How Is Aluminium Recycled?

Did you know, aluminium is 100% recyclable? Chances are, the computer, tablet or smart phone you’re using to view this video contains a percentage of recycled aluminium. Sustainable materials are the future, a future which aluminium plays a major part.
How is aluminium recycled? In this video, we demonstrate how scrap aluminium is recycled at our
Dormagen aluminium plant in Germany. Once recycled, the aluminium can be reused in cars, packaging, electronics and buildings.
The aluminium recycling process turns waste aluminium into new products and saves energy in the process. Find out more about how Norsk Hydro recycles and reuses scrap aluminium here:
www.hydro.com/en/products-and...
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In addition to production of primary aluminium, rolled and extruded aluminium products and aluminium recycling, Hydro also extracts bauxite, refines alumina and generates energy to be the only 360° company of the global aluminium industry. Hydro is present within all market segments for aluminium, with sales and trading activities throughout the value chain serving more than 30,000 customers globally.
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[@spambot7110]

as a window frame enthusiast this makes me very excited for the future.

[@TheOriginalMaxGForce]

My nipples are rock hard right now.

[@nicktorr7888]

Why my pp hard?

[@Chobaca]

🤣

[@janmann33]

You are a treasure.

[@Chobaca]

@Train Nerd labias get blood filled and hard to

[@Nderak]

That air jet sorter is awesome

[@robertlee3778]

I can just imagine the conversation between the engineer and the product manager: PM: So the product will detect these defective objects while moving down a conveyor belt and in real time direct jets of air to deflect them. Engineer: Yea ... ok ... PM: And it has to fit into this tiny box . Engineer: >.< Pretty stinking amazing if you ask me... I would have loved to have worked on it 😍

[@rcarmisin3465]

I would be amazed watching it separate Skittles.

[@jerrybear3081]

@@rcarmisin3465 removes the skittles that contain heavy metals from the pure skittles.

[@dasanoneia4730]

mindblown

[@flowerofash4439]

its amazing how accurate and perfectly timed those air jets, from many industries its normal to have something so heavy, so strong, or so durable. to see something small, fast yet perfectly accurate like those air jets really amaze me

[@markalexmclennan]

Does Germany have a window frame based economy?

[@mojolotz]

We are really proud of our high wuality window frames... as weird as that may sound.

[@swainer8014]

Aluminum acts as a heat sink. Why would one want aluminum as a window frame? To transfer heat from the outdoors to indoors and vice a versa?

[@mojolotz]

@@swainer8014 Its cheap, light and strong. YOu can coat it to reduce heat heat transmission. It can't be too bad of a problem.

[@jasimine_b]

thx mark, best laugh i (

[@alanhowitzer]

Germany has the best windows.

[@lupusk9productions]

my favorite is when he's explaining all this cool technology, and finds a way to loop back and mention window frames. haha :P

[@bilinasmini3480]

"How many polyesters did you have to kill to make that suit?" Steve Martin

[@jimmaxwell6442]

same

[@planetindustries731]

@@bilinasmini3480 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnfLgmaPl9annJo

[@steven8075]

i had a drink every time he said "wiiindow frames" aaaaand now i have abut 18 beer cans to contribute to the recycling program

[@TheOtherBill]

In just a few weeks those cans can be window frames!

[@dukctape]

@@TheOtherBill *NO! FRAMES TO FRAMES. CANS TO CANS. CARS TO CARS. DID YOU NOT LISTEN??? YOU WILL DESTABILIZE THE ALLOY!*

[@jacobford3452]

To bad you can't recycle your liver. Yet.

[@jxavier3876]

Drink everytime he says unsuitable

[@howardchambers9679]

Thatll be Coors light. Right? I challenge you to drink 18 cans of Abbott Ale and still be able to type

[@sid2112]

I loved going to power plants and large industrial recycling centers as a network engineer. I used to take all of those field jobs just to see the processes in action. My techs loved me for it.

