Collaborative Project
In addition to energy-efficient drives, lightweight construction materials are the key for a reduction in environmental pollution and resource efficiency in mobility. To increase the lightweight construction potential in structural applications, high-strength Wrought aluminum alloys play a dominant role. When assessing resource efficiency and the CO2 reduction potential must not only include operational CO2 emissions be considered, but also the production-related emissions of the structural components, resource consumption and sustainability are assessed holistically. In this context The focus is on secondary aluminum alloys, as these alloys allow up to 95% of CO2 emissions to be saved compared to primary material.
Project members
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Audi AG
Development, production and sales of automobiles and accessories
Project share: Qualification on demonstrators & potential assessment
Otto Fuchs KG
Production of aluminum forged and extruded components
Part of the project: efficient forming of the secondary wrought alloys
TRIMET Aluminium SE
Production of aluminum alloys and recycling of aluminum scrap
Project share: Recycling of aluminum and production of secondary wrought alloys
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Technical Faculty
Material Properties and Microstructure
Part of the project: Characterization of material properties and microstructure
cleansort GmbH
Laser-based cleaning and sorting systems
Project share: Sorting mixed aluminum scrap
Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH
Laser-based cleaning and sorting systems
Project share: Sorting mixed aluminum scrap
Matplus GmbH
Simulation and digitization
part of the project: material simulation and material databases