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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Alro collaborates with Quintiq to maintain regional dominance
Alro, the largest aluminium smelter in the Central and non-CIS Eastern European region has signed a partnership agreement with Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company and global leader in supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) under which, Quintiq would provide capacity planning, inventory...
Technology using aluminium scrap and sea water helps cleanse CO2 from atmosphere
A team of researchers at the University of York has developed a novel solution for capturing atmospheric, undesirable carbon dioxide using sea water from Whitby in North Yorkshire and aluminium scrap. The technology could help capture 850 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas responsible for global...
Constellium awarded the 2017 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award for its large scale aluminum hull solution
Constellium N.V. was a recipient of the 2017 Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award in the category of Enhancing Military Capability, for its contributions as part of the U.S. Army’s Affordable Protection from Objective Threats (APOT) ManTech program. This prestigious award...
STAS announces new commercialization partnership with HENCON
STAS INC, the global leader in the supply of refining technologies for aluminium casthouses and crucibles and siphons, has entered into a new commercialization partnership with the Netherlands based HENCON. From now, the Canadian equipment supplier will promote and sell HENCON’s entire range of...
Hydro to double primary aluminium production at Husnes
Norsk Hydro today announced that it will reopen and upgrade the second production line at Hydro Husnes, Norway. The company will introduce new technology elements that will give better results. The production line is expected to begin operations in the first half of 2020. Hydro will make total...
BrahMos missile to use aluminium alloy developed by DRDO to make its various critical parts
In a significant step towards Make in India initiative, the BrahMos missile team has used five different grades of specialty aluminium alloy developed in India to construct various critical parts of the world's first and only supersonic cruise missile. They have used five different grades of...
Valspar designs Acrylicoat acrylic coating for aluminium architectural products
Valspar has designed a special Acrylicoat acrylic coating for extruded-aluminium architectural products in order to deliver a smooth, glass-like, extremely hard finish. Valspar Corp.’s Acrylicoat acrylic coating features a propriety resin system developed by Sherwin-Williams Coil and Extrusion...
Etched aluminium surfaces can prevent bacterial growth- IISc researchers find
Hospital acquired infections or healthcare-associated infections are the most frequent adverse situations that arise in health-care delivery procedures worldwide. In low-to-middle income countries the frequency of HAI is almost always on the higher side. Researchers across disciplines have been...
Aluminium capacitors supplier wins award for energy-saving & storage solutions
Hong Kong-based investment holding company Man Yue Technology Holdings Limited won “The Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Innovative Technology Achievement Award - Innovative Technology" by The Hong Kong Federation of Innovative Technologies and Manufacturing Industries (FITMI). The company...
Southern Aluminum Finishing announces new SAF Enterprise ERP system
SAF (Southern Aluminum Finishing Co.) announced the rollout of SAF Enterprise, the company’s new, fully integrated ERP system. SAF Enterprise will give SAF a strategic advantage by streamlining the company’s operations for aluminium distribution, anodizing, paint, engineered architectural products,...
Alba, General Electric sign MoU for GT block
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), home-base of the Line 6 Expansion Project, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with General Electric (GE) to implement a fourth Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (GT) block using GE 9HA technology in the company’s Power Station (PS) 5. The fourth GT block will...
World's largest linear friction welded component optimised for use in commercial aviation
TWI has recently showcased the world’s largest Linear Friction Welded (LFW) component – an aluminium wing rib for commercial aircraft. Comprising 22 rib feet joined to a 2.5 metre long baseplate, the wing rib is designed to strengthen an aircraft’s wings, and TWI’s use of LFW has opened up a new...
Dutch lifeboat maker to deliver the world’s first aluminium freefall lifeboats
The Netherlands based lifeboat manufacturer Verhoef has won the first delivery contract of aluminium freefall lifeboats for the Valhall Flank West project in Norway. The lifeboats with electric propulsion named Valhall Flank West will be used for the first time on the Norwegian Continental Shelf...
Alba is the first aluminium smelter to use the GE 9HA GT
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), home-base of the Line 6 Expansion Project, set the benchmark for sustainable power generation with the successful installation of the first H-class General Electric (GE) 9HA Gas Turbine (GT) at its Power Station (PS) 5. With this, Alba has become the first aluminium...
Panasonic launches conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors with high ripple current
Panasonic announced the launch of new conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors for applications like base stations, security cameras, and PV inverters. The SEPG series capacitor comes with high ripple current and low ESR values. Andreas Lapucha, Product Marketing Manager Capacitors at...
APWORKS and TOYAL form partnership for high-strength aluminium alloy Scalmalloy
APWORKS and TOYAL have announced a partnership for the further development, production and distribution of Scalmalloy, an aluminium-magnesium-scandium alloy. TOYAL will create and distribute aluminium alloy Scalmalloy through its distribution network. Sven Lauxmann, Head of Sales and Marketing at...
Aluminium product supplier receives funding for its exclusive rights technology
Advanced light-weighting technology developer Impression Technologies secured funding to develop and validate HFQ Technology. The project value is £ 9.5 million, with £ 4.8 million in funding through the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Ltd (APC). Jonathan Watkins, Impression Technologies’ CEO said:...
Leicester university scientists win EU funding for their novel aluminium battery project
A team of researchers at the University of Leicester has won funding from the European Union for their work into a novel battery type based on aluminium and sulphur. Professor Karl Ryder and Professor Andy Abbott from the Materials Centre in the Department of Chemistry who are heading the team aim...
