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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Orbite back on track with plant commissioning after resolving supplier dispute
The list of items to be done before full commissioning of Quebec-based clean-tech firm Orbite Technologies’ new commercial-scale high-purity alumina (HPA) plant can stat has become short and straightforward, chief executive Glenn Kelly said on Thursday, after the company managed to resolve a...
Singapore firm to build carbon-fibre aluminium e-supercar
A Singapore SME is teaming up with an F1 engineering giant to make a carbon-fibre aluminium electric supercar called Dendrobium. With an initial investment of $10 million over the first two years, Vanda Electrics - a unit of family- owned Wong Fong Engineering Works - expects the two-door,...
STUDY: Vehicle lightweighting an economical solution for truck fleets
Commercial truck fleets looking to increase fuel efficiency, haul more freight and retain more drivers can look to lightweighting as a key enabler, according to a recent Confidence Report on Lightweighting by Trucking Efficiency. The report found that investing in lightweighting is an attractive...
Honor’s £189 aluminium 5x phablet debuts in the UK
Honor’s 5x phablet is poised to make debut in the UK market. The gadget comes with an updated Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor, compared with the 615 found on other versions. It is still made from aluminium material which it claims will not warm up even for those using it for hard core gaming....
PPG launches innovative internal powder liner for aluminium aerosol cans
PPG Industries' packaging coatings business has announced that it will feature HOBA™ PURAIR™ coating, an innovative Bisphenol A non-intent (BPA-NI, or with no BPA intentionally added) powder liner for the internal protection of aluminium aerosol cans, during the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum in...
Better sorting means better recycling- Hydro
Perfect recycling management means the complete recycling of a product at the end of its use phase, with the creation of a new product from the individual components. In order to turn this vision into reality, it is necessary to separate products as finely as possible into their single components....
Exclusive Speaker Interview: Francois Nadeau, Technical Leader, Aluminium Assembling Technologies, the National Research Council Canada
With the CAFE standards continuously driving the automotive industry towards manufacturing technologies that allow maximum weight reduction while maintaining parts performance has long since became the priority for automakers. GALM series is bringing the 3rd Annual Lightweight Vehicle Manufacturing...
Toyota's Lotus Evora 400 gets a chassis built of bonded lightweight extruded aluminium
The new Lotus Evora 400 which now becomes the fastest road car that Lotus has ever built, just moved into the supercar category, with a zero to 100km/h sprint time of a mere 4.2 seconds, and a top speed of 300kph from the manual transmission model. There is an automatic version which hits only...
Alcoa wins fourth Boeing contract in string of recent deals
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa announced a long-term supply agreement with Boeing for multi-material aerospace parts. Under this agreement, Alcoa will supply components for the 777X-Boeing’s newest commercial airplane-the 737 MAX-scheduled for first delivery in 2017-and the 787 Dreamliner. The...
Granco Clark to showcase novel aluminium billet precision technologies at ET16, Chicago
Leading metal processing technology and equipment manufacturer Granco Clark, in their latest issue of quarterly newsletter- Precision, has updated on their four major technology inventions which they will be showcasing at this year’s ET16 to be held in Chicago from May 2-6. Below are the important...
Schuler adapting hot-forming technology to the rising demand of automotive aluminium alloys
Schuler, the technological and global market leader in metal forming equipment such as presses, automation, dies, with deep process know-how is adapting the technology of hot forming to the special demands of high-strength aluminium alloys used in automobile manufacturing. The lightweight...
EGA team develops new system to cut power costs in aluminium production
A team of engineers at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the fifth largest aluminium producer in the world, has developed a unique cathode structure that could reduce operating costs at the plants significantly. Aluminium production is an energy-intensive industry, such that using less energy during...
Novel molten metals (aluminium)-based battery offers low-cost, long-lasting storage for the grid
A novel rechargeable battery developed at MIT could one day play a critical role in the massive expansion of solar generation needed to mitigate climate change by midcentury. Designed to store energy on the electric grid, the high-capacity battery consists of molten metals (including molten...
Micro minimalist wallet constructed from aluminium and PVD finished
London based KKMC Limited has introduced a brand new model of its popular minimalist wallet. Branded as Micro, the cutting-edge functional wallet is constructed from premium grade aluminium and finished with a PVD coating. While taking about the wallet’s sleek design and unique in-built features,...
Alcoa's aerospace-technology aluminium wheel blanks used for Solomon Alsberg Audi wheel
Alcoa has extended the range of lightweight wheel forgings supplied to Solomon Alsberg for their exclusive high-performance alloy wheels. The aerospace-derived metallurgy of the Alcoa blanks allows Solomon Alsberg to create a wide range of ultra-stylish wheels that improve vehicle performance and...
Yulian Group puts huge aluminium processing project online
According to the industry sources, Henan Yulian Energy Group put online its huge precision aluminium processing project on January 11. The project has an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes. The project, equipped with melting & casting lines, cold rolling and hot rolling lines, is scheduled to reach...
Tribogenics introduces portable aluminium grade identifier for use in the scrap metal industry
Los Angeles-based Tribogenics, a manufacturer of portable XRF (X-ray fluorescence) analyzers for metal alloy identification, has added high-speed, high-precision aluminium alloy identification to the software library for its Watson analyzer. The company says in field tests with scrap recycling...
Letv Superphones lead metal unibody trend with aircraft grade aluminium
The recent entrant in the industry, Letv's Superphones , sport full-metal body designs, becoming one of the few brands in the market worldwide to do so. Since last April when Letv announced to enter the smart phone industry, this multinational company has released four models of phones, including...
