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Your Technology Partner in Light Metals
Innoval Technology can fulfil your technology requirements to keep
you at the forefront of your industry………and at the same time
reduce your costs!

Can your company identify with any of these:

• You need access to a wide range of technical skills, but you don’t need all the skills all the time

• Your experimental equipment and pilot facilities are very expensive to buy and maintain but they
are rarely fully loaded
• Multi-disciplinary teams of experts would make problem solving quicker and more reliable

Outsourcing all or part of your technology requirements to us is a fast and low-risk way to reduce
your bottom-line costs. Within Innoval Technology you have access to the best independent
aluminium expertise in the world, but you only pay for what you need, when you need it.

Innoval Technology aims to provide high quality consultancy and technical support to the manufacturers and end-users of
aluminium, and other selected engineering materials, across a broad range of industry sectors.

The company was formed in 2003 following the closure of Alcan’s Banbury Research
Centre. We are a completely independent company serving a multinational client
base within the automotive, aerospace, building products and packaging industries.

Our internationally experienced team of 28 people provides expertise in a wide

range of technical disciplines. Most of us have been in the aluminium industry for
over 20 years, and we have an abundance of product and process experience.

For detailed information about our services, please visit our web site at
www.innovaltec.com

Process Improvement

Innoval’s dedicated team of engineers, physicists and materials scientists work together to provide a unique
trouble-shooting resource capable of solving your most complex process problems.

Our engineers have specific expertise in the following areas:

• Design of spray cooling systems for optimum performance

• Improving the flatness and gauge variation of sheet products
• Solving mill and process vibration problems
• Reducing the time and energy consumption of heating cycles
• Independent process auditing
• Technical advice on plant upgrade and design

By combining hands-on experimental techniques with computer simulations, we

are able to solve difficult process problems quickly.
Materials Development

Do you want to reduce your material processing costs, whilst at the same time improve your quality and output?

Our materials experts may be able to help you.

With our extensive experience in the production and performance of non-ferrous

metals allied to our knowledge of polymers, surface treatments and joining
technologies, we can help you get the most from your products and processes.

We offer:

• On-site product support

• New technology scanning / evaluation
• New product development
• Product improvement
• Failure analysis & trouble-shooting (ISO 17025 accredited)
• Legal, insurance and expert witness services

Product and Process Training

Innoval provides a comprehensive programme of training courses specifically for the

aluminium industry.

Our training covers a range of topics from metallurgy, surface treatment and
analytical techniques to rolling and process control. Product specific courses, such
as for beverage cans or heat exchangers, are also available.

We can offer company-specific courses where we tailor the training to the

particular needs of your company, taking into account your products and
processes.

Our courses can be run on your site, or at Innoval’s facilities in Banbury, UK.

Best Practice Tools

Innoval Technology has developed a suite of intranet based tools to identify and
transfer best practice throughout your organisation. These include:

• An easy to use framework for capturing and managing the knowledge within your
organisation
• A structured way of recording your manufacturing practices across multiple lines
or plants for comparison
• An invaluable tool for efficient data collection and dissemination
• A structured approach to process audits making them both repeatable and
quantifiable, and removing the need for a paper-based reporting system
Analytical and Testing Capabilities
At Innoval Technology we can accommodate all your material testing requirements.

Our capabilities include (but are not limited to):

• Metallographic laboratory, sample preparation, etching and anodising techniques

• Digital image capture for microstructure and grain structure characterisation
• Micro-hardness measurement
• SEM/EDX - imaging, analysis and element mapping
• Microprobe – imaging, analysis and element mapping
• Transmission electron microscope
• Microtome – sample preparation (TEM)
• FTIR (ATR, FT80, drifts, microscope and transmission modes)
• Surface properties – microbalance and goniometer
• Thermal analysis (TMA/DSC)
• Heat treatment furnaces (up to 1000°C)
• Gas chromatography
• Paint and lacquer testing – adhesion, hardness and degree of cure, etc.
• Electrochemical and salt spay corrosion testing
• Mechanical testing – static and fatigue

Our customers come from the following industries:

• Aluminium rolled products and processing
• Aluminium extruded products and processing
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Building Products
• Packaging
• Power Transmission
• Micro-filtration
• Marine

For more information contact:

Innoval Technology Tel: + 44 (0) 1295 702800
Beaumont Close Fax: + 44 (0) 1295 702898/9
Banbury Email: enquiries@innovaltec.com
Oxon http://www.innovaltec.com
UK OX 16 1TQ