[@thorlo1278]

As a matter of fact, back in the mid 80's I worked at an aluminum extrusion plant where we made the parts for doors and windows. Trust me when I say this, it was a hot dirty business. I worked on the main press where the extruded parts were cut up and sent to the anodizing department. We were just a few dozen feet from the heating oven for the logs which ran at 900 degrees F and the press which ran at the same temperature. Behind us was the aging oven which ran at 500 to 600 degrees F and we were only a couple dozen feet from it. This in the middle of Mississippi summer where the temperature runs about 95 to 100 degrees + with a humidity of about 85 to 98%. It was so hot, we were required to stop every 2 hours and cool off in the workers eating area that was air conditioned. I would go into work at 6:30 AM and look decent. I came out at 4:00 PM looking like a drowned rat! Covered in sweat and black residue from the aluminum. Man that was a hard job.

[@JFBence]

Did it pay well at least?

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Bence Jávorszki-Farkas Those types of jobs typically do (in the US at the very least). Many hazardous jobs in general do. Garbage men where I live make welllll over $100,000 a year.

[@carlthronson8737]

Never tried rat before

[@oldog2]

@@carlthronson8737 it tastes like chicken

[@planetindustries731]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnfLgmaPl9annJo

[@CamTarn]

The slow-motion video of the air jet separator is beautiful :) I'd never realized that different alloys would be such a big issue for aluminium recycling.

[@circusboy90210]

Andy Walker it shouldn't be of they were so crazy about making certain products with it instead of just making new raw aluminum.

[@williamgreene4834]

circusboy90210 Did you even watch the video. Making new raw aluminum takes a stunning amount of energy. Most raw aluminum manufacturers have their own power plant,,, yes that's how much power it takes. Buying virgin aluminum is very expensive compared to buying recycled aluminum, and all the different alloys have very definite purposes. I use 319 and 356 alloys for casting, and 6061 and mic 6 for machining. It's very versatile but you have to know what you need.

[@TheAnantaSesa]

william Greene; couldnt they refine alloys as if it was bauxite if there was enough aluminum being recycled? They dont bc the need for new Al is so high.

[@williamgreene4834]

The two processes are totally different, but generally what you say is true. It is very hard to get back to pure virgin aluminum once it's alloyed though, so some stuff still needs new aluminum. It just uses stupendous quantities of electricity to refine aluminum from bauxite, and I do mean stupendous. Some facilities have their own coal fired power plant.

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

@@TheAnantaSesa not quite how it works mate.. nice try though

[@samalj313]

8:54 Frodo is super excited to be in his new job.

[@flowerofash4439]

now he can melt everything he wants without months of travel and fear of getting killed by an assassin

[@ryanwassle4824]

Are we supposed to drink every time he says window frames?

[@garethifan1034]

No - only every time he says 'Al-um-in-um' instead of the normal Aluminium.

[@thenonoman]

That's not a drinking game. That's an alcohol poisoning game.

[@jcgaming645]

Gareth Ifan he’s saying aluminum right

[@garethifan1034]

@@jcgaming645 Err..no..he's not. There's an 'i' missing there.

[@ibrennan]

@@garethifan1034 LOL al-um-in-um is the normal was for most english speaking people. I personally like al-loo-MIN-ee-um too, it's fun to say.

[@slitor]

Why does the flowing molten aluminum look so refreshing to drink?!

[@RavenholmZombie]

You're supposed to take a shot of it every time he says 'window frame'.

[@GoTeamScotch]

The forbidden Capri Sun

[@louistournas120]

It`s beautiful.

[@AleXcsGaming]

the forbidden soda

[@ThelleKristensen]

OMG - the radiation detection and extraction is amazing!!

