Aleris Aluminum Solutions for Aerospace Applications

Aleris Aluminum Europe is a leading provider of high quality rolled and extruded aluminium products who supplies a specialised range of products to forward looking industries such as the automotive sector, moulding and tooling plate, and the aircraft and aerospace industry.
Main requirements to the aircraft industry are higher fuel efficiency, increased passenger comfort, lower manufacturing costs and reduced down time for inspection and repair of their aircrafts.
To meet these aggressive targets new aluminium plate and sheet alloys are being developed which are especially designed for optimum performance while considering new manufacturing techniques.
These include alternative joining technologies which are challenging the way how aircrafts are nowadays designed and built. Furthermore the application of aluminium in future aircrafts is in increasing competition with fibre reinforced composites which requires that the manufacturing and performance capability of modern aluminium alloys is fully utilized.
This presentation will focus on the recent Aleris plate, sheet and extruded product developments for wing and fuselage components. This includes new concepts such as AlMgSc materials and their special processing routes into components and their applications. Also new developed 7xxx plate products which are currently being internationally registered will be introduced.