Author: Roger A.P. Fielding
Company: Benchmarks
Issue #: Vol. 63, No. 4
Year: 2005
Pages: 9.5
Summary:
The author considers the design, selection, and operation of modern aluminum scrap remelt and casting systems in the context and objectives of the 2002 Aluminum Industry Vision Statement and the 2003 Aluminum Association (AA) Roadmap for Aluminum Industry Technology. The author maintains that steps can be taken to utilize low grade or difficult-to-process scrap while protecting the environment, reducing energy consumption, and increasing yield and productivity in plant, meeting all the criteria of lean production.
Product Code: art-00026