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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Afrox offers oxyfuel solutions for low-energy aluminium processing
<p>Afrox is upgrading its technologies to increase productivity and limit emissions in the aluminium processing. Afrox is providing technical competence and process knowledge to melting, dross handling, refining, and extrusion and annealing applications through its parent company The Linde...
Indian pilot builds indigenous aircraft from aluminium alloy; waiting for flying permission
<p>Thrust Aircraft Private Limited is a unique venture was started by a self-motivated entrepreneur Capt. Amol Shivaji Yadav. He is a Deputy Chief Pilot by profession and has been working on building indigenous aircraft for past 17 years.</p> <p>Amol Yadav assembled his first aircraft by himself on...
MHI to supply 66 all-aluminium-alloy carriages for "Astram Line" in Hiroshima
<p>Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. for 66 all-aluminium-alloy carriages (11 trains) that will be used on the Hiroshima New Transit Line 1. Known as the "Astram Line," this Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) system connects different...
Queen’s University researcher develops alumina catalyst from aluminium foil waste
<p>Ahmed Osman, a researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, has successfully recycled aluminium foil waste into an alumina based biofuel catalyst. The chemical is found to be more reactive yet cheaper than commercial alumina refined from bauxite. The out-of-the-box approach if adopted in...
Open Water Power starts developing new aluminium-based battery to power underwater vehicles
<p>Open Water Power has started to develop the newest aluminium-based battery that “drinks” seawater for power generation. It would provide autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) a tenfold increase in range over traditional lithium-ion batteries.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Russia intends to manufacture aluminium wheels, Minister for Industry and Trade says
<p>Russia's Minister for Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said in an interview to TASS, that they are interested in the production of aluminium wheels in Russia. The Ministry of Industry plans an initiative of compulsory certification of imported aluminium wheels in order to restrict supplies of...
Parker Hannifin launces new Transair aluminium pipework products
<p>The Transair® business unit of The Fluid System Connectors Division Europe of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, presented its latest Transair aluminium pipework products for compressed air, vacuum and inert gas applications in plant technical...
Network Rail to replace copper cables with aluminium as a cost saving measure
<p>Cost reduction is one of the major challenges for Network Rail, the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales. Engineers are working on a range of ways in which costs can be reduced, and the electrical fraternity is playing its part.</p> <p...
ORNL team combines 3D printing and casting to make stronger aluminium/steel composite parts
<p>3D printing has revolutionised the metal manufacturing sector including aluminium. Recently, material scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a new process for creating “damage-tolerant components” made from...
Rio Tinto to support its aluminium production operations with unmanned vehicles
<p>Rio Tinto Aluminium has selected the ECA Group to develop unmanned logistic vehicles for heavy load transportation inside the aluminium smelter. Unmanned logistic vehicles will be mainly used for the transportation of anodes.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
HUAFON kicks off production expansion with Achenbach technology
<p>The HUAFON ALUMINIUM COOPERATION based in Chongqing and part of the HUAFON group took the strategic decision to expand its production due to its success in the production of a wide range of flat rolled products particularly for household and building technology and for the automotive, packaging,...
RS Components announces new series of aluminium electrolytic capacitors
<p>RS Components, the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the supplier of electronic components, electrical, automation and control, and test and measurement equipment, announced two new series of electrolytic capacitors manufactured by Panasonic. The V-TC and V-TCU series of aluminium...
Motorola’s Moto X4 aluminium body smartphone to hit shelves in Q4
<p>Motorola is likely to launch its new X series smartphone the Moto X4 in the fourth quarter of 2017. If reports are to be believed, the new phone is expected to be crafted in an all-aluminium body with an IP68 certification.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left:...
Drive for light-weight construction shapes Aluminium China 2017
<p><strong><em>Government and industry initiatives put spotlight on lighter weight auto and consumer materials </em></strong></p> <p>2017 marks a key year for aluminium, with China’s 13<sup>th</sup> Five-Year Plan putting the emphasis on the development of light-weight vehicles and the...
An Interview with Mr. Stefano Giacometti, Sales Director, IMS Deltamatic Group S.p.a., Italy at METEF 2017
<p><strong>IMS Deltamatic Group</strong>, born from the synergy of two specialized and diversified companies, has emerged as the international reference point in manufacturing of innovative technologically advanced machinery as well as service solutions for the web-converting (IMS and OMM brands)...
Top five aluminium die casting machinery manufacturers in the world
The global aluminium die casting machinery market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7 per cent during the period 2016-2020. The aluminium die casting machinery is used to produce cast aluminium parts for applications in various end-user sectors which include automotive, aerospace and defence,...
Team India enters final of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Challenge with lightweight Orcapod
<p>Team Hyperloop India has made it to the finals of the much talked about Space X Hyperloop Competition Summer 2017 to be held at Hawthorne in California on August 25-27. The first and only team from India and one out of the two from Asia is among the top 24 finalists to build the super-fast mode...
Rolled aluminium products manufacturer expands its research & innovation centre
<p>Gränges, a supplier of rolled aluminium products for heat exchanger applications worldwide, recently inaugurated its newly expanded Research and Innovation centre in Finspång, Sweden. The expansion includes new office and laboratory areas, new laboratory equipment as well as a...
