Aluminum is closely related to economic development and people’s lives. As China’s economy turns to high-quality development, people’s needs for a better life are growing. Aluminum is a light-weight, corrosion-resistant, and easily recycled green metal that is not only an indispensable part of economic development. The basic raw materials also serve as high-quality carriers for energy conservation and energy storage in the construction, transportation, power, packaging, and emerging fields. Its application is conducive to the implementation of structural reforms on the supply side, and is conducive to innovation, coordination, green, and openness. Share the effective practice of the five development concepts.
Aluminum journey
After years of rapid development, China’s aluminum industry began to exhibit the problems of phased contradiction in the excess capacity of electrolytic aluminum in the early period of the “12th Five-Year Plan”. The China Non-ferrous Metals Industry Association proposed a solution to this problem: Forces on both sides, which “sparse” is to expand the application of aluminum. In fact, the application of aluminum is not new. Traditional consumer products such as aluminum alloy doors and windows have entered the family more than 20 years ago and have become a consumption habit. However, due to the structural and functional characteristics of aluminum materials, aluminum products are increasingly recognized by the public and provide unlimited possibilities for their application.
Since 2012, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association has focused on applications in areas with large volumes and strong applications. It has conducted in-depth investigations and research, looking for new products, seeking alternatives to other traditional materials, and comparing differences and gaps in aluminum consumption at home and abroad. One after another new vane has formed a batch of key applications that can lead to aluminum consumption growth faster. In the process of mining new bright spots with a large growth space, determining the direction is the key. The building structure and transportation have always been the main aluminum consumption field in China, accounting for more than half of the total consumption. Considering the current stage of China’s economic development, it is expected that in the next 5 to 10 years, these two areas will occupy The ratio will still be leading, especially the trend of lightweight transport will help transport to become a dark horse in the field of aluminum consumption. To this end, the expansion of application focuses on building and transportation, and spent more than six years, through vigorous publicity, expanding awareness, linking upstream and downstream industrial chains, setting up technical exchange platforms, striving for policy support, nurturing markets, and guiding consumption.
Today’s aluminum has gone into the sky, from aerospace to automotive equipment, from packaging containers to precision instruments, from factory bridges to interior furniture, and from wire and cable to fuel cells, to continue to satisfy the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life. It can be seen that the expansion of the aluminum application series carried out by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association is proposed in the context of coping with excess production capacity at this stage, but it will undoubtedly be a long-term and continuous task, and its effectiveness will not only be healthy and sustainable for the aluminum industry. The development of escort will also continue to inject new momentum for inspiring green development and achieving a shared economy.
Impressions along the way
From “Twelfth Five-Year” to “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan”, from transportation to architecture, from industry to civil use, each product in the expansion of aluminum application series has received high attention both inside and outside the industry, and has received internal and external and domestic and foreign companies. Active follow-up. Relying on the strength of good winds, under the prevailing policies of energy conservation and emission reduction, over-limit overloading, subsidizing new energy vehicles, accelerating the construction of new urbanization, and building ecological civilization, the promotion of aluminum applications has become more natural and has achieved remarkable results.
Commercial Vehicles – An Important Breakthrough in Energy Saving and Emission Reduction in the Automotive Industry
Automobile lightweighting is an important way to save energy and reduce emissions in the transportation industry. At present, the number of trucks in China is more than 3.5 million, and although the proportion of total vehicle ownership is not high, its fuel consumption is more than a quarter of the total vehicle consumption. In foreign countries, especially in developed countries, the application of aluminum commercial vehicles is very common, but at the beginning of domestic promotion, the national ownership amount is only dozens of vehicles, and the promotion potential is huge. As a result, aluminum commercial vehicles opened the first leg of the expansion of the application journey. Since its promotion, aluminum commercial vehicles have been used in express logistics, tobacco transportation, refined oil transportation, grain transportation, cold chain logistics and other industries. At present, the cumulative domestic production and sales volume has reached more than 20,000 vehicles, and exports have been realized.
