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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Dales Fabrications installs an equipment of £170,000 for applying hard-wearing finishes to aluminium products
An Ilkeston-based company Dales Fabrications has reportedly installed a polyester powder coating equipment that will apply attractive hard-wearing finishes to the aluminium products it manufactures at own factory in Compton Road. The equipment got unveiled on Friday, November 30, by some industry...
Primetals Technologies bags order for Ulsan Aluminum’s rolling mills
Primetals Technologies, an engineering and plant construction company for metals industry, has announced it received an order from from Ulsan Aluminum Ltd., a rolled aluminium producer, for the supply of new automation technology to the company's hot rolling mill and cold rolling mill no. 2 in...
Strautmann presents beverage bottle including aluminium can recycling machines
According to a report, a Germany-based company named Strautmann Umwelttechnik presented two beverage bottle recycling machines - LiquiDrainer and BrikPress at the BrauBeviale trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, in mid-November. As told by the company, the machinery offers reliability and innovation...
Atlas Copco develops joining technique for high strength aluminium in automotive applications
Atlas Copco has developed a fully hollow self-pierce rivet called the Henrob T-rivet in order to join up to four layers of high-strength, low-deformability 6,000 series aluminium alloys. According to Atlas Copco IAS, the T-rivets are suitable for the automotive industry in mechanical joining...
University of Queensland receives grant for its study on management of red mud from alumina refineries
University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute researcher Dr Tuan Nguyen has secured a fund of US$ 500,000 to develop a gel technology that will transform the way alumina refineries manage bauxite residues sustainably and economically. This mineral gel technology is expected to provide...
Bangalore based start-up Log 9 Materials develops EV battery powered by water and aluminium
Akshay Singhal, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of nanotechnology start-up Log 9 Materials is conducting trials on his electric car Mahindra e2o Plus to run on water and aluminium. This, according to him can be made possible by using an innovative metal-air battery, developed by Log 9 in the EV....
NALCO'S hi-tech pavilion showcases activities, achievement at Make in Odisha Conclave
National Aluminium Company Limited ’s (NALCO) hi-tech pavilion at the Make in Odisha Conclave 2018 used the latest technologies including 3d holographic display, virtual reality (VR), touch screen, gesture driven interactive wall etc to showcase its production units, products, CSR activities,...
Researchers in Victoria University develops electrolytes suitable for aluminium batteries
Researchers in Victoria University of Wellington under the guidance of Professor Thomas Nann created a new electrolyte for making safer and more environmentally friendly aluminium batteries. They created this the electrolyte as part of its work on aluminium batteries and researchers from Ecole...
EGA wins international award for commitment to innovation
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has been recognised by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) with an award for its commitment to innovation within the organisation. The company was presented with the ‘2018 ASQ MEA...
AP&C, a GE Additive company to produce aluminium alloy F357 powder from Q1 2019
AP&C, a GE Additive company and specialist in metal powder production for additive manufacturing, has announced that it will produce aluminium alloy F357 powder in Q1 2019 and start supplying to customers from April 2019. Aluminium alloy F357 offers good weldability, high strength and better...
P. Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis on DROSRITE™, the salt-free, cost-effective system for aluminium recovery from dross
PyroGenesis Canada Inc. is a Company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products. PyroGenesis' DROSRITE™ system is a salt-free, cost-effective process for maximizing aluminium recovery from dross, a waste generated in the...
Novelis announces partnership with Impression Technologies
Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced it has agreed to partner with Impression Technologies to explore innovative ways to increase the broader adoption of aluminum through the hot stamping process. Impression Technologies has the exclusive rights to Hot...
Constellium supplies its aluminium solution Aeral™ for the production of award-winning aerosols
Constellium, global aluminium rolled and extruded products manufacturer, announced on November 6 about its aluminium solution Aeral™ supply to Moravia Cans for the production of Unilever’s award-winning Dove antiperspirant aerosols. Constellium's Aeral™ is an innovative aluminium solution designed...
PyroGenesis enters into MoU with Japanese Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation to jointly toll with DROSRITE™
PyroGenesis Canada has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with one of the largest Japanese trading houses, which outlines the understanding of how the Parties will move forward towards a potential joint venture partnership for the purpose of developing DROSRITE™ tolling services globally. A...
Austin-based tech firm SNS Tech launches 100% aluminium resealable drinks can
SNSTech, an Austin-based tech firm, has reportedly launched a resealable, 100 per cent aluminium drinks can called SipNShut. It has zero percentage of plastic and is fully recyclable. Designed by Bill Brandell, President of SNSTech, the can is specially made in response to consumer demand with an...
Apple introduces new MacBook Air made out of 100% recycled aluminium
Apple never fails to surprise its consumers and woo them with uniquely featured products. Following the legacy, it has recently unveiled a new line of MacBook Air laptops made out of 100 per cent recycled aluminium. Therefore, the weight of the device is reduced to 1.25 kilos from 1.35 kilos. 10...
JW Aluminum to install new 84 Inch Wide Tension Leveling and Slitting Line at its Goose Creek, South Carolina plant
JW Aluminum, a leading domestic manufacturer of flat rolled aluminum, is investing $8.5 million to install a new tension leveling and slitting line at its Goose Creek, South Carolina facility. The new coil processing equipment, custom built by Red Bud Industries and Machine Concepts, is designed to...
TOMRA Sorting Recycling adds new feature to X-TRACT machine
Norway-based TOMRA Sorting Recycling has announced the launch of a new-generation X-TRACT machine. New X-TRACT features innovative Dual Processing Technology which enhances final purity levels; multi-density channels to enable more precise classification and sorting of materials; and a broad range...
