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C2I 2021 Information, Data & Connectivity Award Winner: Harnessing Industry 4.0 to optimise performance in the aluminium industry

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Aluminium is a recyclable metal but operator error can lead to inefficiencies in the process, a scenario rectified in this winning project with the aid of IoT technology.

Category: Information, Data & Connectivity

Project name: Harnessing Industry 4.0 to optimise performance in the aluminium industry

Partners:  Air Products with Tandom Metallurgical Group

Category sponsor: PTC

Where would we be without aluminium? The ubiquitous metal touches virtually every aspect of our daily lives, from the cars we drive, the buildings we live and work in, the aircraft we fly in, and the cans we drink from. The uses for aluminium are numerous and too long to list here, but at just over 64.4 million tonnes in 2019, aluminium is the most highly produced metal globally, with China topping the output league at 36,000 tonnes in the same year.

Aluminium is derived from bauxite and the process of taking it from raw material to finished product can be very carbon intensive. That’s the bad news. The good news is that once its made it is almost infinitely recyclable, a fact not lost on producers keen to continue using the versatile raw material while cutting down the environmental impact of their activities.

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