Smaller grain sizes, smarter separation: At ALUMINIUM in Düsseldorf, STEINERT presents technological advances in LIBS and X-ray sorting
From October 6 to 8, 2026, STEINERT will provide a comprehensive insight into the future of aluminium sorting. Closing the aluminium loop requires both high throughput and melt-ready quality. As demand for high-grade recycled aluminium continues to grow, STEINERT is advancing its sorting systems on...
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...
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Toyota and Clemson team up for Gen Z car built from aluminium composites
Toyota and Clemson University have joined forces in creating uBox, a concept car ideally aimed at the next-generation auto buyers. This new concept is a result of the partnership between the graduate students at the International Center for Automotive Research at the Clemson University and...
JNARDDC with NALCO develops high strength ceramic balls from bauxite ore and flyash
The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) has developed a unique product; very high strength ceramic balls or granules made from one of the waste components (partially lateritized khondalite or PLK) of bauxite ore and flyash. The centre is in the process of...
Sapa Profiles provides design consultation and fabrication for DawesGuard safety system
Dawes Highway Safety Ltd recently turned to Sapa Profiles UK for support with the design, extrusion and fabrication of profiles for its DawesGuard DropDown Technology safety system. Sapa Profiles provided initial design consultation and aided Dawes with fabrication processes including machining and...
Apple eyeing Indian mobile market with iPhone SE designed with bead-blasted aluminium
Apple has always been held in high esteem globally for being a premiere mobile handset maker excelling in design and technology. But due to its high price-points, the brand has never been able to penetrate much deep into the markets like India, as the majority of the consumers here belongs to the...
NASA begins testing its new propulsion system comprising charged aluminium wires
NASA has begun testing components of a new propulsion system that could see spacecraft ride the solar wind into interstellar space. The system, called the Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System, would consist of 10 to 20 electrically charged, bare aluminium wires radiating from the centre of...
Sapa opens corrosion test center in Florida for customers using aluminium tubing
Sapa has opened a corrosion test center in Florida to service customers using aluminium tubing in automotive and industrial heat transfer applications, and in residential air conditioning systems. Sapa has installed new automated corrosion cabinets in the technology center at its aluminium...
India launches space technology to tackle illegal mining of bauxite and other minerals
Rising levels of illegal mining in India is seeing the government implement space technologies in an effort combat the issue. Each state was also asked to gather information on past illegal mining activities of minerals like bauxite and other metal ores, and methods used to check them. Balvinder...
Indian Railways set to hold trial run for aluminium body train
After the launch of Gatiman Express, the country's fastest train, Indian Railways is now going to hold trials for a faster train on the Palwal-Mathura route in May. Manufactured by Spanish locomotive-maker Talgo, the train made of aluminium is lighter and faster than Gatiman and can run at speeds...
Global high purity alumina market will reach USD 5.09 bln by 2020
According to a recently published market research report, the global high purity alumina market is projected to reach USD 5.09 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 20.1 per cent between 2015 and 2020. The rising demand of high definition televisions, smart phones, electronic sensors, and LED...
2017 Aston Martin Vantage gets a new bonded and riveted aluminium architecture
Aston Martin will follow its recently unveiled DB11 with a minimum of five all-new models in the next four years. They will span three distinct model lines and form part of a plan to build 7000 cars per year by 2020. The DB11, a GT, was revealed at the recent Geneva motor show and will be on sale...
Tech start-up Trestor's "Swachh Machine" to dispense drinking water in exchange for used aluminium cans and bottles
Chandigarh-based start-up Trestor is building a machine that can provide clean drinking water to people, especially the urban poor. However, to get 300 ml of water, a person has to put an used plastic bottle or an aluminium beverage can or aerosol can into the machine. Developed in just 95 days by...
Meizu m3 Note with 6000 series aluminium unibody launched
Meizu M3 Note has been unveiled in China with 6000 series aluminium unibody and mTouch 2.1 fingerprint scanner starting at CNY 799 and will be available for purchase from April 11. Dubbed as the budget friendly smartphone similar to that of critically acclaimed m1 note and m3 note, the latest...
Alcoa’s Micromill Technology for future cars
The Micromill is Alcoa’s proprietary technology that manufactures the most advanced aluminium sheet on the market, according to Alcoa. Since being introduced in December 2014, Alcoa has achieved some significant breakthroughs, producing more formable aluminium sheet, with greater strength, lighter...
Constellium inaugurates its dedicated University Technology Center to develop aluminium alloys and automotive structural components
Constellium N.V. announced today the opening of the Constellium University Technology Center (UTC) at Brunel University London, a dedicated center of excellence for the design, development and prototyping of aluminium alloys and automotive structural components. Featuring industrial size aluminium...
HP unveils the world's thinnest laptop made from aluminium, carbon fibre
A new laptop unveiled by HP today will be the thinnest in the world. At 0.4 inches (10.4mm) thick, the Spectre 13 Ultrabook is thinner than AAA batteries and both thinner and lighter than Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air. It breaks the previous record held by its own 0.49-inch thick (12.4mm) EliteBook...
Uni-body casing of G5 smartphone is composed of special aluminium alloy, confirms LG
In response to the recent furor over LG G5 smartphone make after reviews started flowing in from various markets where it has been launched, the mobile phone manufacturer has released a statement confirming “unequivocally” that the LG G5 unibody casing is built from aluminium. The handset’s design...
ESI Group introduces comprehensive cast simulation software for aluminium die casters
ESI Group, pioneer and world-leading solution provider in Virtual Prototyping for manufacturing industries, announces its participation at CastExpo,16-19 April 2016 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Sponsored by the American Foundry Society (AFS), CastExpo is the largest metal casting trade show in North...
EGA continues to forge ahead with technology innovation
The largest primary aluminium producer in the region and among the top five producers in the world, Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") has for more than 25 years implemented advanced technologies - many developed in-house - to improve productivity and enhance operational procedures at its...
