Arconic Corporation commissioned a $57.5 million expansion project at its Davenport Works plant in Iowa. The project has effectively doubled domestic production of high purity aluminum (HPA), a critical material to aerospace and defense applications. “Arconic is honored to support American leadership in advanced manufacturing by expanding domestic production of high purity aluminum for next-generation aerospace […]
By Matthew Cortelli, P.E., Ramboll. As new secondary aluminum plants are not mass produced, it is pertinent to utilize the lessons learned from previous projects and apply best available technology (BAT) to the next one, so that aluminum remelt facilities can benefit from the continuous improvement process. Ideally, the secondary aluminum producer involves operations personnel […]
Hydro first launched its Hydro CIRCAL brand with a minimum of 75% post-consumer scrap content in 2019. Since then, CIRCAL in the form of extrusion billet has been used in the production of profiles for a variety of industries, in particular architectural applications. Hydro is now expanding its CIRCAL line to include foundry alloys for critical […]
Golden Aluminum Inc. (GAI) successfully achieved commercial start-up of a new aluminum strip caster at its Fort Lupton facility in Colorado. Supplied by SMS group, the nexcast® machine is a next-generation strip caster jointly developed by GAI and SMS. “Bringing nexcast online marks a major step forward for Golden Aluminum and demonstrates the strength of […]
Novelis Inc. successfully completed the U.K.’s first full-scale hydrogen fuel switching demonstration in the aluminum industry at its Latchford plant — marking a major step toward industrial decarbonization. “This trial has been a major achievement for our team,” said Allan Sweeny, plant manager at Novelis Latchford. “It demonstrated that we can adapt our existing infrastructure […]
Arconic Corporation is collaborating with DTE to deploy a pilot project at a selected Arconic facility in North America. The project will test DTE’s state-of-the-art molten metal composition analysis system, which is designed to enable enhanced manufacturing efficiency and product quality. “At Arconic, we are constantly exploring cutting-edge solutions to enhance manufacturing efficiency and product […]
By S. Tichy, K. Büchner, S. Wibner, and H. Antrekowitsch, Montanuniversität Leoben, Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy; and P. Pucher and B. Prillhofer, AMAG casting GmbH. Natural gas is commonly used as an energy source in aluminum recycling furnaces, particularly for achieving high melting throughputs. While the direct use of electrical energy has the potential to […]
Speira successfully started up operation of a new tiltable rotary furnace, dubbed “Bernhard.” This is the first of four recycling furnaces being installed at the company’s plants in Grevenbroich and Töging, Germany. The start up ceremony was attended by Einar Glomnes, CEO of Speira; District Administrator Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke; and Mayor Klaus Krützen. “We take a […]
