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Gas detection instrumentation, putting industrial safety first  5/9/2011
Gas detection instrumentation, putting industrial safety first
Accidents involving gas can not only cost workers their lives, it can also cost companies thousands of dollars in fines and penalties.
Cautious customers depress global oscilloscope market  5/9/2011
Cautious customers depress global oscilloscope market
Oscilloscope sales stagnate but there are bright spots for instruments that offer innovation and customisation.
CSIRO helps clinch global car component deal  4/14/2011
CSIRO helps clinch global car component deal
Access to a portfolio of cost-competitive CSIRO casting technologies was crucial to Nissan Casting Australia’s (NCAP’s) recent successful bid to manufacture components for the Nissan ...
Petrol price increases force rethink for manufacturers  3/28/2011
Petrol price increases force rethink for manufacturers
With petrol prices recently hitting $1.60 per litre in some parts of Australia, the days of sub $1.00 per litre petrol appear long gone.
Saving on electricity costs: A how to for industry  3/14/2011
Saving on electricity costs: A how to for industry
Electricity costs have steadily risen over the past five years, with prices expected to increase dramatically in the near future.
What to remember when choosing a pneumatic air motor  3/1/2011
What to remember when choosing a pneumatic air motor
Assembly Technologies provides advise on the ins and outs of selecting and using pneumatic air motors.
Australian mechanical engineering faces skills shortage problems  2/28/2011
Australian mechanical engineering faces skills shortage problems
Mechanical engineering encompasses a broad church, from the design of air-conditioning systems and their installation to automotive materials handling and machinery design, but ...
Microbes bypass water treatment system  2/24/2011
Microbes bypass water treatment system
Relatively harmless microbes which pass through water treatment systems could be allowing dangerous bacteria, such as Legionella, to reproduce in drinking water supplies, researchers ...
Outlook for metal manufacturing patchy: AMTIL president  2/14/2011
Outlook for metal manufacturing patchy: AMTIL president
Pat Boland was appointed president of the Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) in January this year. Boland is a founding partner of the ANCA machine tool ...
Remote controls boost workplace safety  2/10/2011
Remote controls boost workplace safety
Crane upgrading by heavy steel company Bradken Industrial – including state-of-the-art electronic and remote controls - is boosting workplace safety and efficiency at its Ipswich, ...
Indicators are showing a struggling economy  2/8/2011
Indicators are showing a struggling economy
The question lingering over the latest bout of weak economic figures is whether they have been depressed temporarily by adverse weather or reveal a longer-lasting economic malaise.
Crane company delivers for steel distributor  2/8/2011
Crane company delivers for steel distributor
Southern Steel, the largest privately owned steel distributor in Australia, is extending its long running relationship with Konecranes with the successful installation of seventeen ...
Bioplastics industry gathers pace in Australia  1/24/2011
Bioplastics industry gathers pace in Australia
It might sound wildly futuristic but producing plastic from plants is already an established industry and while it’s at present a niche sector, the short-term growth prospects are ...
Robots to milk cows in farms  11/18/2010
Robots to milk cows in farms
This week heralds a new era in dairy farming with the revelation of the robotic rotary, a world first, developed by DeLaval in collaboration with the University of Sydney and ...
Magnattack Global completes project for cereal manufacturer  11/16/2010
Magnattack Global completes project for cereal manufacturer
Magnattack Global has recently completed a major project for a large Sydney based cereal manufacturer, involving 7 Large MAGNATTACK™ self cleaning grate magnet systems.
Big changes at Port of Newcastle  11/2/2010
Big changes at Port of Newcastle
Feature of the week: It's called T4, short for Terminal Four, and (like its predecessors) aims to cash in on surging global demand for coal, while simultaneously shrinking the number ...
The high price of work stress  10/11/2010
The high price of work stress
Excessive pressure at work is costing Australia's economy $730 million a year due to job-stress related depression, a University of Melbourne and VicHealth report has revealed.
Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots  9/29/2010
Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots
Curtin University researchers are part of a key group of scientists set to investigate and make recommendations for future successful tight gas exploration in Western Australia.
Industry heads meet during political uncertainty  9/28/2010
Industry heads meet during political uncertainty
New talks, to discuss the changes in the planned Australian Mining Tax, will begin soon.
Regional minerals demands buoys AUS's mining sector  9/2/2010
Regional minerals demands buoys AUS's mining sector
Feature of the week: Within five years China's economy will be almost equal in size to the world's largest economy, that of the United States.
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