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Getting more life out of wire rope
Monday, 23 January 2012
Bridon’s products have achieved outstanding results on container cranes and straddle carriers operated by The Ports of Auckland. Stefan Richter learned that this success can be traced back to a...
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Designing storage systems to cope with earthquakes
Monday, 23 January 2012
In this article Dr Murray comments on the performance of storage systems during seismic events, including the recent devastating earthquakes in New Zealand. Designing rack structures to cope with the...
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Power at the right place, at the right time
Monday, 23 January 2012
Webster Group’s generators back-up and continually supply power in a multitude of applications throughout New Zealand. They can be found in hospitals, rest homes, on air force and naval bases,...
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Providing superior control performance
Monday, 23 January 2012
Electric control valve actuators eliminate the problems of compressed air as a power medium. Today, a major technological advance is available to help control valve users avoid many of the problems...
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Advanced pump solutions for advanced water treatment works
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Watson-Marlow 520 and 620 Series pumps prove their reliability in conjunction with Thames Water’s process plants. Tasked with replacing ageing pumps for disinfectant and coagulant processes at Thames...
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Hydraulic asset support management
Thursday, 20 April 2006
GLOBAL Hydraulics are motion and control experts, who provide not only field and workshop based repairs but also a wide range of project management, design and specification skills to large and small...
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Alert system boosts forklift safety
Friday, 30 June 2006
THE FORK-Alert System is the latest forklift safety product from Amskan that enhances safety in working environments where machines and people work in close proximity.
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Protecting oil and gas infrastructure
Saturday, 30 September 2006
APPLIED technology company, Polymer Developments Group Limited (PDG), provides a unique offering to the oil and gas industry for the protection of infrastructure and property assets.
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Optimum control for smaller air systems
Saturday, 30 September 2006
THE Sigma Air Manager basic from Kaeser Compressors provides users of smaller compressed air systems with a comprehensive, yet an affordable entry into the world of advanced compressed air management...
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The lean, green coal mining machine
Sunday, 03 August 2008
The Pike River Coal mine has all the advantages and challenges of a new greenfield venture. The mine team has carte blanche to plan, design, construct and operate the mine with best practice mining...
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Chlorine dioxide takes the lead
Sunday, 14 January 2007
FOR organisations looking for an alternative to traditional oxidising technology (such as chlorine) in water treatment applications where strict bacteriological quality must be maintained, chlorine...
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Custom built De-palletising and de-cartoning system
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
IN WHAT is thought to be the largest system of its kind in the world, Haden & Custance recently designed and manufactured a de-palletising and de-cartoning system for a client’s process line that...
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Domestic petroleum industry boosts self-sufficiency
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
New Zealand started unlocking its hydrocarbon resources in earnest in the 1960s. Today, it provides a significant chunk of our operational energy requirements, and there is scope to increase this...
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Product of month
Monday, 23 October 2006
NZ made ducting flange  
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Low tech mining delivers top
Saturday, 28 July 2007
Mining is once again making South Africa’s economy boom, and in particular the economy of the small village of Swartruggens in the North West Province. Jenny Baker reports
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