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Sustainability
New advice on NZ ETS unit limits and price control settings
Thursday, 18 August 2022
e New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme needs to be as effective as possible to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to the global effort to reduce the impact of climate change...
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General
Government innovation agency helps Kiwi companies seeking productivity boost
Thursday, 18 August 2022
Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand’s innovation agency, has launched the Aronui Industry 4.0 Navigator to help business leaders and senior managers get their heads around what Industry 4.0 means.
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Thermal Imaging
FlexView Lens provides Thermographers with two lenses in one
Thursday, 18 August 2022
Teledyne FLIR has just introduced the FlexView dual field-of-view (DFOV) lens attachment for FLIR Axxx and Txxx Series thermography cameras designed to improve operational efficiency, safety, and a
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Sustainability
End of methyl bromide use now in sight
Thursday, 18 August 2022
35 years since New Zealand pledged to end the use of methyl bromide there is now a viable, safer and environmentally sustainable replacement for methyl bromide as a biosecurity treatment for timber
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General
New Zealand’s civil construction industry battles resource shortages and escalating costs
Thursday, 18 August 2022
New Zealand’s civil construction industry is battling skills and worker shortages, cost escalations, and increasingly complex contract terms to deliver on the country’s vital infrastructure works p
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Sustainability
Bioenergy is the solution for keeping lights on
Monday, 15 August 2022
The lack of electricity supply security because of thermal generation plant unavailability reinforces the importance of the need for an integrated Energy Strategy.
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Equipment
Maintenance-free, strong and clean with lubrication free linear guides
Monday, 15 August 2022
Autonomously, without preparation time and without programming, the K900 industrial robot cleans floors where it should - even in places where it is potentially dangerous or even imposs
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Manufacturing
Wear-resistant & lubrication-free: new igus bar stock for food, continuous operation and high media resistance from Treotham
Monday, 15 August 2022
Treotham has expanded its wide range of igus iglidur round bars with four materials; among them two for the food sector: the heat-resistant material iglidur AC500 and the resilient mate
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Maintenance Matters
Tackling planned obsolescence
Monday, 15 August 2022
According to DoSomething.org, 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed of worldwide, every year.
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Sustainability
Digging deep for sustainable mining
Monday, 15 August 2022
New products require new materials, and the rapid advancement and uptake in the electric vehicle (EV) and green energy industries means that demand for rare earth metals, for use in batteries and o
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Robotics
Universal Robots adds all-new 20kg industrial cobot to its leading portfolio
Monday, 15 August 2022
Universal Robots, has announced that it will add a new 20kg cobot to its product range.
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General
61% of schoolgirls want to see more female engineering role models according to new research to mark International Women in Engineering Day
Monday, 15 August 2022
The study, commissioned by children’s rights charity Plan International and supercar maker McLaren Automotive, is released to coincide with International Women in Engineering Day which aims to high
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Equipment
Kemppi releases new MasterMig range
Wednesday, 03 August 2022
Kemppi, has released its new MIG/MAG MasterMig welding machine models 353 and 355. The 358 model is scheduled for release later this year.
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Equipment
How igus energy chains from Treotham become power-saving champions
Wednesday, 03 August 2022
Roller chain links reduce drive energy for the E4.1 energy chain series by 37% Good news for users of the igus E4.1 energy chain series: newly developed roller chain links reduce required drive power...
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Hydraulics and Pneumatics
SMC Corporation’s New Solenoid Operated Air Pulse Valve
Wednesday, 03 August 2022
SMC Corporation recently introduced a solenoid operated option to the company’s extensive valve range.
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