EuroWire November 2024

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Tenova secures contract for aluminium plant Tenova, a developer and provider of solutions for the green transition of the metals industry, has been awarded a contract by aluminium producer Hindalco Industries Ltd. The combination of these technologies, along with an on-line measuring calliper, will enable the roll grinder to certify the roll surface quality. “These roll grinders feature state-of-the art technology, delivering outstanding performance, exceptional user-friendli ness and an increased level of safety.” Tenova www.tenova.com Hindalco Industries Ltd www.hindalco.com Rheology lab available as a commercial service The contract covers a new roll grinder that will be supplied by Pomini Tenova, a Tenova brand of roll shop equipment. The roll grinder will grind work rolls, backup and auxiliary rolls for the existing hot and cold rolling mills in the Renukoot aluminium plant in Uttar Pradesh, India. The foundation-free roll grinder will be equipped with Pomini Digital Surface Analysis (PDSA), Pomini Process Monitoring (PPM) and Pomini Inspektor3 for roll structural inspection. PDSA offers an advantage to Hindalco’s Renukoot plant, as it accurately performs roll surface analysis with reduced scanning time, increasing safety and eliminating dependency on operator expertise for roll surface quality inspection. The PPM, exploiting the accelerometers and sensors installed on the roll grinder, will constantly monitor the grinding process while providing the same quality index. Monitoring roll grinder behaviour can lead to savings in terms of energy, grinding wheels and roll material. “We are very proud to have been selected by Hindalco as roll grinder supplier for Renukoot’s plant, especially since this order follows our roll grinder at the Lapanga plant, which has just been successfully tested at our premises,” said Alberto Croce, sales area manager at Pomini Tenova.

algorithm for stable edge detection, high-accuracy measurement is available on up to 300 features. Guill Tool & Engineering Co, Inc www.guill.com

as it brings increased opportunities and synergies to broaden and strengthen our offering to our customers and thereby strengthen our competitiveness.” Rockford will be part of AQ’s wiring systems business area, which designs, manufactures and delivers wire harnesses to industrial customers. Mr Lion will remain with the company as a member of the board. The new managing director of the company will be Andreas Björk, who has been the leader of several companies within AQ for 17 years, most recently as managing director of four companies in China. AQ Group AB www.aqgroup.com Rockford Components Ltd www.rockford.co.uk scanning calorimeter characterises the thermal properties of a polymer sample, such as crystallisation temperature, glass transition temperature and head capacity of the sample. Knowing these thermal properties allows the simulation of shear heating and hot and cold spots in the flow area. Guill’s thermal conductivity meter is used to determine the thermal conductivity of the polymer sample across a range of temperatures. The IM-8000 series image dimension measurement system has triple the detection performance. With a 20-megapixel CMOS sensor and a new

Extrusion tooling firm Guill Tool is offering the services of its rheology lab for a fee to all those interested. Measuring the flow characteristics of plastics and rubber helps predict how a customer’s material will flow through the company’s extrusion dies before production. In addition, tooling geometry is virtually optimised, and the project can be viewed in 3D CAD. quickly generates visco-elastic data for polymer melts, precisely capturing polymer melt properties. The test temperature ranges between ambient and 300°C. The lab’s The rotational rheometer

AQ Group acquires Rockford On 10 July 2024, AQ Group AB acquired and took over 100 per cent of the shares in Rockford Components Ltd, a UK manufacturer and supplier of wire harnesses and electromechanical systems to customers in the defence, aerospace and general industries.

“The purpose of the deal is to expand AQ’s customer base, to broaden our offer in wire harnesses and electromechanical systems to the UK and to grow in our strategic area of defence industry,” said AQ CEO James Ahrgren. Rockford’s managing director, Peter Lion, commented, “We at Rockford see the deal as an enhanced opportunity for continued positive development of our facilities and to support future sustainable growth. We look positively on being part of an international group

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