Recovering Aluminium for Recycling in Reusable Backyard Foundry that Melts Aluminium Cans

Abstract

In a world which is increasingly demanding sustainability, nonferrous metal recycling has become a very important practice. Millions of tons of nonferrous scrap are recovered annually and used by smelters, refiners, ingot makers, foundries, and other manufacturers. Secondary materials are essential to the industry's survival because even new metals often require the combined use of recycled materials. The recovered materials are melted down in a furnace, poured into casters and shaped into ingots. These ingots are either used in the foundry industry or they can be transformed into flat sheets and other wrought products, which are then used to manufacture new products. Aluminium offers intelligent and practical solutions to recovering for recycling. The main activities described in this article are carried out during the experimental phase of the research and they are oriented towards the recovering aluminium for recycling. The objective of the research is to develop some recycling facilities for re-smelt and re-cast of aluminium by using charcoal briquettes into a mini metal foundry, designed and manufactured in laboratory. In this research we experimented a reusable backyard foundry that melts aluminium cans (soda and beer) easily and safely.