Aluminium fenders for the new BMW 5 series Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA manufactures the material used for the fenders of the new 5 series BMW: EN AW-6016-Fo Ti/Zr, a high-quality aluminium alloy that has been optimised for outer panels of modern automobiles. Referred to as SUPERLITE® 200, this material perfectly combines two features demanded by [...]
Ultra lightweight aluminium rear subframe for Porsche Panamera Lightweight car sub-frame for safety functional application with high requirements in terms of strength and stiffness. Cast as one piece in hollow design using only one sand core. Measuring 1200 by 710 by 335 mm, and with a wall thickness down to 3.5 mm, it expands the [...]
Spectacular formability improvement of High Strength 7xxx alloys Cold Stamping of parts with a complex shape is not possible with classic 7xxx alloys in T4, T6 and T7x tempers. Such parts can, however, be stamped successfully by bringing the material into the fresh W-temper condition, prior to the cold stamping. W-temper is the condition of [...]
Special alloys for special processes AMAG TopForm® SPF is a serial production material that has been optimized for the superplastic forming process and offers unrivalled forming speed at temperatures within the 450-500°C range. This means that considerably more complex geometries can be achieved than are possible with conventional forming. This is an AlMgMn alloy, which [...]
L’effet de la température sur l’aptitude à la mise en forme des tôles en aluminium dans la gamme de 200 - 300 °C a été étudié par plusieurs métallurgistes depuis plusieurs décennies. Ils ont constaté une augmentation spectaculaire de la ductilité, particulièrement sur les alliages aluminium – magnésium de la famille 5000, associée à une [...]
Warm forming of aluminium parts: A way to bridge the gap between aluminium and steel The effects of temperature on the formability of aluminium sheets in the range of 200-300°C were studied by a number of workers some decades ago, who reported impressive ductility increase, especially on 5xxx alloys, associated with a decrease in work [...]
Return to Press Releases Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling Rate Hits 64% in Europe! The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU 27 including EFTA countries and Turkey increased by 1.2% to 64.3% in 2009. Despite the difficult economic situation the consumption of aluminium beverage cans in wider Europe remained at 34 billion [...]
Return to Press Releases Industry establishes the “METALS FOR BUILDINGS” European alliance Industry establishes the “METALS FOR BUILDINGS” European alliance and calls on EU legislators to consider end-of-life recycling rate of building products as a resource saving indicator. Brussels, 29.06.2011 Today saw the launch of the METALS FOR BUILDINGS alliance, which brings together 9 European [...]
Return to Press Releases The European aluminium industry successfully delivers on safety Brussels, 16 June 2011 More than 50 participants, mainly consisting of safety specialists and managers from plants all over Europe attended the Safety workshop organised by EAA, the European Aluminium Association, in Brussels. The objective of these workshops is to exchange information and [...]
Return to Press Releases World Grill and Barbecue Championship 2011 And the winner comes from Austria The World Grill and Barbecue Champion 2011 is Christoph Gollenz. Together with his team Goli & Chef Partie from Austria, he convinced the expert judges at the 2011 World BBQ Championship which was sponsored by the European Aluminium Foil [...]