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Emirates Global Aluminium Broadens Partnership on Heat-Protection Tech with Kenzen

Emirates Global Aluminium Broadens Partnership on Heat-Protection Tech with Kenzen

Emirates Global Aluminium announced earlier this month that it will expand its partnership with wearable technology firm Kenzen to include 350 volunteer employees who will wear its heat-protection equipment. Kenzen’s technology reports body temperature, heart rate, activity, and other body indicators in...

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Constellium Aluminium 3D Printing Powder Approved For Use In Formula 1

Aluminium smelter Constellium said this week that its proprietary aluminium additive manufacturing powder Aheadd CP1 has been approved for use in Formula 1 race cars beginning next year. As a result, the firm has teamed up with Velo3D and PWR Advanced Cooling Technology to begin providing new, more efficient, aluminium heat exchangers to Formula 1 […]

Alba Commissions New Online Performance System At Its Power Stations

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) took the next step in its Industry 4.0 Transformational Journey by commissioning the Online Performance System at its power stations. With this in place, operators at Alba’s power stations will be able to quickly and easily view real time and historical data regarding the overall health of the system. In addition, the […]

Airbus Debuts Aluminium Bodied DisruptiveLab Helicopter

European aerospace firm Airbus Group SE unveiled DisruptiveLab this week, which is a new flying laboratory featuring an aluminium fuselage that will test new technology aimed at increasing aircraft performance and reducing carbon emissions. Among the technology being tested on the platform is an aerodynamic aluminium and composite fuselage that reduces drag and therefore increases […]