[@ralphh4131]

Ya i was super impressed

[@chouseification]

Oddly enough, it's actually not all that shocking of a device... engineers going with simple and reliable on this one. Don't get me wrong, it is very cool, but it was also somewhat off the shelf if not directly off the shelf. Why I say that is this device is almost identical to an optical food quality sorter - which have been in use for 20+ years even at some relatively modest factories. The one we had at our factory was able to reject tortillas with size/hole issues or that were over/undercooked - the only real difference with this Norsk Hydro application and the one we had is this one uses X-ray spectrum and ours was optical - but not a major difference at the end of the day... the software was doing very similar tasks for each item that passed under it. I was hoping they had something really really novel when they said they could sort out undesirable alloys... this is cool but not Nobel-worthy. :D

[@AmericanDrinker]

I remember I first saw this on "how it's made" the Frozen French Fries edition. You should check it out, apparently this isn't extremely new tech

[@josephastier7421]

The mark of genius is to solve complex problems with ideas so simple they're "obvious".

[@nicparker3809]

beats blowing into straws/. Did that for my last job...

[@ccwynn6657]

We did that for years here in the U.S. The Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) recycled aluminum can stock into high purity deep draw stock (AL3008) and sent the new sheet rolls back to the canneries. The melting, purifying, casting, rolling operation used much less energy than originally bringing AL3008 from the ore. The recycled material was also used for high speed rotary disks in computer applications.

[@gilgarcia3008]

I also worked at ALCOA’s Vernon Works in Southern California so none of this process is new to me.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*Nice sorting factory.* We need such factories in every country that has aluminum waste. Germany please export this factory as a product !

[@CBielski87]

yes, this is a WAY better final solution than the others germany has exported to the world

[@Misha-dr9rh]

@@CBielski87 oh my god lmao

[@fredericom2650]

What country exactly doesn't have aluminum waste?

[@swisher2k]

@@pinaerpowac4130 lol I work in aluminum billet casting in America for a company owned by the Chinese and you are spot on

[@ericarmstrong3435]

Hydro has facilities all over the United States. I build these furnaces for a living.

[@Weptek911]

Glad to see Norsk Hydro find honest work after losing their heavy water facility.

[@NiftyShifty1]

So I just learned that the only source of aluminum is window frames.

[@flowerofash4439]

every german bite their lip when they hear the words "window frame"

[@zzanatos2001]

Window frames, soda cans, and cars.

[@hoodooedtanker5946]

Window frames, window frames, window frames

[@infiltrateassimilate]

It's 6061 series aluminum, or Extrusion by name.

[@FM-mj8pr]

HooDooed Tanker is a

[@robertkattner1997]

In the late 60's most of the houses in BC had single pane Alunminium slider windows, no screen. We all upgraded to sealed dual panel windows with pvc frames. We saved a lot on the heating bill. Did not last long. The hydro and gas companies had their expenses, union rates go up etc. So as we spend a lot of money to upgrade insulation, new overpriced LED bulbs, electric and gas bill rates jumped up to cancell any savings.

[@marks6663]

He said 6060

[@ibrennan]

developers developers developers

[@mattberg6785]

Apparently window frames are very prone to wearing out and be replaced weekly

[@zachgaines8349]

glazier here They last about 10-20 years so all the windows built before the great housing market colapse are starting to fail

[@TheOtherBill]

@@zachgaines8349 Serious question: What kind of crap frames only last that long? I've got wood/vinyl frames that are 40+ years and still fine, and all wood frames that are over 100 years old. Only reason they ever get replaced is to move to double panes.

[@zachgaines8349]

@@TheOtherBill I'm in a very humid area. Aluminum corrodes stupid fast, same with wood. Vinyl lifespan isnt hurt much by this but they arent great to start with. This is also worn out to the stanards of commercial applications like storefronts and rental units. They get replaced for purely cosmetic wear all the time

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

@@zachgaines8349 another glazier here. Is it the aluminium corroding from the environment, or are the frames in contact with steel or concrete? Im in the heartland so I dont have the same humidity problems, am young, and quite curious

[@ishallstabthee]

@@TheOtherBill my house was built in 72. The frames still look like brand new

[@Sparton646real]

In order to make window frames: Start with window frames.

[@flowerofash4439]

stonk

[@stevetobias4890]

This is so very innovative in many ways. Especially not needing new raw materials. Recycling at its very best, this is a process that needs to be replicated to so many other materials to not only save energy and carbon footprints but to also minimize the need for raw materials which is another environmental bonus.

