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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Constellium supplies high-strength aluminium structural parts for the new lightweight Ford F-150 pickup truck
Constellium N.V. today announced that it provides Ford Motor Co. with aluminium structural parts for the all-new Ford F-150 pickup truck that extensively uses high-strength, military-grade, aluminium alloy as a build material. Constellium, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of...
Alloy wire and cable to benefit from China’s “Golden Era” of HUV development
China will enter a “golden era” of HUV development in coming five years, which will allow the country’s wire and cable market to grow at 8-9% annual pace, CNMN reported on December 16. The boom in power transmission systems will be driven by increasing investment in smart power grid, ongoing power...
Vista Metals continues to grow
Vista Metals of Adairsville with a corporate headquarters in California was created in 2009 to meet the growing demands of an aircraft industry customer in North Georgia and is ready to take a significant expansion on line within the next week. Vista produces aluminum billets and delicate, hard...
China aluminum alloy consumption to grow in 2014, SMM sees
China’s aluminum alloy consumption will grow in 2014 due to robust demand from wheel manufacturers, Shanghai Metals Market foresees. Strong exports of China’s aluminum alloy wheels will support aluminum alloy consumption. China exported 71,500 tonnes of aluminum alloy wheels in October, up 13.0%...
Alcoa unveils next-generation aluminum materials through breakthrough manufacturing technology
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today unveiled breakthrough manufacturing technology, the Alcoa MicromillTM, that will manufacture the most advanced aluminum sheet on the market. The Micromill will enable the next generation of automotive aluminum products, and equip Alcoa to capture growing...
Pre-bent busbars now available
Sapa delivers high-conductive aluminium busbars to the energy-supply segment. Now, customers can further reduce costs and improve the environmental footprint of their systems by ordering pre-bent busbars. Busbars are extruded round tubes mainly in the 6101B T6/T7 aluminium alloy, to ensure high...
Operating rate at Chinese A356 aluminum alloy producers rises to 67.18% in Nov. 2014
Output at Chinese A356 aluminum alloy producers in SMM’s survey sample totaled 114,200 mt in October, up slightly from September. The average operating rate also inched up MoM to 67.18%. Aluminum wheel rim exports have been stable since July, but domestic consumption fell, biting aluminum alloy...
New study supports the use of a POSS molecule to strengthen aluminum alloys in automobiles
A new study supports the use of a POSS® molecule to strengthen aluminum alloys in automobiles. “Influence of Nano-structured Silanols on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A4047 and A359 Aluminum Casting Alloys,” a study conducted in partnership between Michigan State University and...
Non-Ferrous World Mirror for October 2014 released
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has released the Non-Ferrous World Mirror for October 2014, which states that geopolitical tensions and conflicts have continued to drag the non-ferrous metals markets worldwide. The protests in Hong Kong have aggravated the weak trade condition in China....
New technology enables cost effective beryllium-aluminium casting
Beryllium may be headed for a makeover as the Canadian-based IBC Advanced alloys looks to introduce a new technology to make beryllium-aluminium casting possible thereby changing the face of the industry that is worth close to half-a-billion dollars. After years of research and experimentation and...
New Jaguar XE car pioneers with 50% recycled content aluminium
Jaguar’s new XE car is using a new aluminium alloy that means 50 per cent of the body is made from recycled aluminium. Funding for the development of the new alloy came from Innovate UK (the new name for the Technology Strategy Board) in 2007 when it provided 69 per cent of the £2 million total...
Recycled aluminium innovation supports circular economy
Continuing its support of cutting edge technology, Innovate UK (the new name for the Technology Strategy Board), has played a key role in enabling Jaguar Land Rover to develop a new aluminium alloy, which means that up to 50% of the body of the new Jaguar XE is made from recycled aluminium. This...
800,000-tpy Aluminum alloy project in China Xinjiang to reach full capacity in late Oct.
Henan Shenhuo Coal & Power Co.’s 800,000-tpy precision aluminum alloy project in Xinjiang is scheduled to reach full capacity in late October, the company said in its Q3 financial report filed to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on October 18. The project is supported by 400,000-tpy carbon facility, it...
A356 aluminum alloy processing fees in China to fall further in Oct.
Processing fees for A356 aluminum alloy in China are expected to fall further on weak demand in October, Shanghai Metals Market foresees. Demand for A356 aluminum alloy – the main ingredient in wheel rim manufacturing – will be dampened by marked slowdown in automobile production and sales in...
Aleris introduces 7017 aluminum alloy in North America
Aleris announced today that it is now offering a new 7017 aluminum alloy in North America for commercial plate and defense end-uses. After extensive review and testing of Aleris 7017, the United States Army Research Lab (USARL) has issued MIL-DTL-32505 for use in armor applications. "7017 has a...
Bottlenecks curbing the widespread use of aluminium alloy wires and cables
The State Grid Corporation of China has released a list recently that includes aluminium alloy wire and cables in its new technologies promotion plan. SMM interviewed some insiders in the industry on September 24th at the 6th All China International Wire & Cable Industry Trade Fair which revealed...
RUSAL to produce nanostructured aluminium alloys
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has begun work on a new production process for making nanostructured aluminium alloys with improved mechanical strength for the electric power industry. The project is being implemented by the Engineering and Technology Centre of UC RUSAL on the...
Chinese producers are cautious about using aluminium alloys for wires and cables
Attracted by the lower costs, many Chinese companies are carrying out extensive Research and Development (R&D) to try and implement aluminium alloy instead of copper in wires and cables. The SMM’s latest survey however shows that most of the cable producers and taking the ‘wait and watch’ stance...