Aluminium alloy formwork – the main force of green sharing development in the field of construction
Aluminum alloy template was born in the United States in 1962. After more than 50 years of development and improvement, aluminum alloy formwork system technology is very mature, and is widely used in the construction of dozens of countries in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Brazil. use. Because of its light weight, high surface quality and high residual value, aluminum alloy templates have advantages such as high construction efficiency and good economic benefits compared with steel formworks and wood formworks. In particular, the common aluminum alloy formwork is often operated in a leased mode, and it can be used hundreds of times during repeated use. It can be seen that applying the aluminum alloy template not only enlarges the aluminum consumption, but also saves a lot of resources and energy, and is in line with the concept of shared economic development. At the beginning of the promotion in the country, from the design department to the construction unit, aluminum alloy formwork has not yet been widely recognized, and there is no standard, no statistical starting stage. However, after four years, aluminum alloy stencils have become a new force in the expansion of aluminum applications. The current application ratio has been increased to 17%.
Aluminium furniture – opening up a new blue ocean for aluminum applications in construction
In order to further expand the application market for aluminum, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association has shifted its perspective from industry to civilian use, allowing the application of aluminum into the home, and continuing to inject new energy into aluminum consumption. Aluminum furniture is green, durable, high salvage value, flame-retardant and moisture-proof. It can also save wood and reduce building load. It meets the requirements of the “13th Five-Year Plan for Development of China’s Furniture Industry”. As the pace of life, quality and other requirements continue to accelerate and enhance, aluminum furniture, quick check-in, zero pollution, beautiful appearance will satisfy people’s need for a healthy and beautiful life, will open up a new blue ocean for the application of aluminum in the construction field. In 2017, the production of furniture in China can reach 800 million pieces, while aluminum furniture is still in its infancy. With the society becoming more knowledgeable about aluminum furniture, the future consumption of aluminum in the furniture sector will have huge room for growth.
At the same time, there are some new applications that are also rapidly growing. For example, over 50 aluminum alloy overpass bridges have been built in China and more than 20 are under construction. Breakthroughs in key technologies of aluminum fuel cells and successful development of aluminum-air batteries have enabled aluminum to exhibit energy attributes based on industrial properties. As a new energy material, it shows great potential for development and significant strategic significance. Existing products include camping lights, communication base stations, aluminum fuel UPS power supplies, and cold chain logistics vehicles. In addition, breakthroughs have been made in the production technology of high-precision products such as aluminum plates for large aircrafts and automotive body panels, and product quality stability.
The road ahead is beautiful
After more than six years of hard work, the expansion of aluminum applications has established a solid foundation and achieved remarkable results.
At present, the expansion of aluminum applications is facing some new opportunities. The first is the opportunity for development in the new era. China has entered a new era of socialist development, from the change of major social contradictions to the transformation of economic development models. China will embrace comprehensive and profound changes in the post-Nineteenth-era era. It is necessary to seek the transformation of both old and new kinetic energy, and we must also pay attention to it. Ecological civilization construction, tap the potential of energy saving and environmental protection. Aluminum is light and can be reused and recycled for many times. It can replace many materials and its advantages will become more apparent. More industries will produce aluminum materials. The second is the opportunity for structural reform on the supply side. The structural reform on the supply side not only emphasizes supply but also focuses on demand. The demand side and supply side should coordinate and coordinate with each other, and constantly make new demands create new supply, let new supply create new demand, and promote mutual economic development. development of. Third, opportunities in the process of modernization. The report of the Nineteenth National Congress marked the 15th anniversary of the goal of basically achieving socialist modernization and accelerated the pace of upgrading people’s living standards, which means that new urbanization must also be accelerated. This will help release the construction industry, infrastructure, and supporting transportation. The demand potential of facilities will undoubtedly produce a huge boost to the consumption of aluminum. All these opportunities will provide more space for expanding the application of aluminum in the construction field.
It is imperative to expand the consumption of aluminum and make steady progress. The new applications of aluminum, which are constantly being introduced, are mostly emerging products in emerging industries or traditional industries, such as aluminum alloy cables, copper-clad aluminum conductive rows, aluminum furniture, and aluminum-air batteries. Although these consumptions are rising, the base number is relatively high. Low, it requires a process of nurturing and guiding. This requires the establishment of standards, industry norms, corporate self-discipline, and service enhancement. Do not forget the beginning of the heart, have to always. We hope that aluminum will serve the people’s food, clothing and food. At the same time, we hope that people’s lives will become even better with the addition of aluminum.
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