[@curraheewolf]

Awesome video! At 10:02 one can see a STOP sign in the lower center of the screen.

[@videolabguy]

I've had the opportunity to design vision processors for air jet sorting wood blocks used in pencil manufacturing and another system that rolled aluminum plate, 8 feet wide, to final thickness at 5mils of precision. Another system measured huge fresh cut logs for sawing. Over twenty years ago now since I worked for Applied Scanning Technology (not the same company you find today). Ah. Good times....

[@garywebb4244]

This was one of the most interesting job I ever had, worked my way up to furnace operator. I’ve pored my share of metal, it’s hot work, but it keeps you in shape.

[@jessicachyi7823]

haha right

[@hippiecowgirl4231]

I’m a scrapper and it’s really cool to see the end results of my work

[@kevino3866]

To clarify to anyone that thinks Aluminum is just Aluminum and believe "hundreds of Alloys" are used to create one type, you are mistaken. Aluminum has dozens of grades, properties and characteristics! All grades require different blends of other alloys/minerals/metals etc to get the right properties. Which add up to hundreds of different properties. Some are better for airplanes, some better to machine, some better for salt water etc.. You get my point!

[@hoilst]

Yeah. It's like saying that "steel" is just iron and carbon and nothing else.

[@talusranch990]

kevin O, yeah but aluminum is in fact aluminum.

[@tomasherink986]

Aluminum is a chemical element, so there really is just one kind of aluminum. An alloy cannot be aluminum, it is an alloy, just like steel is not iron.

[@THEGAMINGHELP101]

I think it would be cheaper to not worry about the other metals and just turn it all into a lower quality recycled aluminum and sold. For parts that need a quality aluminum alloy can just buy it fresh.

[@adamsmith1323]

People use the same word differently in different contexts... in chemistry aluminum is an element, a pure substance, but in the metal industry aluminum is an alloy, not a pure substance.

[@animusetfides]

Do you have any video with UBC (used beverage cans) without use of primary aluminum in the recycling process? There are two different alloys: AA3104 for body can (CBS: can body stock) and AA5182 for pull tab (CES: can end stock). The chemistry is lower than window frames that is AA 6000 series.

[@jackmclane1826]

That starting phrase "old cans make new cans" is just a marketing wank lobbyists spread. It's almost never true. I can't imagine this is done on a significant scale outside of the lab. The combination of alloys in a single products makes it very difficult. It needs to be sorted, and you only get a few grams of aluminium for each operation, but a lot of dross and impurities. They probably mostly go into cast aluminium, where pretty much all low grade aluminium grades go.

[@PS4sos21]

A fascinating subject. That machine they use that uses air to sort out the bots of metal is amazing. But I do wonder what would happen if your head got stuck there while it was on.

[@Vermilicious]

It's certainly good that impurities can relatively easy be filtered out, so that the level of purity is ensured. Even with recycling, though, a lot of energy is spent in the process. It would be more ideal if parts were more standardized and perhaps stamped with a material declaration. That way you could skip much of the granulation steps, or even better, re-use parts as-is.

[@GaryMarkevics]

Very interesting and informative video.

[@terminal2004]

Metal recycling in US: 1. demolition, collection and compaction 2. load them into ships 3. China

[@obfuscated3090]

That's great for our trade balance, and people forget that in proportion to population the US is a manufacturing giant. The more we sell of anything overseas the better for our economy and Beijing can keep the pollution.

[@jari2018]

Waste is evil and must be exported to someone who dont care or this was my initial thought -In some ways US is 3 world country .I guess this is about freedom for waste -your loss .

[@sacr3]

isn't it amazing how much cheaper the process is to make things, yet the cost of goods has been constantly rising faster than wages have? Back in the day you could work at a gas station and still own a home - now? Good fuckin luck, specially with housing costs on the rise. I was making 48 an hour in Mississauga, Ontario and still had difficulty renting a 1 bedroom apartment, was average 1800 for a 1 bedroom apartment, I managed to find one that wasn't in a basement and it was 2200 a month. That, plus average house cost at 800,000.. Thats fucking insane Then when things are affordable people get worried, no, we want things affordable - we want someone at minimum wage to still have some spending cash, someone at a decent wage to be able to go on vacations and buy shit, someone at an excellent wage to live a great life. Right now minimum wage can't live, Decent wage barely lives, Excellent wage lives - but enough to not stress about finances. What the hell is going on? How does this get fixed? Can't fight greed when its controlling everything.

