Workshop. How an Alganic object is made

Craftsmanship you can see in the finished piece.

Hard metal becomes a shape that feels soft. The production steps from the raw aluminium blank to the finished light object.

State 01 · Bending

Work preparation

Every object begins with a plan. This is where the construction materials are determined. Material thickness and profile are based on the size and structural requirements of the object. Choosing incorrectly here results in a shape that either won't hold its weight or looks clunky.

recycled aluminium

Metalworking

Cut, bent, welded. This is where every design decision is made and where the most experience is required. The metalworker sees where the next line goes and places it with a steady hand. Piece by piece, a homogeneous surface with a fractal character grows.

Handcrafted at the welding table

Surface

Before the coating comes the care. The surface is cleaned and every seam is checked. Then the object is powder-coated. Custom pieces are coated in the colour of your choice. The result is a clean surface that withstands rain and frost for years.

powder-coated and weatherproof

Assembly

Now the light is brought into the object. The warm-white LEDs are guided along the shape and fixed individually so that they accentuate the line rather than disrupt it. Cables disappear into the profile. At the end of this step, the piece lights up for the first time.

Low voltage · IP44

Inspection and shipping

Finally, every piece goes through an inspection. Seams, paint finish, seal, and functionality. Only when everything is perfect is it packed and sent on its way.

every piece inspected

Material

Aluminium with a past.

Light, durable and recyclable again and again. Why we work with aluminium and where it comes from.

The material

Light, stable and weatherproof.

Aluminium weighs about a third as much as steel. A natural oxide layer protects it from rust. That is why open structures work indoors and outdoors for many years.

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Aluminium can be bent, cut and welded. This is how straight profiles become large forms that support themselves.

The metal does not become brittle in the cold. Frost, rain and sun barely affect it. That is why an object can stand outdoors season after season.

⅓the weight of steel

rust-freethanks to the oxide layer

indoors & outdoorsin use

Aluminium as a raw material — From the earth

The most common metal in the earth's crust.

No metal is more common in the earth. Even so, we don't take our aluminium from the ground. We only use metal that has already been in use.

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Aluminium is part of many rocks and soils. It does not occur in pure form in nature. It has only been used as a material on a large scale since the late 19th century.

Since then, a great deal of it has come into circulation. This metal is our raw material.

~8 %of the earth's crust

100 %recycled at Alganic

Secondary aluminium from melted-down scrap metal — The second life

Everything we build with was once a product.

Secondary aluminium is made from melted-down scrap metal. It has the same quality as on the first day. A window frame or a profile becomes a light object.

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Old aluminium is collected, sorted and melted down. It becomes new ingots and profiles.

The metal loses none of its properties in the process. It is as light and as stable as before. That is why each of our objects carries a story within it.

100 %Secondary aluminium

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Glowing Alganic object made of aluminium — And after

Built to stay. Made to come back.

Aluminium can be melted down again and again without losing quality. Around 75% of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today. An Alganic object glows for many years and in the end becomes a new product.

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Has an object served its time after many years? Then the metal goes back into the cycle. It is sorted, melted down and made into profile again.

None of it is waste. The aluminium in an Alganic object is a light object only for a while.

∞recyclable

~75 %still in use

Source: The Aluminum Association

Finish

Colour that lasts.

Every object is powder-coated. The coating sits evenly and withstands rain, frost and sun for many years. Custom pieces are coated in the colour of your choice.