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Bigger capacity fume solution
Monday, 30 August 2010
CLEANING up fumes efficiently won’t cost you as much as you think. The DustStorm filter range from New Zealand Duct & Flex is a tried and tested, ‘off the shelf’ and competitively priced ($15,500...
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Clyde Volpe on vibration analysis
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
MAKING vibration analysis (VA) easy to understand is perhaps the greatest strength of Clyde Volpe, one of two world-class VA trainers associated with the seminar programme at Manukau Institute of...
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Taking IR predictive maintenance to new heights
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
WHEN Aaron Bryant moved back to New Zealand after living overseas for 18 plus years, he noticed that infrared cameras had yet to become a mainstream tool in the building industry. He was also looking...
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The business case for managing energy
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
I RECENTLY picked up a business magazine that had a lot of space dedicated to productivity and innovation. It’s a thought-provoking topic.
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Exploding the myths on root cause analysis
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
In short, ‘root cause analysis’ is intended to prevent the recurrence of defects. Bernard Piovesan, an engineer who lectures in RCA in Australia and New Zealand, says managing the effects of defects...
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Robot welder/cutter delivers accuracy, efficiency
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
A combination 3D plasma cutter and welder facility is helping go-ahead engineering firm Metalform successfully break into export markets. Kiwi companies can also take advantage of this technology. By...
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The ultimate in non-clog solids pumping
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
FOR more than 50 years, US-based Vaughan Company has been a market leader in manufacturing chopper pumps.
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Time to educate on lubrication
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Oil industry veteran Richard Clancy blows the whistle on industry’s poor attitudes and practices towards lubrication.
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Effective asset maintenance often first casualty of rising business confidence
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
With growing business confidence post-GFC, many companies are once again looking to bolster their activities. Regardless of the industry these companies operate in, this renewed vigour invariably...
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Easy pipe routing with 3D laser scanner
Tuesday, 02 November 2010
WHEN existing industrial plants need to be modified, one major issue is the poor information and data that engineers and designers have to work with – even if information does exist, often it is out...
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Cost-effective shock testing
Tuesday, 02 November 2010
A UNIQUE Auckland facility is providing military shock testing of lightweight custom-built and commercial off-the-shelf equipment and systems for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Shipboard equipment and...
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The benefits of effective work management
Tuesday, 01 February 2011
FIRSTLY, why call it work management? Why not ‘planning and scheduling’ as it’s always been known?
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Implementing food-grade lubricants
Tuesday, 01 February 2011
Implementing food-grade lubricants IN order to ensure food product safety, many food processors have adopted the HACCP system.
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SouthMACH 2011: manufacturing innovation and success
Tuesday, 01 February 2011
OVER the past five years SouthMACH has been the centre stage for engineering and manufacturing innovation in the South Island.
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Freezer stuck in the ice age?
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
MAINTAINING temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius or lower in freezers is hard work.
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