[@royfrench8847]

Since the trade war with China, the scrap price of aluminum is way low. All metals were affected, but aluminum is really in the toilet. The local scrap yards near me pay about the same for aluminum window frames, castings, or old boats.

[@royfrench8847]

@Xtreme Performance Thanks, I'll check it out.

[@GarrettCramer]

I drove for a company that hauled out of the Hydro plant in commerce texas. Pretty much all we did was deliver billets to window and ladder facilities. Then pickup their scrap (starts and stops) back to hydro to be remelted into billets.

[@smitajky]

This is brilliant. Recycling has a cost and is not a panacea. But if we can reduce the TOTAL cost of separating and recycling we also reduce the reliance on raw materials and waste disposal. A win for the economy, for the environment and for the consumer. I am very impressed.

[@jimsvideos7201]

This seems like a process that could scale up relatively easily.

[@gryn1s]

Hello. I have a question. Is it possible to make window frames from recycled metal?

[@brisketbbqbob8306]

I think or window frame chips or something I know this if they have a window frame plant. Do they have an individual plant for each product made of aluminum ie window frames, cans, heatsinks, window frames, car rims, and oh yeah window frames

[@DdDddd-ep4vz]

Dumb ass.

[@planetindustries731]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnfLgmaPl9annJo

[@m8en879]

fascinating process great job hydro :))

[@macrofage1551]

I love this kind of technology. They did an excellent work at sorting different materials. The air jets system is engineous.

[@aliceqi1552]

It is really amazing when saw this recycling. We also making recycling machine but for plastic. Such as PET:-)

[@OutofChillPillz]

This is amazing. The government should invest into plants like these. Eventually we are going to be out of raw resources, and only have recycled scraps to work with. I'm sure millions of tons of metal sits in land fills, but this process could be applied to all metals (with varying difficulty) to minimize waste at an extreme level.

[@alan30189]

Due to how wasteful society is today, in the distant future, landfills will probably be mined for their metal content. That will be yucky.

[@AnonYmous-qg4ph]

You must be a liberal.

[@davidgrowsdragonfruit5301]

We won't run out of bauxite for a very long time, but without clean energy, it is very important to recycle aluminium. You can melt a coke can in a campfire, but it takes a powermstation to refine bauxite to alumina

[@DJ-bh1ju]

Be very careful about turning to any government for a solution. Private industry is ALWAYS going to be more efficient than any governmental body, and you don't have to give up freedom or security.

[@louisc.gasper7588]

If it isn't economical without government investment, then it is wasting valuable resources. To the extent recycling is a good thing, private companies will do it on their own without government assistance, as a matter of minimizing costs of production. If government assistance is needed, then necessarily costs are not being minimized, and costs are nothing other than expenditure of resources. Private enterprise has been recycling, to the extent it genuinely saves resources, for a very long time.

[@mwdca7810]

The facility looks very professional....clean and efficient. Bravo for your work to protect little planet earth.

[@mrdude2x]

@Norsk Hydro That sorter is so similar to my employers! Key Technology creates optical sorting machines for the food industry!

[@fuzzytech3846]

I wonder if they work with window frames

[@77trashman]

Its like taking a '93 mustang 5.0 intake and throwing it into your fire barrel and watching a river of aluminum flow out the bottom.

[@andrewmaksimovich2432]

That slow mo air jet separation had me mesmerized

[@TheOriginalMaxGForce]

The gorgeous efficiency of the aluminium recycling depicted in this video has given my OCD a sensual massage.

[@georgemaherjr2290]

I find this fascinating 👍👏

[@mikelfairchild9007]

what do they do with the poisonous byproducts like hydrofloricitic acid?

