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Gary Andrade, plate mill
operator, Davenport
NEWS97
22
‘The Right Stuff’
for Armor
Alcoa’s proprietary 2519
armor plate alloy has
been specified for the
Advanced Amphibious
Assault Vehicle being
developed by General
Dynamics Land Systems
Division. The defense
supplier may be awarded
a contract for as many
as 2,000 vehicles for
the U.S. Marine Corps,
which would require
some 60 million pounds
of Davenport plate over
ten years. Full produc-
tion is expected to start
in 2005.
Environment
What to Do With
Used Oil
Until last July, Alcoa’s Pimalco aerospace
unit in Arizona was buying, on average,
1,630 gallons of oil per month. Since that
time, oil purchases have been zero. The
difference is a special filtering system
that enables Pimalco to purify and reuse
its oil, cutting costs and eliminating the
environmental impact of disposal.