CFMoto’s 2027 Ibex 800 E combines aluminium components with radar safety technology
CFMoto's 2027 Ibex 800 E combines an aluminium swingarm and forged aluminium pistons with radar-based safety technology, while starting at USD 9,799 in the US. The Ibex also comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, adjustable KYB suspension and several touring features as standard. The Ibex 800 E comes...
Vedanta Aluminium brings 4 AI Control Towers into logistics, safety and plant maintenance
Vedanta Aluminium is using artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital tools across its operations as part of its efforts to improve day-to-day decision-making, logistics, safety and equipment monitoring. At BALCO in Korba, Vedanta Aluminium has introduced four AI-enabled Control Towers to keep...
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Australia: Sustainable bus companies ally to manufacture a new fleet, deploying modern technologies
Loop Energy, the industry-leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of hydrogen fuel cell systems for vehicle OEMs has publicized that it is all set to step into the Australian bus market as a supplier of fuel modules. The Vancouver-Canada headquartered, Loop further stated that it will supply...
Aluminium-coated fibre from FibreCoat bags the Start-up-Booster award at JEC World 2022 in Paris
FibreCoat, a start-up business, demonstrated its success in coating individual basalt fibres with aluminium, making them versatile and cost-friendly. AluCoat from FibreCoat has reduced the cost of manufacture by a tenth when compared to other aluminium fibres already in use. With this feature, the...
Aluminium Smelter at BMW Group's Landshut facility uses electric heating stations
Electric-powered heating stations for the aluminium melt have recently been used for the first time in a test operation in the BMW Group’s Landshut facility, the plant’s main production area. As a result, the plant's energy efficiency and resource consumption are both growing. Previously, gas was...
HRE Wheels sets benchmark with its new carbon-fiber/aluminium wheel line
HRE Wheels a custom wheel manufacturer is coming up with a series of aftermarket two-piece carbon/fiber aluminium wheels. As per HRE, this new series will set a new benchmark in terms of performance and quality. According to the company, the new CBRN line achieves excellent impact resistance and...
Desktop Metal subsidiary Aidro qualifies to supply Leonardo Helicopters with 3D printed aluminium flight parts
Aidro, a subsidiary of Desktop Metal that creates and markets 3D printing systems, has become a qualified supplier of Leonardo Helicopters' additively manufactured aluminium flight parts. As one of only two suppliers, Aidro received Leonardo's Declaration of Qualification for Additive Layer...
NanoAL extends its partnership with Nikkei MC Aluminium and Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan
NanoAL has signed a three-way Joint development agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation RtM Japan Ltd. (RtMJ) and Nikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd. (NMA) to extend its business collaboration. This cooperation comes after NanoAL and RtMJ signed a licencing agreement for additive manufacturing material...
Festo to provide PM Metal with aluminium tubing for use in welding cells
Festo, a leading German industrial control and automation firm headquartered in Esslingen am Neckar, is providing PM Metal with new welding cells made up of aluminium as a retrofit to use in the existing systems. As per the company, the tubing provides a weld-spatter-resistant alternative to...
Vedanta’s Jharsuguda aluminium smelter receives 27 electric forklifts
In partnership with GEAR India (Gemini Equipment and Rentals Private Limited), Vedanta Aluminium, one of the largest producers of aluminium in India, stated that it has put in place India’s largest electric fleet of 27 forklifts at its Jharsuguda aluminium smelter in Odisha, which is the world's...
EGA brings back Engineer the Future program in association with Emirates Schools Establishment
On 01 st June 2022, the largest industrial organisation in the UAE, excluding oil and gas, Emirate Global Aluminium, declared the return of the educational programme 'Engineer the Future' in partnership with Emirate Schools Establishment (ESE). This initiative will educate and instigate students in...
Exco Technologies Limited records 60.5% hike in its short interest
Ontario, Canada based Exco Technologies Limited witnessed a significant increase in its short interest, with the total amounting to 111,400 shares as of May 15, up by 60.5 per cent from 69,400 shares recorded on April 30. The days-to-cover ratio is now 222.8 days, based on an average trading volume...
Nordische Technologies and CIPET develops Aluminium-Graphene battery for gadgets and EV technologies
On Saturday, May 28, Nordische Technologies announced the development of the world’s first Aluminium-Graphene pouch cell battery in collaboration with the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technologies (CIPET). The Aluminium-Graphene cell battery will be used for consumer...
PyroGenesis signs agreement with furnace manufacturer to implement plasma torches in aluminium scrap remelting furnaces
PyroGenesis, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, in continuation to their past press release on 20th April , which framed the company's intended activities, has participated in a joint estimation with a leading manufacturer inspecting their zero-emission plasma torches to melt aluminium scrap in...
Benelli TRK 502X models replace steel with aluminium alloy for lighter swingarm in China
Benelli Motorcycles unveiled its upgraded version of TRK 502X around the middle of May 2022 in China. The new Benelli TRK 502X has disposed of the heavy and clumsy steel swingarm, replacing it with aluminium alloy pivoted fork. This alteration has further decreased the average weight of the...
Downstream products weekly recap: Metal Exchange Corp acquires Medalco Metals; Constellium collaborates with Nikon's subsidiary for additive manufacturing development
The downstream aluminium segment has witnessed some key progress this week. St Louis, a US-based global family of companies focused on aluminium and other nonferrous materials, Metal Exchange Corporation acquires Medalco Metals, the full line distributor of Aluminum Flat-Rolled Products from foil...
Constellium collaborates with Nikon's subsidiary for additive manufacturing development using aluminium powder solution
Constellium SE, the global sector leader that develops innovative, value-added aluminium products for a broad scope of markets and applications is coming to terms with Morf3D, a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation for an additive manufacturing development program using Aheadd CP1 aluminium powder,...
Equispheres aluminium material qualifies for TruPrint 3000 metal 3D printer series
Equispheres AlSi10Mg powders have been certified by Trumpf for use in its TruPrint 3000 line of 3D printers, with two-parameter sets to be provided. Equispheres' aluminium materials may achieve a 13 per cent quicker build rate than ordinary aluminium powder with a standard parameter set. As per the...
CSIRO, Outotec pact to engineer SwirlFlow agitation technology for the bauxite and alumina sector
The Finnish industrial machinery company focusing on providing technology and services for mining, Metso Outotec and the national science agency of Australia, CSIRO, have joined hands to sign a treaty delivering SwirlFlow agitation technology for the bauxite and alumina sector beyond the Chinese...
Speira, RWTH Aachen University study report on aluminium in battery technology for E-mobility revealed
Speira, a leading aluminium rolling and recycling company with operating facilities in Germany and Norway has published a white paper on the joint concept study with the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components at RWTH Aachen University, an elite German public research university...
