Ducati has unveiled the Desmo450 SM, a new production supermoto developed from its Desmo450 MX platform, featuring an aluminium twin-spar frame. This is designed to combine low weight, rigidity and strength. The motorcycle made its debut during World Ducati Week and is aimed at competition use. The Desmo450 SM uses the same aluminium frame architecture as the motocross model. Ducati says the frame has also been designed to allow a straighter intake route while maintaining the strength and rigidity needed for high-performance riding. The bike has a fuel capacity of 7.2 litres. The company has also focused on reducing weight in other areas. Its Bartubeless wheel system, for example, removes inner tubes and cuts rotating and unsprung mass by 1.2kg. The motorcycle also features a cast...
China’s aluminum door and window manufacturing sector includes a range of suppliers offering thermal-break systems, customized solutions, OEM/ODM production, and products for international building projects. A recent industry guide highlights Guangdong Dejiyoupin, Guangdong EEHE, Foshan CIVO, Sichuan Yazhixuan, and Sichuan Mingrenju, citing their production capabilities, product portfolios, project experience, customization services, and testing or certification coverage. The companies differ in their areas of focus. Dejiyoupin is highlighted for its production capacity and international certifications, while EEHE is noted for patents and a broad range of project solutions. CIVO focuses on factory-direct customization and climate-oriented systems, while Yazhixuan provides OEM/ODM...
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<p>Nokia has launched Nokia 8, another all-aluminium Android flagship phone in the line of all other android flagship phones launched this year.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/small-Nokia-8-Family-1-980x798.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The Nokia 8 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 like every other flagship Android phone and armed with a QHD screen, 4GB of memory, 64GB of storage, and the obligatory dual-camera setup. Nokia 8 is due for release in September worldwide ex-US and the phone is expected to be as exciting as its generic aluminium body, as suggested by its spec sheet.</p> <p>Nokia promises a reliable, well-built Android phone with few software modifications and a...
<p>American Douglas Metals (ADM), a leading manufacturer, processor and distributor of aluminium products for industrial applications, announced the newest partnership with the Italian company Master Italy Srl, a leader in window and door hardware and accessories manufacturing.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/master%20Italy.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p>The company has been commissioned as Master’s North American distributor and partner to represent and distribute Master Italy’s vast window and door product line in the United States and Canada.</p> <p>ADM’s Vice President Kevin Blake said, “Partnering with a company like Master Italy—who’s as...
<p>GlaxoSmithKline has opened a new £44 million aluminium salts facility in Montrose, Scotland. The plant will supply ingredients for around 400 million vaccines a year. Sterile aluminium salts enhance the body’s response to immunisation. The plant will supply to facilities in France, Belgium and Singapore that produce vaccines for tetanus and pneumonia.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/GlaxoSmithKline.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The aluminium salts facility is expected to start in 2019 and add further 15 highly-skilled jobs to the firm’s existing workforce of 450.</p> <p>“More than 20 million people a day rely on what we manufacture here at Montrose,”...
<p>Aluminum Trailer Co., which manufactures and sells a variety of all-aluminium cargos and specialty trailers across North America, has commissioned its new factory and headquarters at Nappanee on August 15. ATC would be building its custom and semi-custom all-aluminium car hauler trailers called Quest line at the new plant. Including this, the company now owns three plants in Nappanee.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/trailer.jpg" alt="News" width="596" height="409" /></p> <p>“We have been at the process of creating this space for almost four years now,” said Steve Brenneman, founder and company and its chief executive officer. “We were able to really lay it out based on some years of...
<p>Conrad Business Supplies has decided to continue its partnership with Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe GmbH (PAISEU) to sell the latter’s passive components. For this, Conrad has signed a direct sales partnership deal targeting automotive, industrial, IoT and R&D markets.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/PAISEU%20signs%20deal%20with%20Conrad.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="308" /></p> <p>Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Europe GmbH (PAISEU) manufactures a wide range of electrolyte and polymer aluminium capacitors, resistors and inductors for industrial, automotive and home entertainment sectors.</p> <p>PAISEU product and sales director Maximilian Jakob said,...
<p>Army engineers at the Aberdeen Proving Ground facility in Maryland has discovered a new energy source by mixing nano-galvanic, aluminium-based powder with water, or with any liquid containing water. According to them, this technology produces high amount of energy for fuel and fuel cells.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Army-Al_0.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>The aluminium powder hydrolyzes water, splitting it into two oxygen molecules and one hydrogen molecule. It was an already known fact to the engineers that hydrogen can be harvested by adding aluminium. But this method requires time, elevated temperatures, added electricity, and/or toxic chemicals.</p> <p>“In our...
<p>With the electric vehicles becoming the order of the future, technology experts are spending hours in the lab developing battery technologies that are better than the best. In a similar endeavour to design a cheaper yet safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy and his company Ionic Materials has recently introduced a solid-state alkaline battery design using aluminium instead of zinc.</p> <p>Aluminium-based alkaline batteries could potentially weigh less than lithium-ion designs and could be cheaper than the alkaline designs available today, Joy told the New York Times.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/chargingEV.jpg" alt="News" width="500"...
<p>Urbanline Architectural, supplier of composite, hardwood, thermally modified, aluminium and softwood building products in Australia, has expanded its product range by adding an innovative exterior cladding product called Alu Selekta. The product is made from solid extruded aluminium.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/ALU-SELEKTA_GREY-600x420.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p>The non-combustible cladding comes with a timber finish. The product can be interchanged with company’s fire rated Euro Selekta profiles for a seamless look across the building.</p> <p>Urbanline Alu Selekta has heavy duty solid aluminium extrusion with the 1.8mm robust...
