Equipment
New laser cutting machinery – but how do you make it grow the business?
Thursday, 18 August 2022

Finding and investing in the best laser cutting metals manufacturing machinery is often just the first step in reaping the rewards of a sound purchase in this rapidly expanding and competitive busi

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Sustainability
New advice on NZ ETS unit limits and price control settings
Thursday, 18 August 2022

Source: Climate Change Commission

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Sustainability
Digging deep for sustainable mining
Monday, 15 August 2022

New products require new materials, and the rapid advancement and uptake in the electric vehicle (EV) and green energy industries means that demand for rare earth metals, for use in batteries and o

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Equipment
Maintenance-free, strong and clean with lubrication free linear guides
Monday, 15 August 2022

Autonomously, without preparation time and without programming, the K900 industrial robot cleans floors where it should - even in places where it is potentially dangerous or even imposs

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Manufacturing
Wear-resistant & lubrication-free: new igus bar stock for food, continuous operation and high media resistance from Treotham
Monday, 15 August 2022

Treotham has expanded its wide range of igus iglidur round bars with four materials; among them two for the food sector: the heat-resistant material iglidur AC500 and the resilient mate

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Maintenance Matters
Tackling planned obsolescence
Monday, 15 August 2022

According to DoSomething.org, 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed of worldwide, every year.

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General
Government innovation agency helps Kiwi companies seeking productivity boost
Thursday, 18 August 2022

Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand’s innovation agency, has launched the Aronui Industry 4.0 Navigator to help business leaders and senior managers get their heads around what Industry 4.0 means.

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Thermal Imaging
FlexView Lens provides Thermographers with two lenses in one
Thursday, 18 August 2022

Teledyne FLIR has just introduced the FlexView dual field-of-view (DFOV) lens attachment for FLIR Axxx and Txxx Series thermography cameras designed to improve operational efficiency, safety, and a

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Sustainability
End of methyl bromide use now in sight
Thursday, 18 August 2022

35 years since New Zealand pledged to end the use of methyl bromide there is now a viable, safer and environmentally sustainable replacement for methyl bromide as a biosecurity treatment for timber

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Automation
New Datalogic Matrix 320 5MP code reader
Wednesday, 03 August 2022
The new Matrix 320 5MP reader features an extended lens and lightings portfolio to solve a broader range of applications, including those with a large depth of field (DoF) or field of view (FoV).
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Automation
Luminescence Sensors Get A Performance Upgrade
Friday, 29 July 2022
New generation, new features: Treotham’s photoelectronic luminescence sensors by Wenglor combine innovative features and proven performance values for reliable detection of luminophors.
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Automation
Decentralized I/O Solutions for the Ex area
Wednesday, 06 July 2022
Ex approval of Turck's TBEN-S and TBEN-L series modules and IMC interface devices now enables cabinet free modularisation right into ATEX Zone 0
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Industry 4.0 / IOT
Internet of Things helps NZ glass manufacturer AGP disrupt industry with four-day supply delivery
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
NZ glass manufacturing disruptor, Architectural Glass Products (AGP), is using of Internet of Things (IoT) technology from NZ’s Pollin8 and AU’s Thinxtra for around-the-clock asset tracking, which...
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Industry 4.0 / IOT
Taking the edge off Industry 4.0
Monday, 28 March 2022
~ Why edge analytics should be part of an IIoT strategy ~
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Industry 4.0 / IOT
Emerson’s New Edge Solutions Simplify Creation of Advanced IIoT Applications
Monday, 28 March 2022
Emerson PACSystems Edge Solutions offers a new portfolio of turnkey industrial edge hardware and software solutions.
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