[@oldog2]

if its not in window frames we dont want to hear about it because this is the window frame channel

[@fasx56]

According to this video Aluminum is used a lot in the manufacturing of modern double glass windows in Germany; in the US aluminum has been replaced with a fiberglass composite that does not sweat like aluminum does and even stronger materials.

[@charliemyres5450]

One of the best explanations of anything on KZbin!

[@wyattjacobs5231]

ill be honest that air pressure sorter is mind blowing. i love it

[@Hambxne]

look up tomato sorting, shits crazy

[@jamesbizs]

Actually, it only blows on metal

[@patrickmcleod111]

Id love to visit a factory like this. I could watch that molten river of aluminum flow by for hours! 1:46

[@jeffw8057]

Cool technology...great goal. However, I would have liked the program to provide some cost analysis of the end-to-end results with alternative methods. Often the hyper-focus on a single aspect of recycling fails to realize that we simply are offsetting the cost/energy use to another phase of a life cycle.

[@matthew55793]

This is some insane advanced technology! I just came from videos about plastic recycling plants and cardboard recycling plants and those guys are in the stone age compared to what's happening here.

[@charlesaanonson3954]

Actually, I think that aluminum window frames are rapidly being replaced by plastic window frames. Especially for the smaller sizes that are used on a typical house. The plastic frames are more energy-efficient as well.

[@eisbeinGermany]

in Germany i would say 99 % of new window installations are plastic frames

[@rabidbigdog]

@@eisbeinGermany Really? That's a terrible outcome. What is the plastic source?

[@alan30189]

You would think each alloy would melt at a different temperature than aluminum and with the aluminum in the mix melting first, it could then be sloughed off, then the remaining batch would be heated further to melt off copper and other metals.

[@maembaby]

alan30189 they need to minimize the energy used for the separation of Aluminum and different metals

[@jeffw8057]

You are correct...you can use heating to separate the mix. However, this does require the use of a lot of energy to provide sufficient heating.

[@HeinrichsMade]

the can body is a different alloy than the top. so how do you separate the 2 types of alloys? is it just combined when repurposing it?

[@hebrewhammer1000]

Thank you for sharing. Great video.

[@davidlefort4553]

that's great news a lower carbon emissions and have a great benefit to recycling industry I am so happy that some poeple have the intelligence to recognise that it's a great future ahead for new thecnolgy to be born I wish I could be a part of that myself

[@stevespencer1570]

Actually a really welcome video very informative and educational good job

[@nixxonnor]

Despite the special focus on aluminium window frames, this video was pretty good

[@movax20h]

Are they using XRF for analyzing alloys in their scrap flow?

[@comradepickles7607]

The world: Aluminium. America: A-LOOM-I-NUM

[@johnschnellbach986]

And the rest of the world says it like condominium

[@redmeat2ndamendment695]

And, who cares?

[@comradepickles7607]

@@redmeat2ndamendment695 You cared enough to comment my boy.

[@nunyabidness117]

"How many polyesters did you have to kill to make that suit?" Steve Martin

[@Metalstacker]

Amazing! I love the smart way of this incredible machinery. I would also like it very much to work in that metal melting factory 😁✌🏻✌🏻

[@BLO383]

Do they do the same process for different grades of scrap stainless steel?

[@here4good]

8:17 I just see this and for some reason I think "a lot of T-1000s have been sent to the slaughterhouse prior, eh?"

[@haugstule]

If the plant could separate aluminium from the aluminum, that would be great. (it's said 25 times ;D

[@sduru]

very informative and yet impressive video...hello from Melbourne Australia....

[@gregfuzi1069]

I Yost to work at a place like that it was called huron valley steel. I think it was in Trenton or riverveiw Michigan. They nicknamed me boom boom.

[@sammoore9120]

What is the cost per ton of recycled Aluminum made from this process vs the cost per ton of aluminum made conventionally?

[@BornIn1500]

More expensive to recycle for sure. Aluminum is one of the few things that is more expensive to recycle than to make from raw materials.

