Science of Remelting: Aluminium Alloys 2.5 credits

style Type of education: For Professionals

event Start date: 27 October 2025

place Location: Online, with two meetings in Jönköping

access_time Length: 5 weeks

Drive innovation in aluminium recycling and sustainability!

This course is your gateway to mastering the science behind lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and endlessly recyclable aluminium—an essential material in automotive and aerospace industries. Learn to optimize remelting processes, control impurities with precision, and enhance alloy quality, all while reducing environmental impact. With the growing demand for sustainable, high-quality recycled materials, this course equips you with the skills to lead the way in transforming aluminium production for a greener future.

Course content:

Low carbon footprint and resource efficiency requires energy and materials efficient recycling and use of recycled circular materials such as aluminium. The critical content is related to the aluminium alloy preparation including, light metal scrap remelting technologies, melt refining and impurity control to enable sustainable management of circular materials. Practices for microstructural engineering such as grain refinement and microstructural modification.

The course includes the following elements:

Fundamentals of aluminium metallurgy
Melting, furnaces and handling equipment
Physics of melting and handling
Cleaning practices
Liquid metal treatments practice
Mechanical melt treatments
Melt quality consequences

Course facts

Length:

5 weeks

Level:

Advanced

Study speed:

33% speed

Location:

Online, with two meetings in Jönköping.

Language:

English

Start of course:

27 October 2025

Application:

Application opens in May, ongoing admission, maximum 20 places.

Eligibility:

Alt. 1: Academic degree of at least 180 ECTS credits within Engineering and/or Technology. Proof of English proficiency is required.

Alt. 2: Passed courses of at least 40 credits in the main field of study within Engineering and/or Technology and at least 1 year of work experience in the manufacturing industry. Proof of English proficiency is required.

Alt. 3: At least 4 years of work experience in the manufacturing industry. Proof of English proficiency is required.