Alberg Tech and Foundry Ecocer This month marks an exciting period of growth for Alberg Tech, with the business expanding its focus to include the promotion and sale of critical casthouse and smelter equipment. Having worked in the aluminium industry for nearly three decades, I have seen the same mistakes repeated time and time again by companies of all sizes. Too often, valuable opportunities to reduce operating costs, improve efficiency / quality and explore alternative sup

PPE is something we all must use in the daily life in the hot metals industry either in an operations, mainenance or process role. That said, well WE SHOULD! Sadly I can honestly say that I have visited many plants around the world where PPE is NOT compulsory, either not supplied from management for production use (due to cost skimping), or looked upon as something only 'weaker' people use or employees who are incompetent in their role and a sign that they make mistakes. Whil

What are alloy hardeners and why do we add them to pure or primary aluminium? By the very term alloying hardeners, to can imagine why the first series of alloying ‘ingredients’ were added to pure aluminium. Adding alloys or a combination of alloys began because of several discoveries on the use of primary aluminium for industrial applications. Aluminium in its pure form has low strength, limited conductivity, ductility and viscosity (required for die casting). Pure aluminium