[@olaruud9366]

A quick google search determines that to be bullshit. Producing virgin aluminium is very energy intensive, thats why we do it in Norway with cheap and green hydro power. Our aluminium plants are literally built next to hydroelectric dam sites. Thus the Hydro company name.

[@bayareaartist999]

@@BornIn1500 the beauty of aluminum is that recycling takes a fraction of the energy that it takes to make virgin aluminum. Jesus, a quick Wikipedia search would tell you that.

[@BornIn1500]

@Donn Buchfinck using more energy does not inherently make it more expensive. Good lord, kids today are stupid. There are many chemical processes with recycling aluminum that are required to get out the impurities. That's not "energy", but it's expensive as hell.

[@BornIn1500]

@Ola Ruud using more energy does not inherently make it more expensive. Good lord, kids today are stupid. There are many chemical processes with recycling aluminum that are required to get out the impurities. That's not "energy", but it's expensive as hell.

[@Flightstar]

The Kraut's are amazing with their attention to detail and refinement of technologies.

[@floridaarmyvet3613]

@Moritz Schmidt That V2 rocket was amazing! Just landed on the wrong planet.. Thanks Krauts

[@sergioflores9056]

I have a foundry at home and am interested in learning more about different alloys and their classifications. Does anyone have recommendations for educational sources?

[@vadimvasilyev1750]

Once in Thailand I saw plastic bottle with aluminum cap instead of aluminum can. It was produced in Malaysia. They save aluminum this way.

[@KingSlimjeezy]

and here i thought i was clever melting down soda cans with a clay pot and hair dryer

[@dukctape]

the ALLOYS!

[@redwater4778]

When I have taken aluminum to the recylcing they want all the screws out

[@flowerofash4439]

@hell on earth dude do you know how much parts they have to deal with and how limited human resource they have

[@redwater4778]

@csknives2140 It doesn't matter anymore. I threw the window into the river.

[@Misha-dr9rh]

@@redwater4778 wow littering is so cool everyone likes you now

[@redwater4778]

@@Misha-dr9rh You have something to say about it ?? You never recycled anything before !!

[@relikvija]

that feeling when Norkds Hydro uploads a video

[@stevenrozinka5214]

@ 6:00 Air? Not a tiny Franz Beckenbauer running back and forth, kicking and heading the alloys?

[@kireirei4406]

This is cool

[@Sorenzo]

Why do they keep calling it "Aluminum"? They're Norwegian. Speak Norglish! I do like the video, I hope to find more videos about recycling. Fun fact: The EU accounts for 50% of the world's recycling business, amounting to half a million jobs in the EU.

[@nicevideomancanada]

+Emil Sørensen Aluminum is the American spelling and aluminium is the British spelling for this ductile, malleable silver-white metal. In 1812, its discoverer, Sir H. Davy, first called the metal alumium but then modified the word.

[@Mac_an_Mheiriceanaigh]

They are not Norwegian -- they are German. At least that's what it sounded like

[@olaruud9366]

Norwegian company but a german facility so they do indeed speak german.

[@mrbrainbob5320]

Thats not a language.

[@davidduffy9806]

You have no idea what you're talking about, they are Ukrainian

[@osicarleo2879]

that is great machine . but how to recycling The Waste Sn ?

[@gma729]

GREAT VID. SUPER INFORMATIVE !! THANK YOU

[@davdski5935]

Just what the world needs, more window frames. Can never have enough window frames.

[@rickjones871]

I think dude was stroking himself while he was talking about window frames

[@dimidomo7946]

Very informative video. Very efficient process.

[@robda7195]

🤔 Could they not use the density and specific gravity of the alloys to remove the heavyer alloys especially if they reduce the size of the initial grind down to say 1-2 mm

[@leejamestheliar2085]

I feel isolated, I don't have ALUMINUM WINDOW FRAMES!

[@thrakerzad5874]

window frames are the future of mankind, all hail window frames, the reason? 1) window frame 2) window frame(s) 3) windows 4) frames 5) window frames

[@laptopdragon]

I prefer Linux

[@planetindustries731]

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[@markmark123412341]

I like the way this presenter talks. I think he has the best voice I’ve ever heard. Other than that A&E talker for documentaries.

