Just as human inspectors working on assembly lines visually inspect parts to determine the quality of workmanship, so too can machine vision systems.
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Airborne hazards exposed
Workers in the manufacturing industry reportedly have one of the highest rates of exposure to airborne hazards. Is it time to control the air quality of your workplace? Emily Mobbs writes.
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Sci-Fi meets reality in industrial robotics
Industrial robot capabilities continue to expand, which begs the question: is a fully robotic-operated manufacturing plant bordering on reality or still a science fiction fantasy? Emily Mobbs investigates.
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Behind closed doors
Though the modest industrial door does not often change in look or operation, there is certainly a wide range available: plastic curtains; strip doors; swing doors; rigid traffic doors; and high speed doors, just to name a few.
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Industry under the pump
As pressure mounts for food and pharmaceutical manufacturers to comply with stringent standards, fluid handling equipment suppliers are also being forced to step-up to the plate. Emily Mobbs writes.
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Battle of the bulge
Industry leaders claim souring real estate prices is putting the 'squeeze' on warehouse sizes, increasing the need for 'slim' and articulated forklifts. Emily Mobbs writes.
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Should you automate to regulate?
Applying best energy management practices can bring valuable benefits to a manufacturing facility - but is there a secret to selecting the appropriate management system for your plant? Emily Mobbs reports.
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Maintaining a competent industry
Plant and machinery maintenance workers are encouraged to participate in competence-based training courses designed to help them keep up with new and improved industrial technology. Emily Mobbs writes.
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One door closes, another opens
Construction has officially begun on the world’s most modern butyl rubber manufacturing plant, supporting the demand by Australian consumers for cost effective, high performance tyres.
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Auditing your way through wasted energy consumption
The Federal Government might have delayed its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) until 2013, but the decision has not stopped the rise in electricity prices.
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Sound deadening barriers creating noise at Endeavour Awards
For Australian Rollforming Manufacturers, the contract to supply Noise Wall panels for Victoria’s Deer Park bypass project was one of the largest projects it had ever undertaken – and as it turns out it was also one of the most rewarding.
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Seeley heats up Endeavour’s consumer product category
Seeley claims its Braemar TH 5 Star Ducted Gas Heating system represents a revolution in modern ducted gas heating: and it seems this year’s Endeavour Award judges agree, naming the system Australian Consumer/Trade Product of the Year.
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Business Reviews lead to success
In 2010 Manufacturers’ Monthly announced a new category for the Endeavour Awards – the Enterprise Connect Significant Achievement Award.
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Manufacturing a greener environment
Saving the environment is a hot topic, so it is no surprise the competition for this year’s Environmental Solutions of the Year Award was tough, but in the end it was Intec’s electroplating industry waste recycling project that won the judges over.
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Industry awards its new generation
As general manager for one of the largest fencing manufacturers in Victoria, Aaron Cassidy’s main focus has been to develop business relationships and secure long term regular income.
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HI Fraser puts Australian manufacturing back on world map
When the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) acquired one of its most complex and expensive capital acquisitions - the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) ship build project – Australian manufacturers were posed with a challenge.
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Industrial product winner sets sail
With a 21 year business history and the delivery of over 200 vessels to 36 individual countries, Austal has accumulated extensive knowledge on ways to improve sea keeping, efficiency, speed and stability.
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Celebrating a lifetime of achievements
Robert Clifford has spent four decades developing and improving the high-speed vehicle/passenger ferry industry.
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HI Fraser sets high bar for new decade of manufacturing
The 2010 Endeavour Awards was a celebration of the manufacturing industry’s enthusiasm to take hold of an improving economic climate, and there wasn’t a company who personified this notion more than HI Fraser.
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GEON on the LOOKOUT to reduce injuries
For print and communications business GEON, a trend in increased injuries across its NSW sites was unacceptable - and it was the subsequent measures undertaken which saw it take out the 2010 Safety Scheme of the Year Award.
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