{"id":3705,"date":"2024-03-25T10:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metef.com\/mobilita-elettrica-filiera-alluminio-salema\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:24:06","slug":"mobilita-elettrica-filiera-alluminio-salema","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.metef.com\/en\/mobilita-elettrica-filiera-alluminio-salema\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Mobility and the Aluminium supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”my-1″][vc_column width=”2\/3″ el_id=”filiere” el_class=”py-lg-2 px-lg-5″][vc_column_text]\n

Electric Mobility and the Aluminium supply chain: results of the European SALEMA project<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In electric vehicles, on average 50 percent of all parts are made of aluminum. <\/strong>
\nThe European automotive sector therefore increasingly needs reliable sources of aluminum that do not depend on critical foreign raw material imports.<\/p>\n

SALEMA<\/strong> is a European Union-funded project designed to make new aluminum alloys to be used in the production of electric vehicles<\/strong>, which have been validated through five case studies based on significant automotive components.<\/p>\n

The project began in 2021 and ends in April this year, and in this event, organized by Metef, were presented the designed and produced alloys and the innovative components that have been manufactured.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Programme \u00bb<\/a> Read the Press Release<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Do you want the slides from the event?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The international exhibition for the aluminium supply chain, 5-7 March 2025<\/strong> at Bolognafiere<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”py-lg-2 px-lg-5″][vc_text_separator title=”In collaboration with<\/em>” title_align=”separator_align_left” align=”align_left”][vc_column_text]\"\"<\/p>\n

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Context of reference<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]The automotive industry is facing multiple challenges<\/strong> in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal. New, high-performance but lightweight materials<\/strong> need to be produced and dependence on imported raw materials needs to be reduced, while creating a sustainable economy for the future. How to solve this conundrum? SALEMA partners see the solution in aluminium<\/strong>. This lightweight, inexpensive and fully recyclable metal can meet the highest technical requirements and is ready for mass production.<\/p>\n

Aluminium is not a new solution in automobiles if we consider that on average, in cars produced on a large scale, 15 percent of all parts are made of aluminium, while in the case of electric vehicles this percentage exceeds 50 percent mainly because of its main characteristic i.e., light weight<\/strong>. Therefore, the European automotive sector needs reliable sources of aluminium that do not depend on critical raw material imports from abroad.<\/p>\n

SALEMA, a European Union-funded project, has been designed to produce new aluminium alloys with a minimum content of critical raw materials (silicon and magnesium) or by integrating scrap metal recycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The integration of scrap metal recycling is crucial to creating a sustainable circular economy and will be a reliable source of high-quality alloys in the future.<\/p>\n

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SALEMA relied on the collaboration of 16 partners from six European countries <\/strong>that combined their strengths to make the electric vehicle industry greener, reducing the EU’s dependence on raw material imports.<\/p>\n

The project began in 2021 and ends in April 2024, and its results will be presented at this event.<\/p>\n

SALEMA demonstrated the potential of the newly studied alloys in electric vehicle manufacturing by creating five case-study car components: the shock tower, frontal frame, B-pillar, battery compartment, and body-in-white (inner hood).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” el_class=”my-1″ el_id=”Programma”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column_inner el_class=”py-lg-2 px-lg-5″ width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\n

Programme<\/strong><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Welcome greetings <\/b><\/p>\n

Introduction and moderator
\n<\/b>Prof. Franco Bonollo<\/em>\u00a0– University of Padua<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aluminium: a strategic resource for sustainable automotive
\n<\/strong>Francesca Cavezza<\/em>, European Aluminium Association<\/p>\n

Manufacturing automotive components with recycled aluminium alloys: it is possible!<\/strong>
\nRoundtable discussion with companies in the aluminium supply chain that participated in the European SALEMA Project.<\/p>\n

Speakers: \u00a0Ruggero Zambelli<\/em> (Raffmetal), Claudio Mus<\/em> (Endurance Overseas), Giovanni Sbrega e Roberto De Michele (Profilglass)<\/em><\/p>\n

Aluminium in the perspective of the automotive manufacturer: a winning solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conclusions and results of the SALEMA project analysed from the automotive manufacturer’s point of view: by Andrea Bongiovanni<\/em>, PhD student of the University of Turin at Centro Ricerche Fiat – Stellantis[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

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