About some aspects of production of cast shapes from “secondary” silumins in Russia

Aspects of effective use of “secondary” silumins in machine building and other brunches of industry are considered. Specific examples are used to show the possibility of raising the quality of cast articles from silumins and simultaneously decreasing their cost. The necessity to create competence centers in the field of aluminum casting from secondary silumins by attracting scientists from higher educational institutions and newly created national research technological universities is substantiated.