[@dwightstjohn6927]

my hearing is going in that range where the pony tailed junior college "journalist" squekilly announces the news through her raspy smokers' voicebox. this guy is great.

[@etbadaboum]

Spectacular.

[@jimburnsjr.]

How would a brilliant 5 year old child choose between being a chemical, electrical, or mechanical engineer?.... so beautiful all of them... all trades have their cool toolboxes and fun.. I guess, the guys who get paid to be on tv to go around trying out great food, maybe have everyone else beat... but still....Go Engineering .. if you can't pick which specialty.. .. be a physicist ... just don't miss out on your opportunity to enjoy caring for the future of your community thinking up, and doing, cool stuff.

[@olaruud9366]

why on earth be a physicist ? Engineering is practical application of science, the cool part. Physicists are theoretical academic scientists that is really boring for most people that are not extremely interested in that specific part of knowledge making. They are important, sure, but they are not even remotely close to engineering in a every day work sense.

[@alexandermccarthy]

al-u-min-ium 😁 New drinking game. One shot each time he says "aloominun", and a shot and a beer each time he says, "window frame".

[@johng5295]

Thanks in a million. Great content. Awesome. Grade: A++💥

[@kowalityjesus]

amazing technology! Wow! You could prevent way, way more carbon release by using the atomic decay heat of the uranium and thorium atom!

[@freebirthfreddy]

Sounds like you've got all the answers

[@Fordfan_Fordfan_]

I work here in there North America division the plants here are not this high tech

[@LilFoy82]

They're surely not as high tech. I work at one of Norsk Hydros Aluminum Plants in the Anodizing Department in Delhi Louisiana it's an awesome job. Its amazing the things that they do with aluminum

[@phiksit]

We're too lazy to go to all that bother to sort it, plus lots of windows are made from pvc / vinyl nowadays.

[@skingripzhg7548]

Guy at 9:02 is really excited...

[@plainlake]

The guy loves his CO2 reductions.

[@Bobany]

I would be too if I could separate aluminium from other alloys

[@randyearles9286]

do window frames wear out that often? maybe I should change mine.

[@brianleabo6295]

I work at the warehouse in Arizona. One of the best companies I have ever worked for.

[@mattebbs9253]

8:55 My man Christian has the most rediculous job out of anyone on the plant! Even the person making subtitled doesn't know what he does!

[@jonnybabes1]

Umweltbundesamt translates as Federal Environment Office. A Federal Environment OfficeR is a Bundesumweltbeauftragter which is slightly confusing.

[@TheOtherBill]

The visitor tag makes me think he doesn't really work there.

[@roxethlondonapiary6893]

What is it - "aluminum"? Is that something similar to aluminium? 🤔

[@doubtingthomas736]

Roxeth London Apiary 'i' don't know... 'i'll look 'i'nto 'i't..... 🤨

[@josephastier7421]

Aluminum is used mainly in the United States. Aluminium is used by European nations.

[@qtpie2630]

They say aluminum in the us but in most of europe there's the extra iu/io

[@benedictdesilva6677]

Hey Andre Ledo, there is no need to be condescending and insulting. All of those involved in this conversation already know the differences between transatlantic usage. You, on the other hand, have completely missed the ironic undertone of this particular discourse. The point is the jarring incongruousness: Why does an European company producing a video about European technology employ an American speaker who cannot properly pronounce "Aluminium" as is scripted - the central word about which this whole video turns?

[@qtpie2630]

+benedict de silva hello i was condescending and insulting because the Op was condescending as well and i stand by my comment i believe op is simply being a dick. Now to your question, i am european and i personally use "Aluminium" but as you said yourself there are differences between transatlantic usage and does it really bother me that he says aluminum? No that would be like a british person telling someone that's american they have no idea what a "color" is do you get my point?

[@rif42]

Very informative video. Thanks!

[@TheBallzin]

How much does this whole recycling plant cost to build?