In 1889, recent college grad Charles Martin Hall devised a way to isolate metallic aluminum. __1889: __ Charles Martin Hall patents his process for using electrical current to extract metallic ...

An advanced manufacturing process to produce nano structured rods and tubes directly from high-performance aluminum alloy powder—in a single step—was recently demonstrated by researchers from the ...

We discussed the aluminum value chain in the first part of the series. The aluminum process starts by extracting bauxite from the Earth’s crust. The bauxite is refined into alumina. Alumina is a key ...

Aluminium is a silvery white metal and is insoluble in water under normal circumstances. Totaling circa 8% of the earth's crust, Aluminium is the third most abundant element in Nature. Aluminum is a ...

Twisted aluminum mesh, banged-up bicycle frames and used car parts languishing in junk yards could gain new life as building structures such as door and window frames, facades, lighting and decorative ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new process for the expanded use of lightweight aluminum in cars and trucks at the speed, scale, quality and consistency required by the auto industry. The process ...

Aluminum giant, Alcoa Inc. (AA) has introduced its breakthrough manufacturing technology– Micromill – which will manufacture the most advanced aluminum sheet on the market. The Micromill will also be ...

Aerospace, defense, food service, medicine, consumer electronics: learn how to track all the varieties of aluminum and its alloys to suit your application. We probably don’t need to tell you why ...

Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, has introduced Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in its commercial process. The company claims that this makes Vedanta Aluminium the first company ...

Using a novel Solid Phase Processing approach, a research team eliminated several steps that are required during conventional extrusion processing of aluminum alloy powders, while also achieving a ...