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 2018 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 2018 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 - 09 October 2018
Session 1: Aluminium Markets
| Chair: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hirsch Aluminium Consulting - Königswinter / Germany Senior Consultant for Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH |
|
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration open for 1 h |
| 09:30 | Aluminium, an ideal material with a great future Speaker: Jürgen Hirsch |Aluminium Consulting - Königswinter / Germany |
| 09:50 | Aluminium Market Outlook: More surpluses or looming shortage? Speaker: Ben Thomas |CRU Group, UK |
| 10:10 | Aluminium markets - latest trends Speaker: Andreas Postler | GDA e.V., Germany |
| 10:30 | Business Portfolio Strategies of Mining and Metal Groups in the Era of Globalizationl Speaker: Bruno Rüttimann|Switzerland |
| 10:50 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 11:10 | 2019 Aluminum Price Outlook: Mitigating Price Risk Speaker: Lisa Reisman |MetalMiner, USA |
| 11:30 | Digital Transformation of the Metals (Aluminium-) Industry Speaker: Nils Naujok | PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH, Germany |
| 11:50 | From Automating Knowledge to Doing the Impossible: Five Top Use Cases for Aluminium Industry to go Digital Speaker: Stefan Koch | SAP SE, Germany |
| 12:10 | Aluminium in electric vehicles – the battle for every kilo Speaker: Goran Djukanovic| Aluminium Market Analyst and Industry Consultant | Montenegro |
| 12:30 | Break for 1h |
Session 2: Plant, Processes, Digitalization
| Chair: Dr. Kai F. Karhausen, Head of Dept. Rolling Technology Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH |
|
|---|---|
| 13:30 | Integrated Process Models as Part of Thermo processing Plants Speaker: Simon Künne| Otto Junker GmbH, Germany |
| 13:50 | Chatter management at Cold Rolling Mills today Speaker: Matthias Krüger, Sebastian Richard|SMS Group, Germany |
| 14:10 | Hydrogen measurements in EN-AW 6082 alloy Speaker: Luisa Marzoli | TRIMET Aluminium SE, Germany |
| 14:30 | Quenching an integral part of the heat transfer process during the heat treatment of aluminium – a survey of methods and techniques Speaker: Dan Dragulin| ATC ALUVATION Technology Center Paderborn GmbH, Germany |
| 14:50 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 15:10 | Processing routes for new aluminium plate products with improved tooling performance Speaker: Werner Fragner| AMAG Austria Metall AG, Austria |
| 15:30 | Opportunities of numerical simulation in the design and optimization of extrusion processes Speaker: Alessandro Selvaggio| ISPT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany |
| 15:50 | Selection of the right cooling conditions to achieve the perfect match for mechanical properties and profile geometry Speaker: Andreas Schiffl | Hammerer Aluminium Industries Extrusion GmbH, Austria |
| 16:10 | Smart process chain for the development of additive manufacturing specific Aluminium powders and filler wiress Speaker: Stephan Ucsnik, Matthias Hartmann| AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria |
Status: June 2018. Subject to change without prior notice.
