Every leading automaker will include numerous aluminum body and closure programs by 2025 with aluminum sheet for complete bodies jumping to 4 billion lbs, from the 200 million lbs in 2013, noted the new report, 2015 North American Light Vehicle Aluminum Content Study. The report was commissioned by the Aluminum Association’s Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG) […]
The MAADI Group engineering firm, Montréal, Québec, installed a new aluminum arched pony-truss bridge as part of the TD Place Project, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The strong, lightweight aluminum bridge, designed specifically for pedestrians and light vehicles, has an overall length of 30 m (98 ft 5 inches). It is constructed with welded, high-strength aluminum extrusions, […]
The Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium, organized by AluMag, will be held October 5-7, 2014 in Duesseldorf, Germany. The symposium is a cutting edge event that brings together the procurement and supply side of lightweight materials and their advanced processes (aluminum, magnesium, carbon, composites, HSS, and thermoplastics) in complement with cost balance or reduction. Localization, material […]
Pop parody artist “Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album Mandatory Fun includes punny takes on the latest hit music — from Pharrell’s “Happy” (“Tacky”) to Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (“Word Crimes”). The parodies are taking the internet by storm, including Al’s ode to aluminum foil — “Foil” – a parody of Lorde’s 2013 smash hit “Royals”. […]
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SMS Meer’s Axel Bauer (left), general manager of extrusion press sales, and Uwe Muschalik (right), general manager of hydraulic press R&D and technology, in front of the newly built HybrEx 25, the radically different 25 MN extrusion press designed by the SMS Meer R&D and Technology Group headed by Muschalik. See story on page 24.
Almex USA published a campaign to promote safety awareness for aluminum casthouse operations. “Five Days of Safety” offers five tips — focused on Hazard Assessment, Personnel Protective Equipment, Technology Controls, Moisture Management, and Best Practices — along with colorful infographics that visually emphasize the safety tips to consider when working with molten aluminum. “Every casthouse […]
June 17 – “Europe braces itself for another aluminium premium hike,” Metal Bulletin European aluminium market participants are preparing for a last increase in premiums ahead of the summer slowdown, with producers, traders and consumers all forecasting higher premiums over the next few weeks. Metal Bulletin’s European duty-paid aluminium premium stands at $405-435 per tonne, while […]
The lightweight concept vehicle represents Ford’s ongoing research for future light-weighting and advanced materials applications, building on the all-new Ford F-150, which sheds up to 700 lbs through use of high-strength aluminum (front sub-frame, high pressure die castings, aluminum brake rotors, etc.) and steel alloys. Lightweighting is a key component of Ford’s Blueprint for Sustainability […]
