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Title Author Date Published
Environmental Product Declaration – a quick guide Dr. Michael Kenyon 25/03/24
Analysis of aluminium surface chemistry Dr. Junjie Wang 19/02/24
How does billet homogenization affect extrusion quality? Dr. Ceri Williams 01/11/23
Aluminium battery foil Vicente Martin 03/10/23
Alloy development: combining thermodynamic software and materials characterisation Dr. Ceri Williams, Sunil Khosla 16/08/23
Aluminium casting trials for alloy development Richard Keyte 01/08/23
The Static Uniaxial Tensile Test Richard Keyte 05/07/23
Stress analysis of a structural extruded profile Richard Keyte 17/03/23
Fatigue testing of automotive adhesive bonds Richard Keyte 19/01/23
The importance of surface roughness Dr. Junjie Wang 07/11/22
Sustainability in the Aluminium Industry Dr. Michael Kenyon 02/03/22
Is aluminium a fuel for tomorrow? Prof. Geoff Scamans 13/12/21
Not just aluminium; optimising steel rolling Kyle Smith 17/11/21
Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Analysis Rachel Wiffen 05/10/21
Seeing the light: making good use of optical microscopes Dr. Junjie Wang 20/07/21
Optical microscopy to analyse aluminium alloy grains Dr. Michael Kenyon 22/06/21
Aluminium recycling: Is there still magic? Prof. Geoff Scamans 24/02/21
The calculation of rolling force Kyle Smith 26/03/20
Aluminium Surface Analysis: high resolution low-kV SEM Dr. Junjie Wang 21/02/20
Vehicle lightweighting: from laboratory to industry Dr. Michael Kenyon 10/01/20
How we keep our aluminium knowledge cutting-edge Dr. Michael Kenyon 30/08/19
An accidental aluminium cooking foil reactor Alison Arrowsmith 26/07/19
Cold and Foil Rolling Lubricants: Monitoring Chris Pargeter 07/06/19
What about inflatable autonomous electric vehicles? Prof. Mike Clinch 22/03/19
Why paint sticks – it’s all about the pretreatment Dr. Junjie Wang 08/03/19
Which type of levelling line is suitable for my product? Rachel Wiffen 24/01/19
Zorba; the key to low carbon aluminium supply? Prof. Geoff Scamans 11/01/19
Low Carbon Aluminium for Electric Vehicles Prof. Geoff Scamans 17/12/18
The benefits of Industry 4.0 implementation Kyle Smith 28/09/18
Industry 4.0: where is the revolution? Kyle Smith 14/09/18
Modelling tensions in a thin foil separator Vicente Martin 23/08/18
Total reflectance and colour measurements to evaluate aluminium etching Dr. Junjie Wang 10/08/18
Measuring aluminium surface cleanliness by microscopy Dr. Junjie Wang 26/07/18
Aluminium surface cleaning – a brief overview Dr. Junjie Wang 13/07/18
Energy utilisation modelling considerations Kyle Smith 29/06/18
Plant capacity modelling considerations Kyle Smith 01/06/18
Flatness measurement challenges Mark Rix 17/05/18
Innovation: turning knowledge into money Prof. Mike Clinch 20/04/18
Why polymer coatings are a necessary evil Prof. Geoff Scamans 29/03/18
Why manufacturing needs Knowledge Management Helen Forrest 16/03/18
Technical due diligence: Are you biting a lemon? Vicente Martin 26/02/18
Aluminium Automotive Sheet Alloys Prof. Geoff Scamans 09/02/18
Land speed record one step closer! Adam Nadin 25/01/18
Evaluating fracture toughness in extrusions: 2 Richard Keyte 12/01/18
Evaluating toughness in aluminium extrusions: 1 Richard Keyte 13/12/17
Hot rolling emulsion monitoring Chris Pargeter 29/09/17
Understanding your aluminium oxide surface Dr. Junjie Wang 15/09/17
Modelling high temperature strip quenching Kyle Smith 01/09/17
Solidification under Zero Gravity Dr. Ceri Williams 18/08/17
Upcycling; an important addition to our vocabulary Prof. Geoff Scamans 04/08/17
A guide to our new K-Map software Steve Walton 11/07/17
ISO 17025 & Interlaboratory Cross Checks Karen Hall 22/06/17
An overview of aluminium surface analysis Dr. Junjie Wang 08/06/17
