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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Outotec to deliver aluminium technology to Bahrain
<p>Outotec has agreed with Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (ALBA) on the design and delivery of anode rodding shop facility for ALBA's aluminium smelter expansion in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The parties have agreed not to disclose the contract price, but this is the largest order for Outotec in close to...
‘Aluminium coaches from Talgo can help Indian Railways make profits’
<p>Indian Railways can rake in some profits from Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Expresses with the existing fare structure by running Talgo's lightweight aluminium-alloy coaches on lease, thinks the passenger train-maker from Spain. This will help the country's next eco-growth engine...
Arconic brings advanced stretcher online
<p>Arconic announced today that the installation of its new manufacturing technology – the Very Thick Plate Stretcher (Stretcher) – is complete. The Stretcher produces highly-differentiated aerospace and industrial plate. The investment in the Stretcher is backed by customer contracts,...
Rusal forms JV to produce high-tech aluminium paste & powders in India
<p>Rusal, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, inked a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Runaya Metsource on equal terms to produce high technology aluminium paste and powders in India. Runaya Metsource is a Mumbai-based company promoted by the shareholders of Vedanta.</p> <p><img...
Singapore may experience all-aluminium body driverless buses by 2020
<p>The Land Transport Authority (LTA) and ST Kinetics signed partnership agreement on Monday, Apr 10, to develop driverless buses in Singapore by 2020.The buses will have all-aluminium body in order to keep it light and will be electrically powered.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;...
South32 and GE sign three year digital transformation partnership
<p>A global mining and metals company South32 announced yesterday 10 April, that the company signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with GE, the world's Digital Industrial Company, in Sydney. The partnership will help in the development of South32’s technology roadmap and...
UC RUSAL and Runaya Metsource sign 50:50 JV to produce aluminium pastes and powders
<p>UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, and Runaya Metsource LLP, a company promoted by principal shareholders of Vedanta, have signed an agreement to create a joint venture on an equal basis in India (JV).</p> <p>The JV will set up a world class facility which specializes in the...
2017 Audi A8 to get lightweight technology; aluminium to remain dominant
<p>German luxury car maker Audi is going to use more light weight technologies than ever before in its new generation 2017 Audi A8. The model is due to be unveiled this year. The company would use more aluminium in the body while magnesium and carbon fibre would be utilized in other components part...
JLR works aggressively towards attaining circular economy
<p>Companies across all industrial sectors are moving towards the idea of a circular economy from the traditional linear model that promotes make, use and dispose. Policy makers around the world are stepping up with support in the form of guidance and legislation.</p> <p>The European Commission...
German firm turns aluminium smelter into a ‘Virtual Battery’
<p>Trimet, Germany’s largest producer of aluminum, is testing technology to turn its smelters into a "virtual battery" capable of delivering 1.12 gigawatt-hours of flexible capacity.</p> <p>The family-owned business is investing €36 million ($39 million) in a two-year industrial-scale...
Almex USA to supply casting technology to Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions
<p>Almex USA Inc. has announced its selection as the technology and equipment provider for a U.S. subsidiary of the Kobe Steel Group. The new greenfield facility, presently under construction in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be owned and operated by Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc....
Vedanta installs country’s first red mud powder plant
<p>Vedanta Refinery has installed a red mud powder plant at its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Kalahandi, Odisha. The automatic red mud powder plant is the country’s first of its kind initiative by an alumina refinery. The industry has been facing problems with red mud disposal which is a...
Indian aluminium industry needs skilled manpower to drive technology advancement: Nalco CMD
<p>Technology advancement and skilled manpower development are the two key essentials of manufacturing sector transformation in India. While the country seems to be gaining momentum in the first part, in the second area, that is, in skilled manpower development, it still lags behind in comparison...
Cornell Dubliner introduces new aluminium electrolytic capacitors
<p>Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. (CDE), a manufacturer of high-quality capacitors, has presented a new line of ruggedized axial-lead aluminium electrolytic capacitors. The aluminium electrolytic capacitors can be used in military, aerospace, off-road vehicles and infrastructure system...
TSMC considering a microchip fabrication plant in the U.S.
<p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. may construct a multibillion-dollar microchip fabrication plant in the U.S. as a part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to attract high-tech jobs and investment to the country. The company is considering a number of locations for a high tech...
Kokomo Casting Plant becomes safer & efficient, hopes for silver rating this year
<p>The FCA US Kokomo Casting Plant (KCP) has become safer, efficient and cleaner over the years, according to the plant manager Jerry Peterson. Last year, KCP made a new investment into furnaces for the process of re-melting aluminium in-house in order to improve its efficiency.</p> <p><img...
Granco Clark wins two cutting-edge equipment supply contracts
<p>Granco Clark, the leading single-source supplier of billet furnaces and equipment manufacturer, recently bagged two significant equipment supply contracts from the aluminium extrusion industry.</p> <p>The company has been selected by <strong>Oldcastle Building Envelope</strong> of Terrell,...
“In the competition among steel, austempered ductile iron and aluminium, the main loser is steel,” Franco Zanardi, Honorary President, Zanardi Fonderie
<p>Franco Zanardi is the Honorary President of Zanardi Fonderie that is a producer and supplier of ductile iron and ADI castings based in Verona, Italy. An MSc in Mechanical Engineering with four decades of experience in casting and ADI materials, he is also the Past President of...
