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Equipment
Are Ceramic bearings worth it?
Monday, 19 June 2023
Back in 2000, scientists discovered zircon in rocks that showed life might have started 500 million years earlier than previously thought.
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Maintenance Matters
Failure Prevention & Material Awareness One-day intensive training
Monday, 19 June 2023
This One-day training covers everything from Fasteners, Preventing Weld Failure, Material Selection & Quality, Stress-Raisers, Steel Processing Problems, Fatigue & Fracture Analysis thru to
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General
The Combi-CB70E
Monday, 19 June 2023
As Combilift continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary, it has launched the second of five new products planned for this year.
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Maintenance Matters
Phase control vs switch-mode cathodic protection systems
Monday, 19 June 2023
For larger mission-critical steel and concrete structures, such as bridges, ports, wharves, tanks or industrial pipelines, impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems are often use
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Robotics
What the new generation of STEM employees want from the workplace
Monday, 19 June 2023
Generation Z (Gen Z) workers - especially those who've graduated in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) - are in hot demand in both Australia and New Zealand.
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Health & Safety
Technology key to reducing injuries, easing construction industry challenges
Monday, 19 June 2023
Work site injuries, labour costs, and a skills shortage are just some of the challenges the construction sector could overcome if the industry was more open to embracing technology, says the CEO of
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General
Big changes to leading construction contract
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
After extensive review, New Zealand’s standard contract for the construction of building and civil engineering projects has been revised and released for consultation.
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Manufacturing
An impossible engineering feat, made possible
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Crafting works of art from metal isn’t anything new.
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Manufacturing
Plug & Print coding & marking system – just switch it on and start printing
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Leibinger has introduced the world’s first intelligent coding & marking system – the IQJET.
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General
Swedish bridge collapse overcome with specialist salvage and construction technique
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
When an incident occurred for a Finnish construction company during a bridge launch in Umeå, Sweden, in September 2020, experts from Mammoet were called in to save the bridge and help carry out its
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Hydraulics and Pneumatics
The dry rotary vane vacuum pumps of the DVS series from Atlas Copco
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Nowadays, a modern vacuum technology must convince users in their everyday operations with features such as sustainability, performance and ergonomics.
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Robotics
Demystifying Robots, Cobots & Industry 4.0
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
While Industry 4.0 solutions have become increasingly popular, there are still many misconceptions surrounding this technology – particularly on the subject of robotics.
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Equipment
BFM Venting Surge Hopper
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
BFM Global's development team has used their flexible, transparent Seeflex 040E material to create the BFM Venting Surge Hopper.  It’s an ingenious new solution to bridging, a common problem for ma
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Robotics
Highly Dexterous Robot Hand Can Operate in the Dark
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
Think about what you do with your hands when you’re home at night pushing buttons on your TV’s remote control, or at a restaurant using all kinds of cutlery and glassware.
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Automation
Network connectivity solved in Automated Container Ports
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
When BTG needed their IRM400 range of positioning measurement systems to send real-time data over different industrial networks, they found Anybus from HMS Networks.
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