THE new BFM fitting is the world’s first “clampless and snap in” connector. Developed and trialled in New Zealand during the past two years, the BFM fitting is a revolutionary advance on the...
The Electricity Commission recently contracted Energy Associates to launch an electric motors bounty scheme with the aim of providing an incentive to remove low efficiency three-phase motors from New...
Three phase motors have been subject to MEPS regulations since 2002, and the transition has not always been smooth. SEW-Eurodrive MD Peter Gabites clears up some misunderstandings and has advice for...
A KITCHEN experiment has led a Christchurch man to a solution for one of the world’s biggest environmental problems – how to dispose of the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag.
Want something made to order? With the stereolithography rapid prototyping process, getting a perfect-fit part in hand is as easy transferring a file. Jenny Baker reports.
Galvanized steel is widely in use in New Zealand, and in a world where optimising energy efficiency is the norm, can hold its own as a sustainable construction and manufacturing material.
EDL Fasteners is a leading distributor of industrial, construction, engineering and general fasteners, servicing businesses across many sectors for more than 30 years.
WHEN an uncooperative variable speed drive posed a potentially disastrous commissioning delay for a new chiller project at a Marlborough vineyard, engineers opted to replace it with a Schneider...
WITH many industrial facilities operating around the clock, plant-wide efficiency is a paramount concern. In recent years, the quest to address efficiency in compressed air systems has seen an...
In the eight years since the first prototype was developed, Fibre-gen’s patented Hitman technology has become the internationally recognised standard for measuring stiffness within the wood...
Canterbury dairy company Synlait put eight years of planning into the August 1 opening of its new milk powder processing plant in Dunsandel. Now the next stage of the challenge – establishing the...
GENERATING nitrogen from compressed air, Atlas Copco’s NG Series of PSA Nitrogen Generators cost-effectively prevent spoilage and lengthen shelf life. The generators offer an alternative to high-...
IN AN unusual role reversal, Auckland plastic injection moulding manufacturing company Adept has installed a machine which could take its Chinese competitors head on.
