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Designing with Aluminium


Did you know that aluminium alloy 6082T6 has a yield strength the same as commonly used mild steels as well as a higher value than stainless steel?


Designing with aluminium is a statement of intent. To produce the highest quality products while exploiting the advantages of a strong, lightweight, durable and design friendly material.

Aluminiumdesign.net is a site dedicated to the advances being made everyday, by the worlds leading product designers, in all fields of design and engineering. In this website you will find examples of cutting edge design with aluminium, examples of aluminium design projects from multi-million pound building developments to the smallest consumer products, and student design projects.

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aluminium remelt investment

Investing in recycling, the advantages of aluminium
Sapa Profiles UK Ltd are investing heavily in it's maufacturing plants throughout the UK. The latest investment is at the Tibshelf, Derbyshire plant. Where £5.4 million is being spent to raise the aluminium remelt and recycling capacity from 17K tonnes per annum to 35K tonnes per annum.

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Power of Aluminium Design Award winners announced
Following the success of the first ‘Power of Aluminium’ Awards and the ‘Young Designer Challenge’ in 2008, the Aluminium Extruders Association with support from the Aluminium Federation organised a new competition, aimed specifically at student designers and engineers.

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Sapa aviation capabilities

Sapa create Design Solutions for Aircraft Maintencance
Sapa Profiles UK are a specialist provider of bespoke aluminium access platforms and ancilliary products for aviation maintenance.
At their new application centre in Redditch they design and manufacture a wide range of innovative and cost effective solutions that are now in use by some of the world's leading airline companies.

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