• Collaborative precision
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  • The craft of beer and the art of coding
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  • Renewable gas flows in New Zealand pipeline for the first time
    First Renewables, in partnership with Ecogas has announced that the First Renewables biogas upgrade facility, located at the Ecogas Reporoa Organics Processing Facility is now in production.
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  • Innovating until the cows come home
    The Velocity $100k Challenge has helped start-ups find success on a global stage, and this year, six ventures scored a kick-start that could see ideas burgeon into businesses.
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General
Vertical Horizonz opens centre of excellence in Papakura
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Vertical Horizonz held the official opening of its new centre of excellence for access trades in Papakura recently.

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Automation
Future-proofing water infrastructure
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Greater Western Water (GWW) serves Victoria. GWW faced several challenges including the need to meet stricter environmental compliance and sustainability targets.

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General
New Autodesk AI capabilities
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Autodesk has unveiled new ways it is bringing Autodesk AI-powered capabilities to Autodesk Fusion and Alias, designed to increase productivity as the manufacturing industry delivers increasingly co

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Hydraulics and Pneumatics
Transforming pressure into precision, one vacuum system at a time
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Vacuum technology continues to emerge as a preferred and popular solution not only for robotic pick-and-place systems, but also for robot-assisted applications.

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Equipment
CoroCut 2 with -RF geometry for secure high-precision profiling
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Sandvik Coromant continues to upgrade its long-established CoroCut 1-2 partin

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Equipment
CoroMill MS20 – for shoulder milling
Tuesday, 05 November 2024

CoroMill MS20 is our new first-choice, single-sided, two-edge solution for true 90 degrees shoulder milling applications in ISO M and ISO S materials, particularly suited for the aerospace and oil and gas industries”

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Equipment
Introducing GC1230: The new benchmark in indexable steel milling
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Sandvik Coromant has launched

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Robotics
Haptic sensors from Resense
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Sense of touch for medical, service and industrial robots

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Robotics
FMG matrix area gripper: easy to operate and flexible to use
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

With the FMG matrix area gripper, Schmalz offers a powerful and flexible solution for the automated handling of various workpieces.

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Automation
Game-changing digital sensor brings end-to-end asset management to electrical grid systems
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
ABB Electrification Service has brought to market a breakthrough digital monitoring solution for power and distribution transformers in collaboration with Danish start-up Oktogrid.
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Automation
High-Resolution Profinet Absolute Encoders
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Turck offers versatile Profinet absolute encoders for precise positioning and fast data transmission.
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Automation
Real time measurement helps dairy factories cut product loss
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
As dairies scramble to meet sustainability targets ahead of the first year of reporting for the EU CSR Directive, the significant losses in push-out processes have been identified as low hanging...
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Equipment
Gas mixers for laser cutting systems
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
WITT presents a special range of gas mixers for use in laser cutting systems. Cutting gases are crucial for achieving maximum precision and efficiency in the cutting process. By using gas mixtures...
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Equipment
New hot-work tool steel with enhanced printability
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Sandvik introduces Osprey HWTS 50, a lean hot-work tool steel powder designed for enhanced printability.
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Equipment
The Xtreme Hose Reel Range
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
In industries where downtime isn't just costly but potentially dangerous, having reliable equipment is non-negotiable.
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