Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is a major money earner for the country, with over $100 billion in revenue in 2016 (up from over $96 billion in 2014-15) and employing over 130,000 Australians. The food and beverage industry is also renowned for its uptake of the latest and most modern technologies to ensure that … Continue reading Radar Level Measurement and its uses in the food manufacturing industry →

Every wholesale distributor faces increasing pressure to adopt a digital strategy for confronting massive disruption in the industry, which means understanding the company’s demographic as much as where the business is heading. This whitepaper offers seven steps every distributor should take to develop a sharp and focused digital strategy that considers every dynamic of a successful business. … Continue reading Seven steps for building a digital strategy for distribution →

Visual inspections are a great way to see if a crane is operating smoothly and efficiently, but there are some things the eye can’t see. Consultation services are an efficient and effective way to provide the required deeper level of analysis. By looking deeper into a crane’s geometry, alignment and component parts, a more complete … Continue reading How Consultation Services Look Beyond What’s Visible to Optimise Crane Safety, Reliability and Performance →

Servitization is not a particularly new phenomenon. The term was defined in the late 1980s in an article in the European Management Journal1, but the concept of bundling service packages with products to add value goes back to the 1960s and the innovative, ‘power-by-the-hour’2 concept of Bristol Siddeley, a British aero engine manufacturer later acquired … Continue reading Servitisation: Preparing the Manufacturing Industry for What’s Next →

In a dynamic market where electricity costs are rising and commodity prices are falling, Australia’s industrial sector is looking at new ways to improve their bottom line and maximise efficiency. This whitepaper explains the benefits of adopting a more efficient technological infrastructure of medium voltage drives (MV Drives) over traditional low voltage drive technology (LV … Continue reading Lowering the Cost Per kW →

Some of the most dangerous industries include transport, warehousing and manufacturing, which means high-speed doors need the proper safety mechanisms to prevent damage to people and goods. This whitepaper introduces the Albany RapidRoll 500, built to solve warehousing and cold room problems, as well as reduce running costs and overheads.

Manufacturers in all segments, from food and beverage to industrial machinery and equipment, know that digitalisation is coming and they need to adapt or risk obsolescence. They all want to find an easy way to do that. But there’s no easy method for achieving digitalisation. While manufacturers are making small steps, the true potential of … Continue reading Predicting The Future Of Digitalisation →

In the selection and configuration of drives for the food and beverage industry, food safety is only the most obvious major concern. Various other issues must also be addressed with common challenges including adverse environmental conditions that must be kept under control from the outset. A knowledgeable specialist in this field, Nord Drivesystems has configured … Continue reading Smooth-Surface Motors In The Malt House →

Today brewing companies are facing a multitude of challenges. On the one hand, the number of different beer styles is increasing exponentially. On the other hand, fierce competition is ratcheting up cost pressures. In addition, breweries are expanding production to offer seasonal varieties of beer and beer-mix drinks, but doing so requires producing in smaller … Continue reading Digitalisation In The Brewery Business →

Powerful low cost technologies are changing our lives in every way. We now have robots vacuuming our floors. And before long, electric cars will be driving us around. So, what’s next? The kWatch Intelligent Controller is a little black box that’s set to transform the way you buy, manage and use energy. It is a … Continue reading New Smart Energy Box Changes How You Power Your Business →

Safety is one of the most critical aspects in processing as the implications of neglecting it can quite literally revolve around life and death. As it works on non-contact principles, this whitepaper explains how using radar level transmitters can keep workers out of hazardous conditions as well as hygienic situations. To download this whitepaper, fill in … Continue reading Radar Level Measurement And Its Uses In The Food Manufacturing Industry →

Bearing reliability is a crucial component of productivity and uptime in expensive machinery and plant throughout industries such as mining, manufacturing, bulk handling and primary production. If a bearing fails, production can grind to a halt. In challenging environments or operations where the risk of contamination is high, this Sealed Spherical Roller Bearing (SRB) is … Continue reading Bearing Contamination – How to Prevent a Problem that Causes 25 per cent of All Premature Failures →

Stemming from its successes in the telecommunications industry, the use of fibre optics spanned out into a wide variety of industries and applications. It is now commonly used in the manufacturing industry for the production of automobiles, medical equipment, and other machinery. The theory behind fibre optic data transfer is simple, information is transported between … Continue reading Fibre Optics, Attenuation, and the Manufacturing Industry →

Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) are an energy-efficient and productive way to power industrial machinery and plant, particularly in applications that demand high torque on start-up and then a much lower level of power for operations after that point. This whitepaper introduces a new VFD Capacitor Reforming service that utilises a proprietary, portable, fully automatic DC … Continue reading How To Identify Faults And Revitalise Spare Variable Frequency Drives To Keep Them In Top Condition →

The dynamic of business-to-business (B2B) sales has changed, and buyers now demand to be served when and how they prefer. Companies have tried to address this by enabling customers to purchase across their various sales channels, including direct, indirect, and self-service, but even then the competition for those customers has grown. Companies have tried to … Continue reading Accelerate Your Journey To Modern Commerce →

For over a decade Pilz has been extremely active in the domain of automation,  investing heavily in R&D activities in Germany to ensure it remains a leader in Industrial Automation.   Focusing on  producing high quality products and services to be used by the next wave of businesses planning to harness Industry 4.0 technology and … Continue reading Pilz, leading automation supplier, is driving the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, by investing heavily in the development and manufacture for Industry 4.0 ready products. →

A convergence of market drivers is reshaping factory automation. The increasing demand for customized products is just one example of how these trends are transforming production lines worldwide. In the pursuit of perfect production at assembly lines, overall efficiency effectiveness (OEE) has emerged as the yardstick that tells manufacturers whether they are producing quality products … Continue reading Device Connectivity Is the Key to Optimal OEE in Industry 4.0 →

This whitepaper introduces the latest line in linear actuators – hi-tech electric devices which are able to convert rotational motion in low voltage DC motors into linear push/pull movement. Electric actuators are the perfect solution when simple, safe and clean movement with accurate and smooth motion control is needed. To find out more, visit the Linak … Continue reading Gain A Competitive Edge In The Future World Of Movement →

The Industrial Internet, whether it is referred to as “Industry 4.0” or the “Industrial IoT,” is for many seen as a broad topic that offers more conceptual ideas than realisable solutions. However, for those involved in factory automation, where factories are becoming smarter, more connected, and autonomous, it is already becoming a reality with big … Continue reading The Plant Manager’s Guide To IIoT Connectivity →

One of the most troublesome aspects of a factory energy saving system is the fact that large numbers of I/O channels are needed to transmit field site data related to lighting, production lines, and environmental monitoring back to the control centre. While it is sometimes difficult for engineers to link all of the I/O channels … Continue reading Smart Data Acquistion For Energy Saving Applications →