Lightweight Aluminum Trucks Customize How Highly Recyclable They Are

Driven by the “dual carbon” goal and the concept of circular economy, lightweight aluminum trucks are not only reshaping the freight industry by reducing weight and increasing efficiency, but also becoming a benchmark for green logistics with their excellent recyclability. As a company specializing in the customization of lightweight aluminum trucks, we have always regarded “whole life cycle environmental protection” as our core competitiveness, and the recycling rate of lightweight aluminum trucks is the most direct reflection of this concept.

From the very beginning of the design process, we have been preparing for the high recyclability of lightweight aluminum trucks. Unlike traditional steel trucks, which are made of mixed materials, our customized lightweight aluminum trucks have more than 85% aluminum alloy in the core components of the body, frame, and cargo box - with 6-series aluminum alloy used for the cab frame, 5-series aluminum alloy for the floor of the cargo box, and 7-series aluminum alloy for reinforcing the strength of the wheel hubs. This high proportion of single material design avoids the problem of separating different materials during disassembly, and clears the first obstacle for recycling in the later stage. For example, the lightweight aluminum trucks customized for cold chain logistics, even with integrated thermal insulation and refrigeration units, have aluminum structural components that can be quickly peeled off through a special process to ensure the integrity of the main material.

At the level of recycling technology, we have built a “closed-loop processing system” with top recycling companies in the industry. When a customized lightweight aluminum truck reaches the end of its service life and enters the processing link through our recycling network, the first step is intelligent dismantling: using sensors to identify the aluminum alloy model, the robotic arm accurately separates the connecting parts from the main structure, avoiding the material loss caused by traditional manual dismantling. Data shows that through this process, the recycling rate of aluminum alloy parts of lightweight aluminum trucks can reach 92%, far exceeding the average level of 65% for steel trucks. What's more, the “infinite recycling” characteristic of aluminum alloy is highlighted here - after the recycled aluminum is melted and purified, it can be directly used to re-produce new lightweight aluminum truck components, and the performance loss is only 3%-5%, which is far lower than the performance decay of steel recycling. far less than when steel is recycled.

Our customized services continue to optimize the details of recycling. For example, the detachable aluminum cargo box customized for engineering lightweight aluminum trucks adopts a modular design, with each component marked with a material type and recycling code, significantly improving the efficiency of dismantling at a later stage; for the high-frequency replacement demand of urban logistics vehicles, we provide a “trade-in” service, in which the recycled aluminum from the old vehicle can be directly used for the new vehicle We provide “trade-in” service for the high-frequency replacement demand of urban logistics vehicles, and the aluminum materials recycled from old vehicles can be directly used in new vehicles, which shortens the material cycle by 40%. According to a report from a third-party testing agency, through full-process control, the material recycling rate of the entire life cycle of our customized lightweight aluminum trucks eventually stabilized at more than 95%, which means that after a 10-ton lightweight aluminum truck is retired from service, about 8.6 tons of materials can be returned to the production chain.

A high recycling rate is not only an environmental responsibility, but also creates real economic value. According to current market conditions, the price of recycled aluminum alloy is three times higher than that of steel scrap, and the material recycling revenue of a retired lightweight aluminum truck can cover 15%-20% of the initial purchase cost. This “use - recycle - reuse” closed-loop model makes more and more customers realize that choosing our lightweight aluminum truck customization service is not only choosing an efficient transportation tool, but also choosing a sustainable green development path.

In the future, we will continue to focus on material innovation for lightweight aluminum trucks, and we plan to use aluminum-magnesium composites to further reduce energy consumption while maintaining high recyclability. Because we firmly believe that a true lightweight revolution lies not only in high efficiency while driving, but also in a “perfect curtain call” at the end of life.