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LRS advances aluminum can recovery with EverestLabs robot, funded by Can Manufacturers Institute

May 21, 2024 by David Edwards

EverestLabs, developer of RecycleOS, the first AI-enabled operating system for material recovery facilities (MRFs) and recyclers, has formed a partnership with LRS, the nation’s fifth largest independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services provider.

With funding support from Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) members Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings, LRS installed EverestLabs’ RecycleOS material sorting robot in its newly opened MRF, The Exchange, on the residual line to help increase revenue and ensure maximum efficiency, recovery, and recycling of used beverage cans (UBCs).

The EverestLabs robot assists in LRS maintaining quality control for over 350,000 pounds of recycled aluminum each month at The Exchange, which equates to approximately 12 million aluminum beverage cans.

[Read more…] about LRS advances aluminum can recovery with EverestLabs robot, funded by Can Manufacturers Institute

Filed Under: Environment, News Tagged With: aluminum, ardagh metal packaging, can manufacturers institute, cmi, everestlabs, lrs, recycleos, robobt

Advancements in 3D Printing for Robotics: Pioneering the Future of Automation

October 26, 2023 by Mark Allinson

Over the past decade, the integration of 3D printing technology with robotics has revolutionized the way we conceive and construct robotic systems.

This synergy has opened up new horizons in automation, enabling the creation of complex and customized robotic components with unprecedented precision.

As the demand for more sophisticated robots continues to rise across industries, the latest developments in 3D printing for robotics are at the forefront of innovation. [Read more…] about Advancements in 3D Printing for Robotics: Pioneering the Future of Automation

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: 3d printing, aluminum, future, robotics, titanium

An Aluminum Waterproof Box: A Simple Invention That Changes Industries

December 21, 2021 by Mai Tao

When planning a project, you should think about the smallest details. One tiny neglect may cost you a lot of effort and money. An important thing to think about is protection.

Whether you’re fashioning an environment monitoring tool or a piece of security equipment, its enclosure determines its durability.

How to protect electronics from harsh weather conditions, moisture, UV exposure, temperatures? [Read more…] about An Aluminum Waterproof Box: A Simple Invention That Changes Industries

Filed Under: Features, Infrastructure Tagged With: alloys, aluminum, anodizing, best, box, case, choose, company, custom, damage, design, electronics, enclosure, finish, protection, resistance, sand, won, yg

How to Get Your Aluminium Sheets Manufactured Quickly

September 15, 2020 by Polly

The hand railings you hold on, the ships you ride on, and the bolt that protects your valuable things will not be possible without aluminum sheets. It is the widely used materials in various places like construction sites, shipbuilding, mining, electric power, and more. If it wasn’t for it, your life might be different.

Hence, it is an essential material in society. Beautiful buildings, houses, cars, infrastructures, and more will not be possible without it. Therefore, everyone loves it.

If you also want it in building a home, inventing a home appliance, making utensils, and more, the following are ways of how you can get your aluminum sheets manufactured quickly. [Read more…] about How to Get Your Aluminium Sheets Manufactured Quickly

Filed Under: Manufacturing, Promoted Tagged With: Aluminium sheets, aluminum, amount, budget, essential, manufactured, manufacturer, manufacturers, metal fabrication, plan, sheets, suppliers, type of aluminium

Canada imposes tariffs on US goods in retaliation

August 11, 2020 by Mark Allinson

Canada is to impose tariffs on American imports in retaliation for the recent decision by the US to levy a 10 percent tax on Canadian aluminum imports.

Canada’s deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland says that the tariffs would match the US taxes “dollar for dollar”, according to a story on Manufacturing.net.

President Donald Trump (main picture) has been expressing his dissatisfaction with the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement since coming to office and at one point wanted to take America out of it. [Read more…] about Canada imposes tariffs on US goods in retaliation

Filed Under: Economy, News Tagged With: aluminum, ban, canada, china, chinese, companies, imports, manufacturing.net, nafta, partnership, percent, tariffs, trade, trading, trump, waived, wechat

Trump to reimpose tariffs on aluminum from Canada

August 6, 2020 by David Edwards

US President Donald Trump says he has signed a document that will lead to the reimposition of tariffs on aluminum imported from Canada. 

Trump made the announcement during a visit to a Whirlpool factory in Clyde, Ohion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Trump said: “Canada was taking advantage of us, as usual. The aluminum business was being decimated by Canada, very unfair to our jobs and our great aluminum workers.” [Read more…] about Trump to reimpose tariffs on aluminum from Canada

Filed Under: Economy, News Tagged With: aluminum, appears, canada, freeland, imported, reimpose, tariffs, trump

Heraeus Electronics unveils new copper wire encased in aluminium

May 26, 2020 by David Edwards

Heraeus Electronics, a provider of material solutions for electronics packaging, has launched what it describes as a “next-generation wire for power applications”.

The product, named CucorAl Plus, renews Heraeus’ existing CucorAl product and offers “superior electrical and mechanical properties combined with a better processability”, according to the company.

