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Tuesday, 19 November 2024

The vision of robots and humans working side by side is now a reality driven by the rise of collaborative robots — or cobots.

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Automation

Future-proofing water infrastructure

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Greater Western Water (GWW) serves Victoria. GWW faced several challenges including the need to meet stricter environmental compliance and sustainability targets.

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Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Transforming pressure into precision, one vacuum system at a time

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Vacuum technology continues to emerge as a preferred and popular solution not only for robotic pick-and-place systems, but also for robot-assisted applications.

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Health & Safety

Storeman killed in racking collapse

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Nine tonnes of badly loaded steel fell and killed a Christchurch man, in what WorkSafe New Zealand says is a stark warning to any business that uses storage racks or shelving as part

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Equipment

CoroCut 2 with -RF geometry for secure high-precision profiling

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Sandvik Coromant continues to upgrade its long-established CoroCut 1-2 partin

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General

New Autodesk AI capabilities

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Autodesk has unveiled new ways it is bringing Autodesk AI-powered capabilities to Autodesk Fusion and Alias, designed to increase productivity as the manufacturing industry delivers increasingly co

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Manufacturing

The craft of beer and the art of coding

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Production downtime and unforeseen costs due to faulty marking systems posed significant challenges for Arizona's largest brewery, Four Peaks.

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Robotics

FMG matrix area gripper: easy to operate and flexible to use

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

With the FMG matrix area gripper, Schmalz offers a powerful and flexible solution for the automated handling of various workpieces.

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Maintenance Matters

Waikato apprentice takes out Stuart Tolhurst Cup

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Enthusiasm, adaptability, and initiative: these are qualities that have earned Ngāruawāhia apprentice Zander Pringle the prestigious Stuart Tolhurst Memorial Award for 2024 in Hamilton this month.<

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General

Emerging Director Award winner ready for next step

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

South Otago director Kate Faulks will receive an Institute of Directors (IoD) Emerging Director Award.

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Energy Efficiency

Renewable gas flows in New Zealand pipeline for the first time

Wednesday, 13 November 2024

First Renewables, in partnership with Ecogas has announced that the First Renewables biogas upgrade facility, located at the Ecogas Reporoa Organics Processing Facility is now in production.

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Equipment

CoroMill MS20 – for shoulder milling

Tuesday, 05 November 2024

CoroMill MS20 is our new first-choice, single-sided, two-edge solution for true 90 degrees shoulder milling applications in ISO M and ISO S materials, particularly suited for the aerospace and oil...

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Automation

Game-changing digital sensor brings end-to-end asset management to electrical grid systems

Tuesday, 05 November 2024

ABB Electrification Service has brought to market a breakthrough digital monitoring solution for power and distribution transformers in collaboration with Danish start-up Oktogrid.

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Automation