The Quality That Sets Us Apart
The shape of Aluphoenix’s ingot made in Riese Pio X plant (IT) is the result of an accurate benchmark between the needs of European customers and the offer on the market.
The weight, size and shape are optimal for the use of the ingot both manually and through the use of forklift trucks.
The ergonomics of the ingot allow the piles to remain intact and to preserve the integrity and health of the handling staff.
The ingot is cast in gravity in a line made ad hoc to the highest technological and metallurgical levels of the industry. Aluminium is de-gassed and filtered in line.
The pouring phase of liquid aluminium, filtered and de-gassed, in the shell line, has been developed to avoid intra-crystalline oxidation and gas inclusions.
The free solidification surface of Aluphoenix ingots is characterized by its high cleanliness and absence of oxidation and spongy skin, and marks a metallurgical – qualitative benchmark in the market.
Applications
The aluminum alloys produced by Aluphoenix are used in all aluminum casting processes with various casting techniques (shell molding, sand casting, low pressure casting, die casting, lost wax casting), as well as in the production processes of rolled products, plates, and billets, for various industrial sectors:
- Private, commercial, public, and military land transportation
- Civil and military air transportation
- Civil and military naval transportation
- Machine tools
- Renewable energy
- Geothermal and fossil energy transportation networks
- Electrical energy transmission networks
- Production of sheets for aesthetic cladding
- Production of drawn sheets for various sectors
- Production of extruded profiles
- Production of converter foil for food and pharmaceutical packaging
- Production of HHF (Household Foil) for food preservation
- Production of container strip for food delivery
In particular, Aluphoenix has specialized in the production of aluminum alloys used in strategic sectors worldwide:
- Aerospace sector
- Military sector
- Automotive sector
- Semi-finished products sector (plates, billets, bars, coils, cables)
Aerospace Industry
The aerospace industry needs high performing aluminium alloys which, depending on the use, should give to the casting:
- Huge elongation,
- Huge corrosion resistance together with light-weight and weldability,
- Stable behavior in high temperature environment.
The requested alloys belong to the families:
Al-Si, Al-Mg, Al-Cu, Al-CuNi, Al-CuSn
Selection of Alloys for the Aerospace Industry
Navy Industry
The Navy industry needs aluminium alloys which, depending on the use, should give to the casting:
- Huge yield strength and elongation,
- Huge corrosion resistance together with light-weight and weldability and stamp riveting,
- Cathodic protection.
The requested alloys belong to the families:
Al-ZnIn, Al-CuSn, Al-Mg, Al-Si, Al-SiCu
Selection of Alloys for the Navy Industry
Automotive Industry
The automotive industry needs high performing aluminium alloys which, depending of the use, should give to the casting:
- Huge elongation,
- Light-weight and weldability,
- Stable behavior in high temperature environment.
The alloys needed are of the families:
Al-Si, Al-SiMn, Al SiCu, Al-CuSn, Al-Mg, Al-CuNi, Al-SiMnMoZr, Al-E-use
Selection of Alloys for the Automotive Industry
Wrough product Industry
Depending of the products to be realized, the wrought alloys in ingots offered vary in terms of chemical analysis, according to the EN AW 573-3:2007 and following edition, as well as according to customer specifications.
Aluphoenix wrought alloys in ingots are both a technical and strategic solution, which provides the customer peculiar added values:
- Ingots finely degassed and filtered in line, which grant a high metal yield by melting; Aluphoenix ingots of its Italian plant, have the highest density in Europe,
- Chemical analysis already of the wrought product to be produced, avoiding the need to melt primary Al together with scrap and master alloys: So, less process costs and risk of analytic and metallurgic non- compliance
- Kg of CO2e / Kg wrought product as well as recycling rate needed, already within the ingot molten: Aluphoenix, thanks to its process, plant and Carbon Footprint innovative tool, is the sole company able to declare the Kg CO2e and the recycling rate specifically referred to a single cast: So, no average data, but real and punctual sustainability ones, which the customer can spend by its clients.
For more info about the Carbon Footprint innovative tool of Aluphoenix, pls see page “Sustainability”.
Selection of Alloys for wrough product Industry
Stacks and Packaging
The forming line of the stacks has been designed and developed according to the logic of lean manufacturing, and allows to realize automatically different types of stacks most wanted on the market:
- Single stack of different heights
- Double stacks
- Stacks with internal or external feet
The line is fully IT-integrated with the company’s ERP software and allows to identify and pack the stacks according to the specifications of each customer.
The stacks are tied with two (2) high-strength plastic straps on the grip side of the forklift truck.
They are identified by a yellow weather resistant label, which reports the number and weight of the individual stacks and other information requested by customers, such as those necessary for its traceability.
On Customer’s request, the stacks can be protected by a heat-shrinkable nylon.
Type and dimensions of stack
Packaging – EU Directive 852_2018
Specifications / Standards (Normative)
Aluphoenix is able to produce customised aluminium alloys in accordance with the technical specifications requested by the customer.
Aluphoenix produces alloys in accordance with the following technical specifications:
- EN 1676 – European Standard for aluminium alloy castings used in the production of castings complying with EN 1706;
- EN 601 – Standard specifying the chemical composition of food-contact cast pieces;
- ISO 17615 – International Standard for aluminium alloy castings used in the production of castings conforming to ISO 3522;
- ASTM 179-14 – American Standard for casting aluminum alloy rolls used for casting production with all casting processes;
- JIS H 2211 -Japanese Standard for Aluminum Casting Parts Used in the Production of JIS H 2502 Compliant Castings.
Alloys conforming to substituted standards are also produced at the customer’s request, such as:
- Italian standard UNI 3039; 3040; 3041; 3042; 3043; 3044; 3045; 3046; 3048; 3050; 3051; 3052; 3054; 3055; 3056; 3057; 3058; 3059; 3599; 3600; 3601; 3602; 4513; 5073; 5074; 5075; 5076; 5077; 5079; 5080; 6250; 6251; 6252; 6253; 7363; 7369; 7963; 7964; 7369; 8024; 10430;
- the replaced German standards DIN 1725;
- the replaces French standards NF A57-702;
- the English standards BS 1490.
EN 1676 e EN 1706
The standard EN 1676, “Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Aluminium alloy ingots for remelting”, defines the quality requirements for aluminium alloy ingots for remelting.
In addition, the standard defines the classification, designations and chemical compositions of aluminium alloys for remelting.
EN 1706, “Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Castings – Chemical Composition and Mechanical Properties”, specifies the limits of the chemical composition of castings and the mechanical properties of separately cast samples