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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Samsara’s aircraft-grade aluminium suitcase merges technology into luggage designing
<p>Samsara is set out to solve luggage trouble of frequent traveller with their smart ultra-light suitcase. Made from aircraft-grade aluminium, the samsara suitcase is ultra-lightweight, yet sturdy enough to resist blows and rough handling it has to undergo during the journey and protect its...
An interview with Riccardo Ferrario, General Manager, IDRA Group at METEF 2017
<p><strong>IDRA Group</strong> is an Italy based manufacturing group involved in the design and manufacture of die casting presses and automated cells for the light alloy foundry business worldwide. IDRA exhibited at METEF 2017, the international expo of customized technology for the aluminium and...
Top five promising aluminium machining and technology companies in Italy
<p>Italy is going through a very radical transformation from traditional manufacturing to advanced, sustainable, and flexible manufacturing. The leaders of Italian manufacturing sector, of which aluminium constitutes a very significant part, are staking their future on advanced machinery, robotics...
An interview with Marco Menin and Paolo Zanotta of Menphis S.p.A., Italy, at METEF 2017
<p>Marco Menin, Managing Director, and Paolo Zanotta, Area Manager of Menphis S.p.A, talked to AlCircle ahead of Metef 2017 exhibition in Verona, Italy. The duo from the Italian family company with a fiercely innovative bent talked in length about Menphis’ major business areas, sublimation...
METEF 2017: Highlights from the first day
<p><span>The METEF 2017, the world’s leading expo of customized technology for the aluminium and innovative metals industry, officially opened its doors to the global exhibitors and visitors today, June 21</span><span>st</span><span>, in </span><span>Veronafierre, Verona,...
METEF 2017 inaugurated: Verona becomes world centre for aluminium sector till June 24
<p class="Default">The METEF 2017, the world’s leading expo of customized technology for the aluminium and innovative metals industry, officially opened its doors to the global exhibitors and visitors today, June 21<sup>st</sup>, in Piazza Italia. To be held till June 24<sup>th</sup> in...
Cleveland Cascades commissions unique chute for loading alumina effectively
<p>Cleveland Cascades recently commissioned one of the latest Cascade chutes in partnership with Reel Alesa for loading of alumina. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Sherwin-Alumina-3D.jpg" alt="News"...
EGA launches robotics competition, fostering new link between academia and industry
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, today announced Al Robot, a robotics competition that challenges students at universities and higher education institutions in the UAE to create a robot to tackle a real life challenge at EGA’s...
Microsoft launches Modern Keyboard: Aluminium designing at its sleekest best
<p>Microsoft, remaining true to its tradition of sleek engineering, has introduced an aluminium keyboard for use with Windows 10 PCs, macOS systems and all the latest Android devices. Named the Modern Keyboard, the accessory is a smart looking slab made out of the lightweight metal.</p> <p...
High purity alumina market to be valued at US$4,498 million by 2022
<p>Global high purity alumina market is estimated to be worth US$4,498 million growing at a CAGR of 16.7% by 2022, suggests data releases in the latest Allied Market Research report. 4N high purity alumina, which occupied more than 50% of the total HPA market in 2015, is expected to continue with...
Constellium to present new aerospace innovations at Paris Air Show
<p>Constellium N.V. will present its wide range of aerospace solutions, including the latest innovations in its Airware technology, at the International Paris Air Show from June 19 to 23, 2017. Constellium will also reveal an interactive and immersive experience of its aerospace offerings...
URBB to sell cans with aluminium foil packaging with EUR 2 million investment
<p>United Romanian Breweries Bereprod (URBB) will be selling its cans covered in an aluminium foil. The URBB invested EUR 2 million for the implementation of the new technology. The company decided to wrap the top of its can with an aluminium foil in order to protect against external...
CDE announces high-performance aluminium electrolytic capacitor
<p>Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (CDE) announced on Tuesday, that the company created a new line of axial-lead aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The aluminium electrolytic capacitors are used for applications that require high-performance under all operating conditions.</p> <p><img...
Constellium celebrates 50 years of innovation at C-TEC, its state-of-the art research and technology center
<p>Constellium N.V. celebrates the 50th anniversary of its world-class research and technology center, C-TEC, in Voreppe, France. C-TEC, Constellium’s innovation engine, has greatly contributed to position Constellium as a global leader in aluminium transformation, by developing high...
Fisker Inc to launch EMotion, all-electric sedan in aluminium and carbon fiber structure
<p>Henrik Fisker from the original Fisker Automotive is working hard to bring back their ill-fated electric car Fisker Karma in a new launch, the EMotion, whose photographs have been published recently. The 644-km -range all-electric sedan is the first vehicle from his new company Fisker Inc....
Aluar extends its partnership with Quintiq to improve planning and optimization capabilities
<p>Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand and global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that they would continue their partnership with Aluar Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C. (Aluar) in order to improve the aluminium producer’s planning and optimization...
NASA team aims to create highly- reflective aluminium mirrors to overcome Lyman Alpha limit
<p>Manuel Quijada and his team, optical experts at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are aiming to develop highly reflective aluminium mirrors sensitive to the infrared, optical, and far-ultraviolet wavelength bands for the James Webb Space Telescope and Wide Field...
Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII with all-new aluminium architecture to be revealed in July, 2017
<p>Rolls-Royce has announced that the all-new eighth-generation Phantom will make its world debut on July 27, 2017. It will be revealed at the British luxury marque’s ‘The Great Eight Phantoms’ Exhibition in Mayfair, London. The BMW-owned brand will showcase all the previous seven...
