are said to offer several advantages over their machined, die cast and extruded counterparts. They are claimed to offer increased thermal performance and uniform thermal distribution because...
Cube introduces 'aero endurance' Agree and entry-level Attain in aluminium and carbon for 2016
Cube has revamped its road line-up for 2016, with the popular Peloton replaced by a new frame dubbed the Attain, available in both aluminium and carbon fibre, and the mid-range Agree overhauled as an aero bike with endurance geometry. Both the Attain and Agree will come in rim brake and disc brake...
Chinese secondary aluminium alloy ingot export prices move further down
Due to the Yen depreciation and the weak demand from overseas market, export prices for Chinese secondary aluminium alloy ingot, used for diecast automotive components, fell steeply this week as some producers turned aggressive. The prices edged down by $30t to about $1,730-1,750t CIF Japan this...
iPhone 6S packs in stronger aluminium alloy; passes “bendgate” test
Lightweighting is fast becoming the order of the day. Be it in the automotive sector or in the mobile handset industry, every company is now focussing on the technology that enables them to lightweight their products in order to add more value to them and stay cost effective in the long run....
Konstantin Balakiryan develops new aluminum alloy oxidation method
Production of hydrogen by oxidation of active metals, and particularly aluminum and its alloys, is and has been studied by many universities and research centers. The main problem that scientists have been trying to solve is the formation of an oxide film on the surface of the active metals which...
Federal-Mogul Powertrain develops new high-strength aluminium alloy for diesel pistons
Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul, has developed a new premium diesel piston aluminium alloy, called DuraForm-G91. In benchmarking tests, the new alloy provides between three and five times the component life of established as-cast materials in modern, highly loaded, diesel...
Aluminium-intensive Xe is the most fuel efficient Jaguar ever
The innovative new Jaguar XE claims to be the most fuel efficient vehicle its segment. Designed around Jaguar’s modular vehicle architecture, the XE is the only car in the class to use an aluminium-intensive monocoque, with lightweight aluminium accounting for 75 per cent of the structure. This...
Aluminum demand to grow on booming new energy vehicle sector in China
Aluminum alloy has become a top-of-choice material for new energy vehicle manufacturers in China due to its lightness. New energy vehicles are typically heavier than traditional vehicles because of heavy batteries. Fortunately, auto body made of aluminum alloy could satisfy new energy vehicles’...
Novelis unveils next-generation high-strength alloys for automotive industry
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced the development of the Novelis Advanz™ 7000-series of high-strength alloys designed for safety-critical components of vehicle structures. Two to three times stronger than any automotive aluminum used in high volumes today,...
China aluminum alloy wheel exports down 6% in June
China reported decline in both volume and value of its aluminum alloy wheel exports in June, according to the China Association of Automobile manufacturers (CAAM). Export quantity fell 6.0% year-on-year (YoY) to 60,000 tonnes in June, and export value also dropped 5.9% YoY to $300 million, CAAM...
Zhongfu obtains Quality Management System Certificate for automotive plates
Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co. Ltd., the Chinese subsidiary of the international investment and industrial holding Vimetco, one of the largest on the aluminum market, has obtained the Quality Management System Certificate for Production of Components and Provision of Respective Services in the...