<p class="padding-p">Aluminium Conductors are engineered from electrolytic aluminium with a purity of 99.5% of aluminium. They are made from aluminium wire rod, the raw material or the primary form of the metal. Due to corrosion resistance features, high tensile strength and shock proof, these aluminium conductors are used extensively in overhead line applications. They are also used in power distribution for the same qualities. The entire assortment of conductors is extensively used in urban areas and all these conductors are made up of more than one strands of aluminium wire as per requirements on the end usage.</p> <p class="padding-p" style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/aluminium_conductor.jpg" alt="News"...
<p>The global aluminium composite panels market is anticipated to grow at a composite annual growth rate of seven per cent by 2022, according to a new research report. The report provides answers to the stakeholders helping them to know which market segments they should focus on during the next five years in order to prioritize efforts and investments.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Aluminium-Composite-Panels-Market.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p>The report covers geographic analysis that includes regions like North America, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and India, with production, revenue, consumption, import and export in these regions, from 2012 to...
<p>Two leading consumer durable brands - LG and Lenovo recently launched their latest smartphone models in India. While LG launched <strong>LG Q6</strong>, its first smartphone under the new 'Q series', <strong>Lenovo</strong> came up with its latest mid-budget offering <strong>K8 Note</strong>.</p> <p>Both the devices have spectacular features and come with frames crafted out of advanced aluminium alloy.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/phonesAug10.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="339" /></p> <p>LG Q6 flaunts a metallic frame and a sleek design alongside a 5.5-inch FHD+ FullVision display with a pixel density of 442. The metal frame is made from strong 7000 series aluminium alloy which makes the handset...
<p>In a disclosure statement posted by Oman Cables Industry on Wednesday in the Muscat Securities Market website said that the daily operations at Oman Aluminium Processing Industries (OAPIL) in Sohar have been partially affected due to disruption in supply of liquid metal from Sohar Aluminium. According to the statement, the supply disruption was due to an unexpected development that affected Sohar Aluminium.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/oapil.jpg" alt="News" width="546" height="206" /></p> <p>It is noteworthy that Sohar Aluminium reported about an accident at its smelter in Sohar on August 4 that cause disruption in company’s normal operations. According to the company statement, the accident...
<p>Renishaw, a manufacturer of advanced metal additive manufacturing systems, and Aeromet International Limited, a supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings for the aerospace and defence industries, have joined forces to establish additive manufacturing process parameters and material properties for Aeromet's A20X aluminium alloy. A20X is a high-strength aluminium alloy technologies, developed and patented by Aeromet.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Renishaw%20Aeromet%20International.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="305" /></p> <p>Mike Bond, Director of AMT a Division of Aeromet said, “A20X is being rapidly adopted for additive manufacture of aero engine,...
<p>KÖMMERLING have launched a new range of PVCu/aluminium hybrids based on their high performance System 76 platform that was recently unveiled at the FIT Show, with enhanced technical credentials, new product technologies and boasting Passivhaus levels of performance.</p> <p>The market for hybrid window and door systems is clearly emerging in the UK with demand from specifiers, house builders and discerning consumers, for products that embrace the best features of each material. Enhanced energy efficiency, acoustic properties and product design are the main three ingredients for this embryonic but important market sector.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/kommerling.jpg"...
<p>MWheels, distributor of a wide range of aluminium wheels across Europe, has supplied 500th Xlite forged aluminium wheel to RTN Clayton Vallely. The Barnsley-based company is a manufacturer of specialist tankers for the environmental, food and chemical industries.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/xlite-1.png" alt="news" width="337" height="336" /></p> <p>John Newell, Commercial Director from RTN Clayton Vallely, said: “To be the best we have to ensure that every element of every tanker is manufactured to the highest design standards and fitted with the best original equipment, and Xlite forged aluminium wheels definitely meet all our strict sourcing and performance criteria."</p> <p>Xlite...
<p>A Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer launched its Swift 3 2017 laptop. The new laptop features an aluminium body with decent grip. The company uses aluminium for the entire outer case in order to achieve durability.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/acer%20swift%203.jpg" alt="news" width="517" height="300" /></p> <p>The Swift 3 laptop has Windows 10 Home 64-bit. The users can get the usual suite of Acer programs pre-installed including Acer Portal for the company’s ‘build your own cloud’ feature. It comes with 14-inch LED-backlit display.</p> <p></p> <p>In India, the laptop gets an Intel Core i7-7500U processor, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and a 256GB SSD....
<p>A team at shanghai jiao tong university blended aluminium and ceramic together to create a new composite material that is stronger and more rigid than titanium alloy. The breakthrough happened after nearly 30 years of research.</p> <p>The composite known as "alumics‚" is now in the testing stage in C919 jets and Geely automobiles, and is expected to help aviation, automobile and high-speed rail industries in lightweighting and fuel economy.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/alucomposites.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>"Ceramics is fragile in many people's mind, but its rigidity is actually even better than steel," said Wang Haowei, a professor at Jiao Tong's School of Material...
<p>Ducati India has launched the brand new Scrambler Café Racer in India with elaborate cosmetic updates which include a lot of aluminium! The new machine with the same 803 cc, L-twin engine is capable of making 73 bhp at 8,250 rpm and reaches a peak torque of 67 Nm at 5,750 rpm.</p> <p>Speaking about the new launch Sergi Canovas Garriga, Managing Director of Ducati India said, “This motorcycle is a modern interpretation of the legendary Cafe Racer scene from the 1960s that triggered a motorcycling revolution. It represents the expression of free spirit and is an icon of style for enthusiasts. We’re very confident that with the Ducati Scrambler Cafe Racer, we will successfully bring the global cultural phenomenon to India as well.”</p> <p style="text-align:...
