New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
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...
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Novelis celebrates completion of US$4.5 million investment at its Warren facility
Novelis, Inc. hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a US$4.5 million investment at its facility in Warren, Ohio on April 15. The world leading flat-rolled aluminium producer and recycler announced this investment in state-of-the-art technology for the plant in November...
Sign World Inc. to incorporate BNZ aluminium profile channel letter bending machine in its facility
According to a recent report, a flex printing and signage company Sign World Inc. will soon install a BNZ aluminium profile channel letter bending machine, in a bid to speed up the process of signage making. Marvin Dsilva, the owner of the Coimbatore-based company, said that clients are demanding...
Acer unveils premium Chromebooks with anodized aluminium builds
Acer unveiled two new premium Chromebooks at the company’s next@acer press event held in New York. The new Acer Chromebook 715 and Acer Chromebook 714 feature military-grade durable aluminium chassis, fingerprint readers, and Citrix Ready Certification™. James Lin, General Manager, Notebooks, IT...
Hydro to upgrade its casting operations at Husnes with NOK 150 million investments
Norway-based fully integrated aluminium company Hydro will reportedly upgrade its casting operations at Husnes with a newly developed in-house technology Low Pressure Casting (LPC). The technology is believed to enable Hydro to produce more advanced materials for various extrusion segments,...
Kestrel Aluminium unveils new sliding patio door system
Kestrel Aluminium Systems has launched a new sliding patio door system that represents the perfect blend of modern design and high-quality metal. It is easy to maintain and suitable for any domestic project. John Treagust, Sales Manager, Kestrel Aluminium says: “We are pleased to launch these new...
Radaflex installs Mark Andy Performance Series P3 to print on aluminium foil
Radaflex, Slovakia-based self-adhesive labels producer has reportedly replaced the Mark Andy 2200 press with Mark Andy Performance Series P3 at its facility in Tmava for printing on aluminium foil. The new 8-colour flexo press comes with an ability to cut waste by about 50 per cent and provides...
Fiat Chrysler and Nemak develop a new aluminium alloy in collaboration with ORNL for cylinder blocks and heads
A new blend of aluminium alloy has been developed by engineers from Fiat Chrysler, Mexican engine parts supplier Nemak in collaboration with Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for cylinder blocks and heads. The new alloy will raise the optimum temperature range from 390 degrees currently to...
Alba welcomes delegation from General Electric
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), soon to be the world’s largest aluminium smelter, welcomed the Chief Executive Officer of GE Gas Power Scott L. Strazik on Sunday, April 7 2019. GE and GAMA Consortium is the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for Alba’s Power Station 5 (PS...
Rio Tinto & Alcoa’s joint venture ELYSIS to set up new research centre in Quebec
ELYSIS, the joint-venture technology company of Rio Tinto and Alcoa, announced yesterday that it chose Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region in Quebec for setting up its new research and development facility. It will indirectly employ more than 25 experts when fully operational, said the company on its...
“For aluminium field the outlook is positive not only for the current year but we foresee an extremely positive result also for the period between 2020 and 2024,” Alberto Ghisetti, Sales Director, Continuus-Properzi
Continuus-Properzi is a world leader in the field of continuous casting lines for nonferrous metal sector. Mr. Alberto Ghisetti is working at Continuus-Properzi since ten years, actually as Sales Director, focused in both aluminium and copper plants for rod and ingots production. He is graduated in...
HENCON’s Smart Automated Guided Vehicles (SAGV’s)
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) are an indispensable part of modern industry at the current scenario. Since decades they have been implemented in every type of industry (ports, logistic operations, automotive-industry, etc). A few years ago, the Hencon AGV’s were...
IB2 announces launch of a breakthrough technology for low grade bauxite refining at Bauxite & Alumina Conference
Romain GIRBAL, General Manager of IB2 , a Paris based innovative solution provider that works towards producing alumina with low grade bauxite announced the launch of an innovative and breakthrough technology for low grade bauxite refining during the Bauxite & Alumina Conference that took place in...
East Manufacturing introduces aluminium air tank to its trailer range for lightweighting and anti-corrosion
East Manufacturing, an Ohio based manufacturer of aluminium flatbed, drop deck, dump and refuse trailers as well as aluminium truck bodies and steel dump trailers has introduced its aluminium air tank as standard on all trailer types and models. The company has been working towards lightweighting...
Acer introduces commercial notebook featuring magnesium-aluminium alloys parts
Acer has reportedly unveiled a new thin-and-light commercial notebook called TravelMate X514-51, specially meant for small and medium businesses. It comes in a chassis that features parts made of magnesium-lithium and magnesium-aluminium alloys, which are stronger than typical aluminium alloys at...
Brunel University collaborates with Constellium to develop high-strength aluminium alloys from recycled metals
Researchers at the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at Brunel University are working in collaboration with Netherlands-based aluminium products manufacturer Constellium to produce high-strength aluminium alloys from completely recycled metals. This strategic research...
Hydro’s technology pilot nominated for Green Awards 2019
Norsk Hydro is nominated for a Green Award in the category “Innovation of the year” for its technology pilot in Karmøy. The award ceremony will take place as part of the Green Tech Festival 2019 in Berlin, May 24. “A lot of Hydro people have put so much effort into making the technology pilot a...
Achenbach to exhibit its latest JumboSlit machines at ICE 2019 in Munich
In a press release to AlCircle.com, the Achenbach OPTIFOIL® brand says that it has emerged as one of the global world-class brands for aluminium doublers, separators, and slitters. It mentions that currently the demand for its winding and slitting machinery for slitting thin aluminium, non-ferrous...
Altech provides update on transition by lithium-ion battery manufactures to (HPA) coated battery separators
Altech Chemicals Limited provides an update on the transition by lithium-ion battery manufactures to high purity alumina (HPA) coated battery separator sheets. This is apparent from recently announced quarterly sales data by Japanese separator sheet manufacturer W-Scope (6619 JT) and from the...
