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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Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 with 7000 series aluminium frame unveiled in China
After the success of last year’s bezel-less Mi Mix, Xiaomi has taken the wraps off its latest offering the Mi Mix 2 at an event in China. The successor to bezel-less Mi Mix is a thinner handset with ceramic body and 7000 series aluminium frame. Xiaomi claims the smartphone is targeted towards the...
NanoAl LLC awarded contract to develop lightweight aluminium conductors
Energy loss, due to the resistance of electrical conductors, in transmission and distribution systems currently costs U.S. economy around $20 billion annually. This amount of energy can power 24 million homes per year, and it provides considerable motivation to improve the transmission and...
IFA 2017: Sony launches latest audio product with aluminium chassis
Sony has showcased its latest audio products at the IFA 2017, in Berlin on Thursday, August 31. The company launched NW-ZX300 Walkman to its ZX Walkman series. The new NW-ZX300 comes with an aluminium chassis. Shigeru Kumekawa, the President of Sony Europe, said: “… Sony stands at the “last one...
“One of the largest opportunities in global market today is related to additive manufacturing,” Jacopo Nardi, International Business Manager, RINA Consulting-CSM, Italy
RINA Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali, S.p.A. is a leading R&D and consultancy firm based in Italy. With over 20 laboratories, pilot lines and full scale testing facilities, the company has emerged as the partner of choice for any industrial project in which materials, technology and...
EGA extends research partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on six new practical research projects at EGA later this year. MIT is the leading research university in the United States. The new...
Indian mining sector’s quest to modernise technology grabs Australia’s attention
In a landmark move to strengthen Australia’s trade and commerce relations with India, a 20-member delegation representing Australian Mining Equipment Technologies and Solutions (METS) recently visited India to explore opportunities to offer their technologies and services for the country's mining...
IFA 2017: Acer launches Chromebook 15 with an aluminium body
Acer, the world's leading Chromebook brand, has introduced a new model in its Chromebook 15 line. The new Acer Chromebook 15 is made out of aluminium and has a long battery life of up to 12 hours. The model is thinner and lighter than previous generations. “The new Acer Chromebook 15's huge display...
Bentley’s new Continental GT sports aluminium chassis crafted with a new technology
Bentley has unveiled its third generation Continental GT, an entirely new grand tourer with a brand new chassis and engine, armed with some innovative new technology. The new engine is an upgrade on the Bentayga's 6.0-litre W12 TSI with a dual-clutch, eight-speed transmission for super performance....
Why buy the AlCircle Exclusive Report on Potline Failure?
Potline failure in aluminium smelters has long been a serious technological issue for primary aluminium producers. In last five years, as many as nine big aluminium smelters of the world faced major potline failure challenges which resulted in loss of man-hours and productivity up to varying...
Hydro inaugurates aluminium production technology at Karmøy
Hydro announced the grand opening of the new pilot plant located at its existing aluminium plant in Karmøy, Norway. The new plant is the world’s most climate-friendly aluminium production technology, according to the company press release. The 60 new electrolysis cells will produce 75,000 tonnes of...
Siemens to supply medium & low voltage drives for rolling mills in China
<p>Global technology powerhouse Siemens AG will equip Chinese aluminium factories with medium and low voltage drives technology. This would safeguard the productivity in the rolling mills by supplying powerful, reliable drive systems.</p> <p>The order is in the low tens of millions of euros, and...
Chief launches Multitool Aluminum Repair Station for collision repair shops
<p>Chief has upgraded its MultiTool Aluminum Repair Station with a taller and slimmer cabinet, improved equipment accessibility and five drawers to keep contamination-sensitive tools.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
U.S University team designs aluminium-ion batteries with graphene electrode
<p>Clemson University Researchers in the U.S has made a breakthrough in Aluminium-ion battery (AIB). They have designed a prototype Aluminum-ion battery (AIB) that uses a graphene electrode to intercalate tetrachloroaluminate (AlCl4–).</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img...
“Working with more than 1600 varnish codes of the most various colours, I can only see Italcoat as a 'colourful' environment.” Marco Iorio, Plant Manager, Italcoat
Italcoat is a part of Laminazione Sottile Group, specialized in aluminium transformation. The Group’s companies work in an integrated production chain and manufacture rolled aluminium products, in different alloys, dimensions and superficial treatments, including lacquering and printing, and...
Continental introduces aluminium wheel and brake concept for electric vehicles
<p>Continental has introduced the "New Wheel Concept," a new engineering system that is expected to boost the braking efficiency and create an easier-to-maintain braking system in electric cars.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Recycling systems company finds solution for handling aluminium swarf materials
<p>Fercell Engineering Ltd, provides solutions to numerous industrial and environmental problems, is offering an efficient waste management solution for aluminium-based swarfs.</p> <p>Aluminium swarfs and chips are produced by computer numerical control (CNC) processes. It contains high...
Top five aluminium-air battery manufacturers in the world
<p>Aluminium-air (al-air) batteries produce electricity by converting the energy released from oxidation of aluminium using oxygen in the air packed inside. The portable cells have phenomenal energy density and can release approximately 4kWh of heat and electricity from one kilo of aluminium. Each...
Nokia launches Nokia 8; its first all-aluminium Android flagship
<p>Nokia has launched Nokia 8, another all-aluminium Android flagship phone in the line of all other android flagship phones launched this year.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/small-Nokia-8-Family-1-980x798.jpg"...
