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Where the big players gather
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
EVERY three years, everyone who is anyone in the global plastics industry descends on the German city of Düsseldorf to do business at the leading international trade fair for plastics and rubber.
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IR cameras that ‘talk’
Tuesday, 01 June 2010
METERLINK is an industry-first wireless connection between selected FLIR cameras and Extech (a FLIR subsidiary) measurement instruments, enabling them to ‘talk’ to each other.
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Maintenance training still lacking
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
ON THE eve of two important hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance seminars at the MIT’s Maintenance and Reliability Centre in August, the associated trainers are agreed on one worrying fact – there is...
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New generation single-point lubricators
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
INDUSTRIAL Lubricants and Services (ILS), a specialist lubricant importer and distributor, has been receiving great feedback on the latest Pulsarlube single point lubricators.
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Clever solutions for surface conditioning
Tuesday, 03 August 2010
IT’S THE letters after his name on his business card that provide a clue to Alan Tasker’s true calling. The ‘MSc Hon’ represents not just a masters degree in chemistry, but also an ongoing passion...
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Making your own nitrogen to extend the life of your food products
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
With businesses now having to increase their operational efficiency to survive, the latest in-situ gas generation technology couldn’t have come at a better time.
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One stop press shop ready for your next project
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
METALCRAFT has long been a name synonymous with roll forming and die pressing in New Zealand industry.
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What’s trust, reputation and brand really worth?
Monday, 16 August 2010
IF YOUR future clients know about you, and your good work or products, then they'll be more receptive.
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Why clean tubes?
Monday, 30 August 2010
TO FUNCTION efficiently, every tube-type heat exchanger device – whether a hot water or steam boiler, condenser, or an exchanger heating or cooling a liquid or gas – requires that the surface of the...
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Bigger capacity fume solution
Monday, 30 August 2010
CLEANING up fumes efficiently won’t cost you as much as you think. The DustStorm filter range from New Zealand Duct & Flex is a tried and tested, ‘off the shelf’ and competitively priced ($15,500...
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Clyde Volpe on vibration analysis
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
MAKING vibration analysis (VA) easy to understand is perhaps the greatest strength of Clyde Volpe, one of two world-class VA trainers associated with the seminar programme at Manukau Institute of...
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Taking IR predictive maintenance to new heights
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
WHEN Aaron Bryant moved back to New Zealand after living overseas for 18 plus years, he noticed that infrared cameras had yet to become a mainstream tool in the building industry. He was also looking...
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The business case for managing energy
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
I RECENTLY picked up a business magazine that had a lot of space dedicated to productivity and innovation. It’s a thought-provoking topic.
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Exploding the myths on root cause analysis
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
In short, ‘root cause analysis’ is intended to prevent the recurrence of defects. Bernard Piovesan, an engineer who lectures in RCA in Australia and New Zealand, says managing the effects of defects...
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Robot welder/cutter delivers accuracy, efficiency
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
A combination 3D plasma cutter and welder facility is helping go-ahead engineering firm Metalform successfully break into export markets. Kiwi companies can also take advantage of this technology. By...
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