Objective The need to conserve world resources and energy has become a major concern to Governments all over Europe.This has been especially so in the case of aluminium. The production of primary Aluminium, from its ore Bauxite,is costly and has many economic and environmental problems.In comparison the recycling of Alumunium requires only 5% of the energy and is couples with little metal loss in the process. However,recycling can lead to higher percentage inclusions in the secondary billet which affects billet performance during extrusion. Efforts are made to control quality of the secondary billets using filtration and cleaning techniques,however consistent extrusion efficiency is not always predictable. To this end the proposed research intends to develop a material quality(Extrudability)test by performing a deformation simulation of the extrusion process,thereby identifying dynamic influences of the microstructural state. These can then be quantified through "multi-state"variable equations and used directly to predict the production performance quickly and cheaply,with large savings in wasted production time and waste.Therefore the proposed research programme will identify all relevant parameters to be monitored during casting,and extrusion and relate these to die construction and final product quality,from recycled "Primary Equivalent"cast Aluminium.In this way mechanical and cosmetic properties will be optimised. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals Programme(s) FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 - Specific programme (EEC) of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 1.2.1 - Recycling and recovery of industrial waste including non-ferrous metals Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator BOAL SYSTEMEN BV Address De hondert morgen 12 pb 75 2678 ZH De lier Netherlands See on map EU contribution No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Deeside Aluminium Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bridge road industrial estate LL13 9PS Wrexham See on map Other funding No data King's College London United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London See on map Other funding No data Phoenix International SpA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via trento 34 25100 Brescia See on map Other funding No data
