Aluminium is a metal that has found its way into
many areas of everyday life. You find it as castings,
sheets, profiles and forgings in transport, building
and construction, mechanical engineering and
precision mechanics, electrical engineering,
chemical engineering and food industry, kitchen,
household ware and metal goods. In many cases
aluminium-specific joining or surface technologies
are applied to enable the light metal to fulfill special
requirements.
Aluminium is a perfect recycling material. Modern sorting, pre-treatment and remelting technologies are the prerequisite to ensure a closed aluminium loop in order to contribute to the raw material supply and a resource efficient society of today and tomorrow.
At the ALUMINIUM 2016 Conference with its motto ‘Aluminium – Material for the Future’, the various applications of aluminium currently used be presented together with possible further developments that will make products in the future even lighter, nicer and more resource efficient.
Together with representatives from the different sections of the industry, manufacturers of semi-finished products, refiners, remelters and subsuppliers, the latest innovative and future-looking solutions will be presented and discussed.
Aluminium is a perfect recycling material. Modern sorting, pre-treatment and remelting technologies are the prerequisite to ensure a closed aluminium loop in order to contribute to the raw material supply and a resource efficient society of today and tomorrow.
At the ALUMINIUM 2016 Conference with its motto ‘Aluminium – Material for the Future’, the various applications of aluminium currently used be presented together with possible further developments that will make products in the future even lighter, nicer and more resource efficient.
Together with representatives from the different sections of the industry, manufacturers of semi-finished products, refiners, remelters and subsuppliers, the latest innovative and future-looking solutions will be presented and discussed.
Conference Day 1 - 29 November 2016
Session: Aluminium Markets
| Chair: Andreas Postler,Head of Economics and Statistics GDA - Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustie e.V. |
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| 08:00 | Registration open for 1 h |
| 09:00 | Aluminium Market Overview Speaker: Andreas Postler | Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V., Germany |
| 09:20 | Aluminium Markets- What moves the LME price and ingot premiums? Speaker: Eoin Dinsmore |CRU Group, UK |
| 09:40 | The New Challenges of the Globalizing Aluminium Industry: The Behaviour of Emerging Economies Speaker: Bruno G. Rüttimann, Schwitzerland |
| 10:00 | Aluminium vs Steel Speaker: Goran Djukanovic |Analyst/Consultant, Aluminium Insider |
| 10:20 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 10:40 | Advanced Aluminum Lightweight Materials for Future Aerospace Products Speaker:Blanka Lenczowski / Rainer Rauh | Airbus Group Innovations, Germany |
| 11:00 | Constellium’s automotive offer at 360° Speaker: Catherine Athenes | Constellium, France |
| 11:20 | Aluminium penetration in cars Speaker: Patrik Ragnarsson | European aluminium, Belgium |
| 11:40 | Global Automotive Markets and Challenges Speaker: Marius Baader | VDA - German Association of the Automotive Industry , Germany |
| 12:00 | Break for 2h |
Session: Surface
| Chair: Kathrin Eckhard, Programme Manager and Surface Expert Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH |
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| 14:00 | Surface - Image Maker of the Material Speaker: Werner Mader| Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V., Germany |
| 14:20 | Modification of aluminium surfaces: From superhydrophobic aluminium surfaces to improved adhesion Speaker: Frank Simon|IPF - Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany |
| 14:40 | Switch to Cr-VI-free pretreatment: Brand-new developments provide solutions to multiple problems Speaker: Juan Serret|Henkel AG & Co.KGaA, Germany |
| 15:00 | Anodizing as pre-treatment for powder coating: Technical and environmental advances Speaker: Elia Schaer Álvarez |ALVAREZ-SCHAER, S.A., Spain |
| 15:20 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 15:40 | Online-Process-Control for the pretreatment process electrochemically measuring properties of conversion layers on aluminium Speaker: Susanne Bender|Institut für Lacke und Farben Magdeburg GmbH, Germany |
| 16:00 | New Possibilities in Surface Finishes for Aluminium Speaker: Russell Deane | Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings Ltd., UK |
| 16:20 | Reliable and sustainable processing of wet discharge from chemical Aluminium coils processing Speaker: Jochen Schumacher | Eisenmann Thermal Solutions GmbH, Germany |
| 16:40 | The challenge of anodizing aluminum cast plates Speaker: Thomas Katlun | GLEICH Aluminium Group, Germany |
Status: Juli 2016. Subject to change without prior notice.
