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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ŠKODA introduces its latest electric bike made from an aluminium frame
ŠKODA, at the Geneva Motor Show, reportedly unveiled its latest electric bike called the KLEMENT. Made from an aluminium frame, the KLEMENT boasts a sleek and stylish look. It has no visible levers or cables, nor the rider’s feet rest on fixed pedals where e-bikes usually have a bottom bracket. It...
Hufschmied presented its Milling Systems for Aluminum and Graphite Processing at Intec in February 2019
Hufschmied presented their range of machining tools designed especially for aluminium machining at Intec in February 2019. These tools deliver good surface qualities when machining aluminium honeycombs, plates, and profiles with help of their specially adapted cutting edge geometries. Hufschmied’s...
Trimet installs new furnace for expanding recycling capacity
German aluminium producer Trimet said that it installed a new rotary furnace on February 15 at its Gelsenkirchen plant in West Germany for expanding the group’s recycling capacity. The furnace is able to melt up to 200 tonnes of aluminium scrap every day and load up to 40 tonnes. The firm after the...
Scientists used nanoscale diamond to create new aluminium alloy in a lab experiment
Scientists from London's Brunel University and Tomsk State University made an experiment in which they successfully added nanoscale diamond to melted aluminium to create new aluminium alloy. The researchers said in a media statement that the new alloy would be suitable for maritime transport. This...
AMAG opens new high-tech cladding station for multilayer material composites
AMAG,a leading Austrian premium supplier of high-quality aluminium cast and flat rolled products, announced that its newly constructed cladding station was officially commissioned on Monday, February 11, 2019. Helmut Wieser, Management Board Chairman (CEO) of AMAG, said: "The new plants expands our...
KEMPER’s extraction units and filter systems sales surpass 40 million euros in 2018
KEMPER GmbH marks another year with great financial achievements. 2018 became the most successful year so far for the Germany-based company. For the first time, the sales of the firm’s extraction units and filter systems surpassed the mark of 40 million euros, up 25 per cent from 2017. Björn...
Vishay Intertechnology announces new series of aluminium screw-terminal capacitors
Vishay Intertechnology, a manufacturer of discrete semiconductors (diodes, MOSFETs, and infrared optoelectronics) and passive electronic components (resistors, inductors, and capacitors), has extended the maximum voltage rating of the Vishay BCcomponents 500 PGP-ST series of aluminium...
Alcatel Submarine Networks supplying aluminium conductor cable for submarine networks
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) reveals that it is now supplying aluminium conductor cable for submarine networks. The company also says that it has paired with Facebook on the new conductor cable technology, including the successful completion of testing and qualification programme. According to...
Scientists from Bremen involved in developing aluminium alloys for additive manufacturing
According to a recent report, a few scientists from Bremen are involved in a project to further develop aluminium alloys for additive manufacturing, with an intention to exploit the lightweight construction potential of aluminium in the aerospace industry. This one of the start-up projects for the...
Alcatel Submarine Networks and Facebook launch aluminium conductor for optical fiber submarine systems
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Facebook have announced the commercial launch of aluminium conductor cable for optical fiber submarine systems, after an extensive testing and qualification program to establish its suitability for ultra-long haul deep sea transmission systems. The cable was...
Innoval Technology to offer training course on aluminium automotive sheet
Innoval Technology has announced another training course about the application of aluminium automotive sheet after one successful course last year. The Aluminium Automotive Sheet training course offered by Innoval Technology will be 2.5 days long and will include a visit to Jaguar Land Rover’s...
Bajaj Auto’s updated Dominar 400 with brushed aluminium finish to be launched this month
Bajaj Auto’s flagship product Dominar 400 is awaited to appear in new, upgraded avatar later this month, and take the company’s sales to a whole new height. 2019 Bajaj Dominar will have various new features such as all-new twin exhaust system with brushed aluminium finish. The exhaust system is not...
Heesen provides technical update on its all-aluminium superyacht Cosmos
Dutch superyacht builder Heesen has reportedly shared information regarding its technical developments and testing of 80.7 metre Cosmos, the shipyard’s largest project till date. Per the report, Cosmos will support a series of phenomenal technological feats that require a rigorous testing process...
Ford unveils Shelby GT500 featuring aluminium alloy engine at 2018 Detroit Motor Show
Ford Motor Company reportedly unveiled the all-new Shelby GT500, the most powerful mustang ever with 700 horsepower, at the 2018 Detroit Motor Show. The company says it is the quickest street-legal acceleration and most high-performance technology to date. The vehicle comes with a supercharged 5.2...
Nexstgo unveils flagship commercial laptop Primus NX301 with aluminium alloy at CES 2019
The world’s largest consumer tradeshow CES 2019 at Las Vegas reportedly witnessed a launch of a flagship commercial laptop the Primus NX301 by Nexstgo. The event also reportedly observed Nexstgo’s partnership with Foxit, a leading US-based software company, to have its PhantomPDF preinstalled as a...
Royal Huisman to build 59.7 metre cruising sloop with Alustar aluminium hull
A Dutch shipyard Royal Huisman reportedly announced its plan to build a 59.7 metre world performance cruising sloop: Project 404. Following the footsteps of the shipyard’s previous vessels such as 58m Ngoni and 56m Aquarius, the new and highly advanced vessel would expectedly harness exceptional...
Acer unveils sleeker and stronger model of Swift 7 made of magnesium-aluminium alloys
Acer, a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation with specialisation in advanced electronic technology, has reportedly introduced a new Swift 7 laptop that boasts even thinner and sleeker look than ever before. Made of magnesium-lithium and magnesium-aluminium alloys, which are...
Gondan to build ice-classed trawler with low resistant aluminium superstructure
Spanish shipbuilder Gondan and Norwegian ship owner Engenes fiskeriselskap AS have reportedly signed a deal in the recent time to build a 69.9 metre long and 16 metre beam stern trawler. The expected time of delivery is the 1 st quarter of 2021. The trawler will be of NVC 370 design with a low...
