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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MAC GmbH approached to design 2-stroke aluminium cylinder blocks
MAC GmbH Consulting and engineering was approached by a ma nufacturer of combustion engine components to design and realize 2highly Automated lines for the near-net-shape casting of an Aluminium 2-stroke-engine cylinder block. The casting is used in chain saws, weed cutters and other gardening...
Apple iPhone 6 to stick to aluminium and carbon fiber chassis
According to The News Tribe, the new smart phone is going to be bigger and better than previous models and sport a screen 4.5 to 5 inches in size. The Retina+ display offers a larger screen without adding to the overall size of the iPhone with edge-to-edge display. The new iPhone 6 is also rumored...
The Inspiro train from Siemens to sport aluminium floor with 95% recycling rate
German manufacturers Siemens, unveiled their concept for how the next tube in the future might look. The Inspiro train, which could potentially be manufactured in Britain, weighs a third less than most trains running in the UK today. Following on from the Inspiro that was launched two years ago for...
Siemens to supply trains for the Riyadh metro
Siemens has announced details of the trainsets and control technology it is to supply for Riyadh metro lines 1 and 2. Siemens is part of the BACS consortium with Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors and Consolidated Contractors Co which the Arriyadah Development Authority selected for the €7·5bn...
Alcoa’s armor plate specified for use in military vehicles
Today Alcoa announced that their ArmX® 5456-H151 armor plate meets military standards and can used in the production of military vehicles. The product was developed by scientists at the Alcoa Technical Center located near Pittsburgh in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, and it provides a 20 percent...
Vedanta continues its technological innovations despite loss at Lanjigarh
Vedanta Aluminium's (VAL) Rs 5,000-crore alumina refinery at Lanjigarh faces trouble over the denial of bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills but that hasn't stopped its technological innovations. The company plans to implement zero-based costing - a method to identify and implement every cost-saving...
Aluminium cuts weight in Warsaw metro train
THE first two of 35 six-car Siemens Inspiro metro trains entered passenger service in Warsaw on 6th October. The first train was dispatched by the mayor of Warsaw, Ms Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (pictured), together with the CEO of Warsaw Metro, Mr Jerzy Lejk, and the CEO of Siemens Rail Systems Mr...
Breakthrough in study of aluminum should yield new technological advances
Researchers at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon today announced a scientific advance that has eluded researchers for more than 100 years -- a platform to study and fully understand the aqueous chemistry of aluminum, one of the world's most important metals. The findings,...
Jaguar Project 7 F-Type sports rigid aluminium architecture
Project 7 from Jaguar, which made its debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed and promises, says Jaguar, to reflect the heart of the company’s sports car DNA. Supposedly inspired by a simple sketch, a small team of Jaguar designers have tuned and customised the company's new F-Type sports...
Bruno Presezzi launches new strip casting line
Bruno Presezzi SpA, an Italian engineering and manufacturing company of machinery for the production and processing of aluminium and zinc strip, has recently completed the commissioning of a new casting line at Asturiana de Laminados SA (Spain) for the production of zinc and zinc alloys strip. The...
DUBAL honoured at 2013 CIO 100 Symposium in USA
The DUBAL Noor, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Program developed in-house at Dubai Aluminium, DUBAL, the state-owned corporation that owns and operates one of the world’s largest single-site aluminium smelters, has been recognised internationally at this year’s CIO 100 Awards, which were...
UC RUSAL upgrades Aluminium Smelter
UC RUSAL, a leading, global aluminium producer, announces that it has deployed a new dry gas scrubbing system at its Novokuznetsk aluminium smelter. The new gas treatment equipment will ensure that potroom emissions at the site (phase 2) are absorbed. The overall budget for the project was RUB 120...
Carbo introduces new high-alumina proppant for hydraulic fracturing well
US-based proppants producer Carbo Ceramics Inc. has introduced a new proppant grade, designed to maximise and sustain hydrocarbon flow at high closure stresses for the life of a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) well. Named Kryptosphere, the proppant solution has been developed in response to a...
South Carolina university engineers develop new ultra-thin membrane with aluminum oxide support
University of South Carolina engineers have developed one of the thinnest and most selective membranes ever made, which could potentially be used for water purification applications, especially in hydraulic fracturing, according to a press release. The membrane's selectivity is based on molecular...
Google Nexus 5 seen with grande display & aluminum unibody
A member of the Deviant Art team has come up with a new concept for the upcoming Nexus 5. We think that it looks like a aluminum slab, but there is some glass and plastic mixed in it too. It is the specifications which are interesting though as we could expect them to show up at some point in the...
Demand for processed aluminum unibody chassis to remain until 2014
Based on talks about chassis orders for the second half of 2014, demand for aluminum unibody chassis processed using CNC tools will continue until then for use in mid-range and high-end slim consumer electronics, according to Taiwan-based chassis makers. The sources pointed out that most makers are...
China Zhongwang Introduces new die-processing machines for Extrusion Production Needs
China Zhongwang Introduces Low-Speed WEDM to Meet Aluminium Extrusion Production Needs. With the ever increasing production volume of aluminium extrusion products, demand from extrusion dies and processing tools is also increasing. To satisfy the processing need, China Zhongwang die plant recently...
Constellium joins Brunel University and JLR for automotive light metals research
Constellium N.V. has announced that in collaboration with Brunel University and Jaguar Land Rover, it has obtained an unprecedented £4.4M (Euro 5.1M) grant allocation from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the United Kingdom for the creation of a national scale-up...