Conference Day 2 - 10 October 2018
Session 3: Surface
| Chair: Willem Beljaars Chairman of Board GSB international |
|
|---|---|
| 8:30 | Registration open for 1 h |
| 09:30 | Chromium-VI-Ban and Chromium-VI-free Surface - Pre-treatment - State of the Art Speaker: Werner Mader | GSB International, Germany |
| 09:50 | Improving Productivity for the Process Chain Anodizing of Aluminium (“Eloxal”) Spaeker: Oliver Katschmareck | Chemetall GmbH, Germany |
| 10:10 | Ecorinse LD: The first Qualicoat approved product for Anodic Base Speaker: Elia Schaer Alvarez| ALVAREZ-SCHAER, S.A., Spain |
| 10:30 | Mat Powder Coatings - A Challenge For The Supply Chain Speaker: Michael Wehnhardt |Akzo Nobel GmbH | Harald Schreiner, PBS Schreiner GmbH, Germany |
| 10:50 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 11:10 | Latest market trends in the European Architectural market & sustainable solutions Speaker: Ludovic Beal| Axalta Coating Systems, Germany |
| 11:30 | DGNB Platinum Certification – A sustainable façade clad with Novelis aluminium ff2® Speaker: Thore Kroeger | Novelis Deutschland GmbH, Germany |
| 11:50 | High Scratch and Abrasion Resistant Coatings for Automotive Exterior Trim Applications – Applied Nanotechnology & Functional Properties Speaker: Wibke Hartleb |Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, Germany |
| 12:10 | Comparative electrochemical and intergranular corrosion-resistance testing of wrought aluminium-alloy-based end products Speaker: Varužan Kevorkijan | Impol Group, Slovenia |
| 12:00 | Break for 1h |
Session 4: Recycling
| Chair: Jörg H. Schäfer, Head of Recycling and Sustainability GDA - Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. |
|
|---|---|
| 13:30 | Sensor Based Sorting of Aluminium Scrap Speaker: Nils Bauerschlag |Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH, Germany |
| 13:50 | Eccomelt356.2 – an ecological and economical alternative to primary A356.2/Al-Si7Mg for many applications Speaker:Martin Hartlieb | Eccomelt LLC, Canada |
| 14:10 | Recycling dirty aluminium tinfoil into biofuel catalyst and other useful products Speaker: Ahmed Osman| Queen's University Belfast, UK |
| 14:30 | Aluminium drives innovation for the future of mobility Speaker: Serge Gaudin| Novelis AG, Germany |
| 14:50 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 15:10 | The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative: implementation and impact Speaker: Fiona Solomon | asi - Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, Australia |
| 15:30 | Recycling of contaminated Aluminium Scrap in Twin Chamber Furnaces Speaker: Rukiye Gültekin| Tenova LOI Thermprocess, Germany |
| 15:50 | High efficient alloy selective sorting with laser light Speaker: Edwin Büchter| cleanSORT GmbH, Germany |
| 16:10 | Circular economy and waste shipment regulation, legislative developments - the way forward Speaker: Magdalena Garczynska, Maarten Labberton| European Aluminium, Belgium |
Status: June 2018. Subject to change without prior notice.
Conference Day 3 - 11 October 2018
Session: Automotive
| Chairs: Matthias Gotthelf Technology Development Casting/Extrusions Audi AG Dietrich Wieser, Director Business Development Global Automotive Arconic Global Rolled Products |
|
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration open for 1 h |
| 09:30 | Digitization, Electrification, Urban Mobility – how will the future Auto Industry look like? Speaker: Marius Baader| VDA - Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V., Germany |
| 09:50 | A more sustainable urban transport concept using aluminium intensive design Speaker: Leif Hagebeuker | Hydro Aluminium, Norway |
| 10:10 | Partnering with customers to find the best solutions - an example of systems engineering in the Automotive industry Speaker: Bart Sprengers | Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA, Belgium |
| 10:30 | Development NHT Alloys with Good Hot Cracking Resistance for Automotive Applications via ICME Approach Speaker: Xinyan Yan | Alcoa Technical Center, USA |
| 10:50 | Coffeebreak (approx. 20 min.) |
| 11:10 | Development of high strength alloys for the automotive market (HHS 400 – The future of aluminium is strong)s Speaker: Susanne Koch | Hydro Extruded Solution, Sweden |
| 11:30 | Evaluation of usability for molten route manufactured Aluminium composite foam panels Speaker: Ali Ulus | ITU - Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
| 11:50 | Process development for a new mechanical joining technology of aluminium alloys Speaker: Thomas Grimm| IWU – Fraunhofer Institut, Dresden, Germany |
| 12:10 | Metal 3D printing in the automotive industry on the way to mass production Speaker: Ralf Frohwerk | SLM Solutions Group AG |
Status: June 2018. Subject to change without prior notice.