Has the holding furnace had its day? Kyle Smith 22/05/17
Lab based aluminium brazing simulation Adam Nadin 12/05/17
6S is just cleaning up, isn’t it? Helen Forrest 28/04/17
Why roll grinding is critical to foil rolling Vicente Martin 13/04/17
Why ISO 9001 certification is important when you provide a service Rachel Wiffen 31/03/17
Material Flow Analysis: a simple approach Helen Forrest 17/03/17
Why should you do an FMEA? Kyle Smith 03/03/17
Earing Control in CBS from a single stand hot reversing mill Dr. Gary Mahon 17/02/17
Molten metal cleanliness when casting aluminium slabs – the basics! Sunil Khosla 30/01/17
A brief history of metal rolling for sheet and plate products Kyle Smith 16/01/17
Aluminium rolling models: roll to temper practices Vicente Martin 06/01/17
Productivity benefits of strip cooling Kyle Smith 22/12/16
Aluminium rolling models: winding model Kyle Smith 16/12/16
Aluminium rolling models: optimising spray cooling Kyle Smith 09/12/16
FEA models for optimising a rolling process Kyle Smith 24/11/16
Roll and Strip Chatter Marks; 5th octave chatter Kyle Smith 16/11/16
Mill Vibration Phenomena during Cold Rolling Kyle Smith 08/11/16
Aluminium rolling models: aligning mill productivity Kyle Smith 28/10/16
Aluminium can recycling and the landfill debacle Prof. Geoff Scamans 21/10/16
The art and science of aluminium sculpture Prof. Geoff Scamans 10/10/16
Aluminium rolling models: roll cooling systems Kyle Smith 30/09/16
Aluminium rolling models: coil annealing cycles Kyle Smith 16/09/16
Billet quality and extrusion plant efficiency Dr. Gary Mahon 05/09/16
Aluminium rolling models: strip levelling Kyle Smith 25/08/16
The Physics of Lightweighting Kyle Smith 19/08/16
End of life vehicles: new Jags for old Prof. Geoff Scamans 12/08/16
Aluminium rolling models: strip quench model increases productivity Kyle Smith 29/07/16
Aluminium rolling models: work roll camber Vicente Martin 22/07/16
Chatter problems on a cold rolling mill Kyle Smith 14/07/16
The fastest wheels on earth Helen Forrest 07/07/16
Anodised aluminium as a catalyst support Dr. Junjie Wang 28/06/16
Designing a World-Class Aluminium Rolling Plant Kyle Smith 10/06/16
Recycled aluminium and the Aluminium Age Prof. Geoff Scamans 03/06/16
What can a Process Cost Model do? Kyle Smith 27/05/16
Alloy and Temper Designations Helen Forrest 19/05/16
Aluminium foil quality: surface analysis Vicente Martin 13/05/16
Aluminium foil quality: final anneal Vicente Martin 05/05/16
Aluminium Rolling Lubrication: part 2 Chris Pargeter 21/04/16
Aluminium Rolling Lubrication: part 1 Chris Pargeter 06/04/16
Aluminium pretreatment – a brief overview Dr. Junjie Wang 23/03/16
Beyond Dieselgate – aluminium lightweighting opportunities Prof. Geoff Scamans 14/03/16
Thickness control in aluminium rolling Mark Rix 03/03/16
Outsourced R&D and aluminium testing – the cost effective way forward Dr. Gary Mahon 26/02/16
We love it when a plan comes together…the story behind REALCAR Prof. Geoff Scamans 17/02/16
Benefits of optimising roll cooling when rolling aluminium Kyle Smith 11/02/16
How aluminium consultants can accelerate the progress of internal process improvement teams Kyle Smith 04/02/16
R&D and Knowledge Mapping: unnecessary costs or sensible forward planning? Dr. Gary Mahon 28/01/16
A modelling approach to improved aluminium rolling performance Kyle Smith 21/01/16
The Importance of Materials Expertise to the Aluminium Industry Dr. Gary Mahon 13/01/16
Avoiding a Decline in Aluminium Rolling Mill Performance Kyle Smith 04/01/16
Maintaining Aluminium Rolling Mill Performance Kyle Smith 11/12/15
Si particle size analysis for brazed aluminium heat exchangers Adam Nadin 03/12/15
Why does aluminium rolling mill performance decline? Kyle Smith 03/12/15