Dr Klemens Brunner, president of Heraeus Electronics, says: “By replacing aluminum wire with CucorAl Plus, our customers can extend module lifetime by a factor of five without changing the module design. [Read more…] about Heraeus Electronics unveils new copper wire encased in aluminium

Filed Under: Design, News Tagged With: aluminum, bonding, company, copper, cucoral, customers, design, electronics, heraeus, higher, manufacturers, materials, module, power, product, wire

MIT showcases ‘blackest black’ material to date

September 18, 2019 by David Edwards

MIT has been showcasing what it describes as “the blackest black material to date”, at a time when BMW has unveiled a new car coated with what the automaker also claims is “the world’s blackest black” material. 

However, MIT claims that its material is “10 times blacker than anything that has previously been reported”.

Although the university does not specifically mention “Vantablack” – which is the name of the black nano-material used by BMW for its X6 prototype – its emphatic claim would suggest that Vantablack is included in its considerations.

The MIT material is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, or CNTs – microscopic filaments of carbon, like a fuzzy forest of tiny trees, that the team grew on a surface of chlorine-etched aluminum foil.

The foil captures at least 99.995 percent of any incoming light, making it the blackest material on record.

Brian Wardle, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, says: “Our material is 10 times blacker than anything that’s ever been reported, but I think the blackest black is a constantly moving target.

“Someone will find a blacker material, and eventually we’ll understand all the underlying mechanisms, and will be able to properly engineer the ultimate black.”

Wardle collaborated with Diemut Strebe, an artist-in-residence at the MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology, on an exhibition to demonstrate the features of the new black nano-material.

The exhibition – entitled The Redemption of Vanity – features a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond from LJ West Diamonds, estimated to be worth $2 million, which the team coated with the new, ultrablack CNT material.

The effect is that gem, normally brilliantly faceted, appears as a flat, black void. (See main picture.)

Wardle’s co-author on the paper about the MIT black nano-material is Kehang Cui, who says the team had some difficulties in developing the new black.

The group was using salt and other pantry products, such as baking soda and detergent, to grow carbon nanotubes.

In their tests with salt, Cui noticed that chloride ions were eating away at aluminum’s surface and dissolving its oxide layer.

Cui says: “This etching process is common for many metals.

“For instance, ships suffer from corrosion of chlorine-based ocean water. Now we’re using this process to our advantage.”

Cui found that if he soaked aluminum foil in saltwater, he could remove the oxide layer.

He then transferred the foil to an oxygen-free environment to prevent reoxidation, and finally, placed the etched aluminum in an oven, where the group carried out techniques to grow carbon nanotubes via a process called chemical vapor deposition.

By removing the oxide layer, the researchers were able to grow carbon nanotubes on aluminum, at much lower temperatures than they otherwise would, by about 100 degrees Celsius.

They also saw that the combination of CNTs on aluminum significantly enhanced the material’s thermal and electrical properties – a finding that they expected.

What surprised them was the material’s color.

“I remember noticing how black it was before growing carbon nanotubes on it, and then after growth, it looked even darker,” Cui recalls. “So I thought I should measure the optical reflectance of the sample.

“Our group does not usually focus on optical properties of materials, but this work was going on at the same time as our art-science collaborations with Diemut, so art influenced science in this case,” says Wardle.

Wardle and Cui, who have applied for a patent on the technology, are making the new CNT process freely available to any artist to use for a noncommercial art project.

Main picture: The Redemption of Vanity… (left) 16.78 carat natural yellow diamond; (right) the diamond covered with “the blackest black on Earth”. Exclusive image copyright : Diemut Strebe

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: aluminum, art, black, blacker, blackest, carbon, cui, foil, group, grow, layer, material, mit, nano-material, nanotubes, oxide, process, team, wardle

Kuka receives large order from Donghee for robotic welding systems

August 23, 2019 by Sam Francis

Industrial robot manufacturer Kuka says it has received an order in the “single-digit million euro range” from the Korean automotive supplier Donghee Industrial.

The order was booked in the second quarter of 2019.

Donghee relies on robot-based friction stir welding from Kuka in the area of electric mobility. [Read more…] about Kuka receives large order from Donghee for robotic welding systems

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: aluminum, battery, components, donghee, electric, expertise, friction, hyundai, industrial, korean, kuka, order, production, range, robotic, sales, stir, systems, vehicle, vehicles, welding

Volume Graphics partners with industry consortium to improve rapid-prototyping of plastic mold inserts

August 15, 2019 by David Edwards

Volume Graphics, a provider of industrial computed tomography software, is partnering in a second joint project on “rapid tooling” with companies from a wide range of industries.

The company’s partnership is with the Kunststoff-Institut, in Germany.

As a project partner, Volume Graphics brings expertise in quality assurance and process optimization to the team via its advanced industrial computed tomography (CT) data-analysis software.

Christof Reinhart, CEO of Volume Graphics, says: “Working on this project with Kunststoff-Institut and partners is very important to us because we are convinced that industrial computed tomography can advance the future of rapid tooling. [Read more…] about Volume Graphics partners with industry consortium to improve rapid-prototyping of plastic mold inserts

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: additive, aluminum, components, computed, correction, ct, deeper, design, graphics, industrial, injection, inserts, making, manufacturing, mold, parts, plastic, process, production, project, quality, rapid, sample, second, software, tomography, tool, tooling, volume

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