Conference Day 2 - 30 November 2016
Session: Automotive
| Chair: Stephan G. Klose, Senior Manager Advanced Materials (RD/RKM) - Group Research & Advanced Engineering Daimler AG |
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| 08:00 | Registration open for 1 h |
| 09:00 | Accelerating the development of lightweight aluminium solutions for automotive structures and crash management systems s Speaker: Martin Jarrett | Constellium University Technology Center, UK |
| 09:20 | Flextreme Continuous Billet Casting Technology for Casting HCM Direct-Forge Bars Spaeker: Bill Betts, Novelis / Lutz Müller,Bharat Forge |
| 09:40 | Standardised aluminium alloys for complex closure panels and aluminium design considerations Speaker: Bart Sprengers|Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA, Belgium |
| 10:00 | IThe effect of heating rate, holding temperature and annealing time on superplastic forming behaviour of AA5083 alloys Speaker: Anna-Catharina Kaiß |AMAG rolling GmbH, Austria |
| 10:20 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 10:40 | Development of High performance alloys for Aluminium intensive Body-in-White Speaker: Tetsuya Masuda| Kobe Steel, Ltd., Japan |
| 11:00 | Improving aluminium body sheet properties through surface engineering Speaker: Henk-Jan Brinkman | Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products ,R& D Center Bonn, Germany |
| 11:20 | Intergranular corrosion investigation on EN-AW 6082 rods Speaker: Luisa Marzoli |TRIMET Aluminium SE, Germany |
| 11:40 | New Applications for Aluminium Forgings: Ligth Weight Design of Rail Vehicles Speaker: Bernd Velten |OTTO FUCHS KG, Germany |
| 12:00 | Break for 2h |
Session: Recycling
| Chair: Jörg H. Schäfer, Head of Recycling and Sustainability GDA - Gesamtverband der aluminiumindustrie e.V. |
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| 14:00 | Moving towards a circular economy with focus on recycling Speaker: Magdalena Garczyńska | European Aluminium, Belgium |
| 14:20 | Extensive applications of premium products with higher recycling rates Speaker: Markus Schober | Hammerer Aluminium Industries, Austria |
| 14:40 | REALCAR – Collaboration for a closed-loop automotive value chain Speaker: Andy Doran | Novelis Europe Latchford Lock Works, UK |
| 15:00 | Aleris – the partner for sustainable aluminum solutions providing Closed Loop examples Speaker: Thom Hermens| Aleris Aluminum Duffell BVBA, Belgium |
| 15:20 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 15:40 | The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI): What does it mean for your company? Speaker: Fiona Solomon | asi - Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, Australia |
| 16:00 | Aluminium in Construction, Sustainability with ASI Speaker: Stefan Rohrmus| Schüco International KG, Germany |
| 16:20 | All recycling: from Material Flow Analysis to optimal recycling Speaker: Oliver Neel| Constellium Technology Center, UK |
| 16:40 | Operation of LIBS elemental analyzers for inline analysis of aluminum recycling products Speaker: Angelika Feierabend |SECOPTA analytics GmbH, Germany |
Status: July 2016. Subject to change without prior notice.
Conference Day 3 - 01 December 2016
Session: Plant & Processes
| Chair: Dietrich Wieser, Director Business Development Global Automotive Alcoa Global Rolled Products |
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| 08:00 | Registration open for 1 h |
| 09:00 | Development of extruded high-performance heat sinks Speaker: Horst Gers | HAI Extrusions Germany GmbH, Germany |
| 09:20 | Improvement of thickness tolerances for a two-stand aluminum cold rolling milld Speaker: Lawrie Witham | Aluminium Norf GmbH, Axel Brickwedde | ABB Automation GmbH |
| 09:40 | DISPAL®- High Performance Aluminium Alloy - Unique and Unsurpassed Material Performance for Automotive and Industrial Applications Speaker: Craig Ferguson | Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH, Germany |
| 10:00 | Fatigue strength and dimensional stability of die cast specimens made of the alloy AlSi9Cu3(Fe) Speaker: Jens Schumacher |IWT - Foundation Institute of Materials Science, Germany |
| 10:20 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 10:40 | Interactive Automation and Data Handling in Aluminium Extruder Plants Speaker:Christian Schwarz | HMT Höfer Metall Technik |
| 11:00 | Three steps towards a bright future - Alunorf’s hot rolling mill No. 1 is prepared for future requirements after a successful modernization Speaker: Guido Fick | SMS group GmbH, Markus Neuhausen | AluNorf GmbH |
| 11:20 | Continuous Casted Aluminium Flat Products Corrosion Characteristic According to Downstream Process and Cold Rolling Route Speaker: Ali Ulus | Teknik Alüminyum, Turkey |
| 11:40 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 12:00 | Near net shape rolling of Aluminium Flat product for aerospace industry Speaker: Phil Lawlor| Primetals Technologies Limited, UK |
| 12:20 | Influence of Ca, rare earth metals and Li on the oxidation behaviour of AlMg5-melts Speaker: Thomas Doppler |Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria |
| 12:40 | Comprehensive Ingot and Plate Quality Surveillance Using Combined 2D and 3D Automatic Inline Surface Inspection Technology Speaker: Steffen Burkhardt | ISRA VISION AG, Germany |
Status: July 2016. Subject to change without prior notice.