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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Aluminium foam used to make high speed train cab
To prove the potentiality of the strong, yet light weight aluminium, the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools & Forming Technology has designed a high speed train cab made of aluminium foam components for a demonstration. The material is developed using aluminium foam material in the form of a...
DUBAL to receive fourth batch homogenising plant from Hertwich Engineering
Dubai Aluminium from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) has ordered a batch homogenising plant from Hertwich Engineering. This is the fourth plant of its kind that Hertwich is to supply to the company. The batch homogenising plant is designed for very short heating times. A reversing air concept and...
Hulamin orders Ecomelt melting furnace from Hertwich
Hulamin, a company based in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), has signed a contract with Hertwich Engineering for the delivery of an Ecomelt PS-250 melting furnace for aluminium. The furnace has an annual capacity of around 80.000 tons, allowing Hulamin to expand its capacity and enhance its...
Energy-saving systems for De La Rue’s new tech center
RCKa Architects specified the aluminium glazing systems for De La Rue’s new technology center at Overton Mill in Hampshire. The project also included refurbishment of an existing 1980s office building to house the new research facility. RCKa’s goal was to create a distinctive, world-class building...
Jaguar's XE saloon supports Novelis' Close loop recycling process
This, the aluminium intensive XE, is arguably the most important car that Jaguar has launched in its 92-year history. There have been more iconic, notably the E-Type, but it's fair to say Jaguar's future hinges on this new mid-size saloon poised to take on the might of German rivals like the BMW...
Altumet SPA orders pipe end finishing machine from PWS
Altumet SPA from Algiers, Algeria, receives a pipe end finishing machine from PWS. The new machine will be integrated into the existing line at the company's Algiers site. The machine will finish up to 20 pipe ends per hour in three-shift operation. The diameters of the finished pipes range from...
RAMPF unveils lightweight carriage made from aluminium foam
RAMPF Machine Systems has unveiled a bonded lightweight carriage in a highly dynamic, multi-axis moving system at this year's Motek trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. The company states the carriage features improved rigidity, significantly better damping, and low weight. For the first time, RAMPF...
RAMPF unveils lightweight carriage made from aluminium foam
RAMPF Machine Systems has unveiled a bonded lightweight carriage in a highly dynamic, multi-axis moving system at this year's Motek trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. The company states the carriage features improved rigidity, significantly better damping, and low weight. For the first time, RAMPF...
RAMPF unveils lightweight carriage made from aluminium foam
RAMPF Machine Systems has unveiled a bonded lightweight carriage in a highly dynamic, multi-axis moving system at this year's Motek trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany. The company states the carriage features improved rigidity, significantly better damping, and low weight. For the first time, RAMPF...
New study supports the use of a POSS molecule to strengthen aluminum alloys in automobiles
A new study supports the use of a POSS® molecule to strengthen aluminum alloys in automobiles. “Influence of Nano-structured Silanols on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of A4047 and A359 Aluminum Casting Alloys,” a study conducted in partnership between Michigan State University and...
Dana introduces aluminum cooling solutions for EV, hybrid vehicles
Dana Holding Corporation announced today the introduction of a new aluminum cooling technology for electric and hybrid vehicles. Specifically, the company is utilizing the efficiency of aluminum in its Long® brand of integrated cooling plates that enhance heat transfer of insulated gate bipolar...
Alcoa announces investment to further aerospace manufacturing leadership
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced a $190 million investment at its Davenport Works, Iowa, facility to expand its product offerings in the aerospace and industrial markets. Alcoa is installing manufacturing technology to enhance the performance of thick aluminum and aluminum-lithium...
Hydro’s Alunorf wins energy ‘Oscar’
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won an Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy. The Energy Awards 2014 were recently presented at a ceremony in Berlin, with more than 300 guests from politics, economy and science present. The...
Hydro’s Alunorf wins energy ‘Oscar’
Alunorf, the world's largest aluminium rolling plant and a 50-percent Hydro joint venture, has won an Energy Award 2014 from the German Energy Academy. The Energy Awards 2014 were recently presented at a ceremony in Berlin, with more than 300 guests from politics, economy and science present. The...
New technology enables cost effective beryllium-aluminium casting
Beryllium may be headed for a makeover as the Canadian-based IBC Advanced alloys looks to introduce a new technology to make beryllium-aluminium casting possible thereby changing the face of the industry that is worth close to half-a-billion dollars. After years of research and experimentation and...
VHE has developed a new Thimble removing machine
VHE has designed and fabricated a thimble removal press with several novel features. The machine was installed in a smelter in Iceland in mid-2013. Thimble is associated with the process of aluminium smelting where it forms the metal brushings attached to the anode stems. They are usually made up...
Diehl Ako, Sapa share benefits from technical expertise
Sapa spends more on research and development, and more time on customer training, than any other aluminium extruder. A year ago, Sapa’s Profile Academy provided more than 15,000 hours of technical training to designers, technicians, engineers, product developers and architects all across the world....
Aluminium-air battery could give Electric Vehicles longer range
A new technology was introduced at the annual Battery Show held in Michigan at the Suburban Collection Showplace convention centre on Friday - an aluminium-air battery that is likely to eliminate range anxiety experienced with other electric vehicles, as per inventors’ claim. The technology is...
