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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The world’s first POAL recycling plant to go online in September
The world’s first POAL recycling plant for producing Ecoallene will start in Italy in September 2018. POAL is a polyethylene + aluminium polycomposite recovered from food packaging. The plant will recover POAL and then turn it into a new recyclable material suitable for use in automotive,...
ORNL collaborates with Fiat Chrysler and Nemak to develop aluminium alloy for use in turbocharged engines
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, lightweight OEM parts supplier Nemak and Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have collaborated to develop a new aluminium alloy for use in turbocharged engines, which is expected to offer better fuel economy. The aluminium-copper-manganese-zirconium alloy (ACMZ) was...
Altech Chemicals to utilize 'disruptive technology' to lower HPA production costs
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided an update on the development of its high purity alumina (HPA) project in Malaysia. The company’s Managing Director Iggy Tan updated Proactive Investors that Altech’s HPA plant can lower production costs by utilising disruptive technology. Altech is aiming to...
Trump drops his decision to back down on trade tariffs against China
Today, on July 2, President Donald Trump has decided to rule out backing down on import tariffs against China. He has also threatened to impose up to US$ 500 billion worth of Chinese goods in case the two countries could not strike a fair deal sooner or later. But a couple of days before, the...
Purdue University develops superstrong aluminium alloy for automobiles, aerospace devices
Researchers from Purdue University have created a high-strength aluminium alloy coatings that may change some manufacturing processes for the aerospace and automobile industries. The Purdue team, led by Xinghang Zhang, a professor in Purdue’s School of Materials Engineering, developed the...
DNV GL grants first type approval for ship aluminium cables
When owners and operators from the shipping industry are largely looking for effective measures to reduce the increasing cost pressure, DNV GL has developed the first type approval scheme for the use of ship aluminium cables and connectors. The use of aluminium cables were under evaluation for the...
Coca-Cola Turkey uses thermochromic inks for its summer promotional aluminium cans
Coca-Cola Turkey has reportedly obtained thermochromic ink technology from one of the renowned packaging product suppliers called Crown for designing its new aluminium beverage can. For the first time, the company is using thermochromic ink technology as a decorative tool, which is otherwise known...
Alba Casthouse 3 commissions new Batch homogenizer for specialised billets
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, has commissioned the state-of-the-art Batch homogenizer in Casthouse 3 for specialised billet requirements. The company said that the new Batch homogenizer was supplied by Hertwich Engineering, a company of the SMS group....
Hydro's technology pilot at Karmøy in full production
All 60 electrolysis cells are now in operation at the Karmøy technology pilot, where Hydro aims to industrialize the world's most climate and energy efficient aluminium electrolysis technology. "Our aim is to be the global leader in technology and innovation in our industry, and the Karmøy pilot...
Army Laboratory to issue license to its nanogalvanic aluminium powder discovery
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) plans to issue a license to its new discovery of aluminium-based nanogalvanic alloy powder. When combined with water or any water-based liquid, this alloy powder reacts to produce on-demand hydrogen for power generation without a catalyst. "This powder-based...
Hazelett Casting Process Selected for JW Aluminum Expansion
Hazelett Corporation confirms that the Hazelett Twin-belt Continuous Casting Process will be utilized for the JW Aluminum expansion announced today. “This new facility will be a model for the most cost-effective and energy efficient sheet production in North America,” said Mr. David Hazelett,...
Australian Mines confirms partnership with Metalysis for aluminium-scandium alloy
With the aim to accelerate revenue generation and shareholder value at the flagship project Sconi in Queensland, the metals explorer Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ) confirms its partnership deal with UK-based technology company Metalysis. The company intends to commercialise the high-purity scandium...
Laminazione Sottile launches new slitting line for its rolled aluminium plant
Laminazione Sottile expands its productive process and inaugurates a new longitudinal slitting line for better slitting quality of its rolled aluminium products. Laminazione Sottile manufactures rolled aluminium products in different alloys and dimensions, with gauges from 6 microns to 6 mm, for a...
StrikoWestofen designs melting furnace that handles huge pieces of cast aluminium parts at one go
Growing popularity of lighter and more fuel efficient vehicles has created new demands on cast aluminium parts and associated production processes. Melting furnaces now have to handle a mix of large flat cast parts and smaller thin-walled material. The number of aluminium die-casting structural...
Inductotherm - Banyard to supply 2x Banyard LFi Smart system to Hydro PTT plant
Inductotherm - Banyard has announced the successful contract for supply to Hydro Precision Tubing Tonder (HPTT) plant in Denmark, with imminent dispatch of 2x Banyard LFi Smart systems, which consists of 2x Zero Friction, Multi-layer, Multi Zone coil Induction Heaters for 9” aluminium billets, to...
Australia Bauxite Ltd. to fund Stage 1 of its bauxite refining project ALCORE
After almost two months, Tasmanian miner, Australia Bauxite Ltd. has made a significant progress with its bauxite refining project ALCORE. In our previous news, we had reported that engineering and cost study for the first stage was finished, including the construction of an engineering validation...
Nalco to implement waste-to-wealth model using Chinese tech to ramp up profitability
National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), a Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Mines, is looking out to tap the waste-to-wealth model using Chinese tech for processing mineral wastes and commercialising them, which in turn would help the company boost its bottom line. The company believes that by...
Vishay Intertechnology launches new snap-in power aluminium electrolytic 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 new series of miniature snap-in power aluminium electrolytic capacitors...
