Carbonation curing could extend the field life of red mud-based backfill, new study suggests
Chinese researchers show that a few extra hours of CO2 curing can roughly double the wet-dry service life of red mud–CFB ash–MgO backfill, while keeping leaching of hazardous elements low even after weeks of exposure to alkaline red mud liquor. Red mud remains one of the aluminium industry’s...
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...
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Endurance Technologies acquires Grimeca Srl for Euro 2.25 million
Endurance Adler SpA, Italy (EA SpA), the step-down subsidiary of Endurance Technologies Limited and a direct subsidiary of Endurance Overseas Srl, Italy has acquired Grimeca Srl, Italy with effect from 21st May, 2020. The company has acquired a 100% stake in Grimeca for Euro 2.25 million. Endurance...
Nova Scotia ventilator project: A vital breakthrough attained for COVID-19 medication
Nova Scotia Ventilator Consortium initiated the project more than two months ago to support any vacuum for a breathing apparatus the COVID-19 pandemic might create. The ventilator is now ready if a second wave of the pandemic impacts the province in the fall. A thoroughly functional mechanical...
BALCO introduces CSOC to strengthen the security of its people and operations
Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), a global pioneer in the aluminium & power sector recently introduced an automated and highly sophisticated Centralised Security Operations Centre (CSOC) to further strengthen the security of its people and operations. This technological augmentation of the security...
Trimet Aluminium SE in Hamburg settles new Anode Baking Furnace into operation
Trimet Aluminium SE’s aluminium smelter in Hamburg settles a new baking furnace for the production of carbon anodes, aiming to ensure greater energy efficiency. The new brick-lined ring chamber furnace with 48 chambers superseded an eight-year-old furnace, ensuring greater energy efficiency. An...
“As a group focused on design, production, and maintenance of equipment, we see innovation as a way to make our solutions more efficient and competitive” - Cédric Schmuck, Director of the Aluminium Division within REEL
REEL is an industrial group specializing in complex lifting and handling systems as well as integrated systems solutions. It is using the present sanitary crisis to reinforce an Industry 4.0 approach in its different markets: Nuclear, Aluminium, Aeronautics, Offshore, etc. Many technological...
Groundbreaking innovation: TOMRA Sorting Recycling enables the production of Low Magnesium Twitch from Zorba
Global leader in sensor-based sorting systems, "TOMRA Sorting Recycling", is renowned for spearheading technological developments and its latest innovation is no exception. TOMRA has further developed X-TRACT units for magnesium removal, a ground-breaking x-ray-based solution which can separate...
Launched! AlCircle’s new report “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission”
AlCircle has added a new Sector Focus Report - “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission” to its 2020 portfolio. The report promises to provide a deep insight into energy consumption by the primary aluminium sector and various technological...
COVID-19: PARC Robotic Systems in India reopens but still workers stay home
PARC Robotic Systems reinstated their two aluminium part factories in Pune at the western province of India. Bharat Gite, Director of PARC Robotic stated that he spent days servicing idle machines, sanitising his premises and putting in place social distancing norms for staff. The aluminium...
COVID-19: Hydro develops 3D-print protective visor for health care in Vetlanda
Hydro has developed a visor for health care to help in the fight against COVID-19. Employees at Hydro Extrusion in Vetlanda, Sweden, have developed 3D-print protective visors and will donate a total of 100 visors to the municipality. The company has already delivered to various health care...
Ludhiana MC using poly aluminium chloride to treat wastewater at sewage treatment plant in Jamalpur
The Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana has reportedly started using poly aluminium chloride as part of a trial to treat the wastewater entering the sewage treatment plant in Jamalpur area. As per the Municipal Corporation officials, the trial started on April 29, and so far the results are...
Vishay Intertechnology introduces two new series of automotive grade aluminium capacitors
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of discrete semiconductors (diodes, MOSFETs, and infrared optoelectronics) and passive electronic components (resistors, inductors, and capacitors), announced the launch of a two new series of Automotive Grade, surface-mount aluminium...
Grainger & Worrall’s “Next Generation” castings brings home Queen’s Award for the third time
Bridgnorth-based castings specialist Grainger & Worrall has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2020 for its pioneering progress in developing “Next Generation” castings. According to the report, this is the third Queen’s Award received by Grainger and Worrall. The...
Alvant: Extending weight reduction advantages to the aerospace sector by supplying AMCs
The aerospace manufacturers keep pursuing to identify news paths to soar product capacities and performance, while concurrently achieving determined goals for fuel efficiency and sustainability. Alvant, an organization specialised for the design, development, testing and manufacture of Aluminium...
The Anglo-American brand “Untitled Motorcycles” uncovers aerospace-grade aluminium accustomed XP ZERO Electric Bike
The UMC-063 XP ZERO is built by the Anglo-American brand Untitled Motorcycles. The electric bike was developed in partnership with Zero Motorcycles and features an 82kW (110bhp) and 140ft-lb (190Nm) of the torque power unit, good enough for a top speed of 124mph (200kph). The base model is the Zero...
Aluminium alloy make Lenovo M2 Electric Scooter with 30 km range sets in motion
Lenovo M2 electric scooter has been unveiled in China. The electric scooter is currently available for pre-order and it is offered in two colour options. Moreover, the M2 electric scooter weighs 12kg and can attain a top speed of 25kms per hour. Lenovo claims the scooter takes between 3 to 4 hours...
Genelac relaunches some of its popular loudspeaker models with RAW aluminium finish look
As a small effort to expand the product line in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way, Genelac, the global leader in professional loudspeakers, has re-launched some of its popular models in Studio, AV, and Home Studio ranges with special RAW aluminium colour finish. The models are primarily...
Aluminium replaces Copper: Talga and Bentley Motors to develop graphene-enhanced motor parts
Talga Resources, battery anode, and graphene additives developer has made public that it has been approved for Innovate UK co-funding to support the development of an e-axle designed for Bentley Motors. The OCTOPUS project aims to deliver the ultimate single unit e-axle solution designed...
“A3 Surfaces has designed a process that incorporates and seals an antimicrobial agent in aluminium. We were topical before COVID-19, we are even more today.” - Dr. Guy Leblanc, Vice-President and Medical Advisor - A3 Surfaces
A3 Surfaces, a start-up based in Saguenay, Quebec, developed a ground-breaking technology that can transform aluminium products into antimicrobial surfaces capable of eliminating the risks of bacterial and viral disease transmission in a matter of seconds to a few minutes. Applying this technology...
