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Hydro Extrusion Hungary

Hydro Extrusion Hungary Kft., led by a Norwegian parent company, is building a new aluminium foundry in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, where 90,000 tonnes of aluminium will be produced annually by recycling production and other waste aluminium. STUDIO IN-EX carried out the entire architectural and engineering design of the facility on a BIM basis.

Architecture

BIM

Civil engineering

Electrical engineering department

ELV design department

Fire protection department

Mechanical engineering

Structural engineering

Location Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Field 24.000 m²

Services
- General design
- Interior design

Deliverables
- Concept Design
- Permit Design
- Execution Design

It is a site-specific feature that since the first halls were built, the city has grown around the area, this is why the protection of the area against noise and dust was a key concern; therefore, the entire production and storage process is located in an enclosed space inside the building.
The sawing machines have been isolated by using the house-in-house system in order to protect the workers from high noise exposure.

We have strong acoustic requirements to protect the neighbourhood, and that the furnaces generate a lot of heat, which we had to dissipate while minimising noise.

During the design phase, we explored several concepts on how to dissipate heat the fastest without disturbing the technology and the cranes. Finally, we opted for a concept in which the fans on the roof extract the air above the points most affected by heat build-up and exhaust it to the outside.

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Hydro Extrusion’s aluminium recycling plant: the casting pits

Hydro Extrusion’s new aluminium recycling plant