Efficient Aluminium Scrap Recycling

Digital Platform and Microstructure - Property Database for Efficient Aluminium Scrap Recycling

We aim to transform the EU’s fragmented and export driven Al scrap recycling system into a closed-loop, digitally enabled, performance-driven ecosystem, aligned with EU’s net zero and circular economy goals.

We will develop and deploy a suite of integrated technologies and resources, including: a publicly accessible composition–performance database for a wide range of Al scrap alloys, Artificial intelligence powered computer vision systems for cost-effective scrap classification, foundry best practices and advanced dross and impurity separation techniques to improve secondary Al quality, and a high-throughput digital property prediction platform for alloy performance modelling. These efforts will enable recyclers, manufacturers, and certifiers to trust, adopt, and scale the use of recycled aluminium across high-value sectors.

What we can offer

Al and Mg alloys solidification research activity spanning range of casting technologies (Sand, gravity, low pressure and  high pressure die casting (lab and industrial scale facilities)

Alloy development (design and development with specific properties e.g impurity tolerant)

Metallurgical aspects of recycling of Al scrap

Range of advanced microstructural, analytical and mechanical characterization tools