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What about inflatable autonomous electric vehicles?

Posted by Steve Montisci on 22nd March 2019.
The electric vehicles revolution is here! Or is it? If it is, when did it start? If it isn’t, then what’s all the fuss about? Pondering these ...
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Why paint sticks – it’s all about the pretreatment

Posted by Colin Butler on 8th March 2019.
In a previous blog about aluminium pretreatment, I looked at how we prepare aluminium for painting, lacquering or adhesive bonding. If we want to produce an aluminium product that lasts ...
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Which type of levelling line is suitable for my product?

Posted by Rachel Wiffen on 24th January 2019.
Working on a finishing line can mean many different things dependent on the industry. An aluminium finishing line will usually have the objective of reducing the ‘off-flatness’ of the strip ...
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Zorba; the key to low carbon aluminium supply?

Posted by Geoff Scamans on 11th January 2019.
In my last blog, I talked about the importance of manufacturing electric vehicles from materials with low embodied carbon. As far as aluminium vehicles are concerned, we need a reliable ...
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Low Carbon Aluminium for Electric Vehicles

Posted by Geoff Scamans on 17th December 2018.
With the rise of the electric vehicle, the case for low carbon aluminium has never been more pertinent. If we're moving to battery-power in order to reduce carbon emissions from ...
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The benefits of Industry 4.0 implementation

Posted by Dan Miller on 28th September 2018.
In my previous blog I described how the term 'Industry 4.0' originated, what it's perceived to be and my own, slightly different, view. In this blog, I will discuss Industry ...
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Industry 4.0: where is the revolution?

Posted by Dan Miller on 14th September 2018.
Industry 4.0 is in the press a lot at the moment. It is the latest buzzword (or set of buzzwords) that a company must use if it is to show itself to ...
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Modelling tensions in a thin foil separator

Posted by Vicente Martin on 23rd August 2018.
The process of creating a coil of thin foil in a foil separator is probably one of the most extreme cases of coiling. For example, a seemingly small coil of 6 ...
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Total reflectance and colour measurements to evaluate aluminium etching

Posted by Junjie Wang on 10th August 2018.
In the first two blogs in this series, I gave a brief overview about aluminium surface cleaning followed by cleanliness measurement methods using microscopy. In this blog, I am going to ...
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