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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KEMET unveils next-gen aluminum electrolytic capacitors
KEMET Corp. has announced its next-generation aluminum electrolytic capacitors that boast a novel high performance axial series. The PEG130 105°C Axial Series offers features geared for LED lighting applications. LED lamp power supplies demand long component life while generating minimal heat. The...
Outotec to deliver technology for Orbite Aluminae's high purity alumina plant in Canada
Outotec has agreed with Orbite Aluminae Inc. on the delivery of a new calcination system for Orbite's high purity alumina production facility located in Cap-Chat, Québec. The contract value is below EUR 10 million and it has been booked in Outotec's 2014 first quarter order intake. Outotec's scope...
ISRI Presents Dell Inc. with its 2014 Design for Recycling® Award
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced Dell Inc. as the recipient of the 2014 Design for Recycling® (DFR) Award for two of its tablets and a laptop model representing products that emphasize recycling during every phase of the lifecycle. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest...
Boeing, Cupertino to 'explore weaponisation of Apple technologies'
Boeing and Apple will work together to "weaponise" Apple technology, after the aerospace giant found aluminium-milling techniques developed by Apple to build the MacBook Air's case result in a stronger, more versatile aircraft wings than it is possible to create with its own manufacturing...
Foseco offers new insulating material for dosing furnaces in aluminium foundries
The application of energy-saving dosing furnaces in aluminium foundries is best available technology today. Foseco is now able to supply a new, multi-part and highly insulating lining made of INSURAL, which is delivered ready to install and provides a high longevity. Installation of a new INSURAL...
Alcoa rolls out world's lightest heavy-duty truck wheel, enabling fleets to shed weight
Alcoa has rolled out the world’s lightest heavy-duty truck wheel. This latest Alcoa innovation, the Ultra ONE™, will help trucks shed pounds for increased payload and fuel efficiency. Unveiled at the Mid-America Trucking show in Louisville, Kentucky, Alcoa’s new 40-pound wheel is 47 percent lighter...
Orbite provides general update: Outotec calcinator contract signed; EDC funds incoming
Orbite Aluminae Inc., today provided a general update on its activities and announced that it had finalized negotiations with Outotec and executed the calcination system supply contract. As communicated in its March 17 HPA project update, Orbite selected Outotec to supply and deliver the new...
Qatalum presented its Aerated Distribution System (ADS) for alumina at TMS
Qatalum presented its Aerated Distribution System (ADS) to over 4,300 industry leaders at the annual Minerals, Metals & Materials Society meeting in San Diego. The Aerated Distribution System (ADS) at Qatalum has been in operation since 2009 and has seen significant process stability. It is...
Cambridge Nanotherm installs fully automated line
Cambridge Nanotherm®, the manufacturer of advanced Aluminium Nano-Ceramic substrate technology for the thermal management of electronic applications, installs the first of many fully automated lines. The first application of this technology is effective heat dissipation for LED lighting which has...
UC RUSAL upgrades design and process parameters of ra-400 cells
RUALR/RUALRS, a leading, global aluminium producer, announces the status of RA-400 cells modernisation project. The cell’s upgraded design and process parameters will allow reducing electricity consumption to less than 12,900 kWh per tonne with the current efficiency of more than 95.5% and at the...
Aluminium smelting plant Press Metal refutes pollution claims
The chief executive of an aluminium smelting plant here has refuted claims that his factory is a major polluter. Press Metal Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Koon Poh Keong told a press conference all doubters were “welcome” to visit the smeltery, which he insisted was environmentally responsible....
Canadian International Aluminium Conference - International experts meet in Montreal
The Canadian International Aluminium Conference (CIAC), scheduled to be held from June 2-4 in Montreal will create a platform for global experts to discuss the great opportunities for aluminium and aluminium industry, one that employs about 10,000 people in Quebec. These discussions will cover the...
Laser tech creates aluminium oxide layer
Finnish thin film coating specialist Picodeon Ltd Oy says that its laser technology can be used to create aluminium oxide (Al2O3) coatings. The ultra-short pulsed laser deposition (USPLD) surface coating technology can create either porous or dense coatings on heat-sensitive substrates for use in a...
Dubai Aluminium orders two ultrasonic testing devices
Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) based in the United Arab Emirates has awarded Hertwich Engineering, Austria, with the supply of two helical ultrasonic testing devices for its casthouses. The new equipment will raise the capacity of DUBAL’s testing facilities to ensure good product quality and to manage...
Partnership will focus on metals recovery from WTE processes
The Netherlands-based Inashco BV and Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., Hampton, N.H., have announced the formation of a new North American-based joint-venture (JV) company dedicated to the recycling of ferrous and nonferrous metals from waste-to-energy processes. The 50/50-owned JV company, Eco...
UC Rusal to switch to Ecosoederberg Technology
UC Rusal has announced the current status of EcoSoederberg technology introduction programme. The modernisation programme is being implemented at the Krasnoyarsk (KrAZ) and Bratsk (BrAZ) aluminium smelters, the company's two largest production facilities. Until 2020, Rusal plans to switch nearly...
Orbite updates construction of HPA facility
Orbite Aluminae Inc., today provides its second update on the construction and optimization activities of its high purity alumina (“HPA”) production facility located in Cap-Chat, Québec. As communicated in its January 29 HPA project update, Orbite had commenced the design review and detailed...
Orbite updates construction of HPA facility
Orbite Aluminae Inc., today provides its second update on the construction and optimization activities of its high purity alumina (“HPA”) production facility located in Cap-Chat, Québec. As communicated in its January 29 HPA project update, Orbite had commenced the design review and detailed...
