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Cheese factory gets topcoat treatment
Monday, 10 September 2007
A CHEESE processing factory in Manukau City is one of the latest food manufacturers to experience the specialist floor coating skills of Topcoat Specialist Coatings Limited.
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Pultrusions ideal for structural applications
Monday, 10 September 2007
PULTRUSION is a continuous process for manufacturing composite structural profiles – such as rod, tube, angle, channel, bar, or in more complex shapes.
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Fast track prototyping delivers major savings
Monday, 10 September 2007
AT 3D Print, on Auckland’s North Shore, three men with a passion for pushing technological boundaries, banded together to form New Zealand’s first rapid prototyping and modelling bureau that utilises...
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Smart heater for hazardous areas
Sunday, 07 October 2007
ENGINEERS now have a compact and versatile solution for the precise regulation of air temperature inside instrument or analyzer enclosures with the launch of Intertec's 'smart' programmable heater...
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Inside the 'ideas factory'
Sunday, 07 October 2007
Jenny Baker visits Inveratek to meet the brains behind the innovative ‘Crushpak’ container and ProFlow and VeraSeal fluid control technologies. What she discovered was a team that epitomizes Kiwi...
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Pumping the blackgold
Wednesday, 07 November 2007
Jenny Baker reports on the challenging work carried out by JLE Electrical for the commissioning of the FPSO Umuroa, anchored off the coast of Taranaki.
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Use product of the month - LDK bearings
Wednesday, 07 November 2007
THEY perform on both price and quality – and now LDK bearings are available to New Zealand industry via General Equipment. Based in China, LDK produces a wide assortment of rod ends and spherical...
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Vibration proof, modular aluminium framing
Sunday, 07 October 2007
MAYTEC is a name synonymous with the world’s broadest range of aluminium structural profiles and fittings. The unique sizes and shapes within the range not only offer the widest choice of design...
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New plastic pallet design improves safety
Sunday, 30 December 2007
HAMILTON-based plastic pallet manufacturer Pallenz Plastics Ltd has announced a significant change to its two piece racking plastic pallet.
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Towards a safer workplace
Sunday, 30 December 2007
The ESR’s Workplace Drug Testing programmes are about helping employees help themselves, as Jenny Baker reports.
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No more pressing
Wednesday, 07 November 2007
ONE OF the challenges of pressing, forming or clamping sheet metal can be to ensure secure and even grip across the workpiece without time-consuming complexity in setup and release.Re
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Integrated safety for water treatment plant
Monday, 11 February 2008
WHILE the safe, productive interaction between man and machine is becoming increasingly important, the growing complexity of that plant and machinery is making their operation and management more and...
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How to boost productivity by 15 to 80 percenrt
Monday, 11 February 2008
IF somebody told you that you could increase your weekly manufacturing output by 15 to 80 percent without spending more on wages or other overheads, you’d be forgiven for being a little sceptical –...
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Top marks for Topcoat floorings
Sunday, 30 December 2007
WHEN SG Equipment moved into its brand new showroom and warehouse in Takanini over Labour Weekend it moved into a building where a great deal of thought and planning had gone into the flooring...
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Penguins benefit from Kiwi exchangers
Sunday, 09 March 2008
STEELFORT Engineering in Palmerston North recently completed a large specialised job lot of stainless steel heat exchangers for the Melbourne Aquarium. 
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