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GAAM Emergency Products is launching an innovative range of Hydro-Flo Australia products, offering customers further choice when selecting fittings for their emergency equipment.

Ideal for fire brigades, emergency services, mines, oil and gas facilities, forestry sites and plantation complexes, the products are all Australian made and provide a compact, lightweight and highly durable solution in order to deliver exceptional performance.

The comprehensive range consists of adaptors and reducers, which can both be used with any combination of fire thread; nipples and flanges made to customer requirements; equipment bollards to keep lockers tidy and organised; foot valves that make priming simple and are corrosion free; hose tail and coupling sets to suit any combination of hoses; and sockets, again made to specific requirements.

Manufactured from acetal, the products boast high mechanical strength, several times stronger than pure aluminium.

Consequently, they provide superior dimensional stability and considerable resilience to deformation and are tough enough to cope with the most challenging of firefighting environments.

GAAM Emergency Products’ skilled team is also available to discuss individual requirements to help customers gain a better understanding of their equipment needs and assist in identifying the most appropriate solution.

TECHNICAL Projects’ new Mini Spray Ball is said to provide cost-effective tank cleaning in a compact, zero maintenance design.

The Mini Spray Ball is described as a simple, fast and efficient device for cleaning the inside of small tanks that require flushing or burst rinsing.

The 28mm diameter stainless steel ball achieves optimum results at 2bar of pressure but is effective between 1 and 3bar. It has a wetting radius of 1.5m at 1bar and a flow rate of 20L/min.

IN a bid to reduce the risk of hand injury in the manufacturing industry, Pro-Visual Publishing is calling for greater education with its 2009/10 edition of the Metal Manufacturing Industry Guide to Safety.

In the past financial year, 1130 claims for injury to the hand, fingers and thumb were made by the metal product manufacturing industry. This Australian Safety and Compensation Council figure represents almost a quarter of all claims made by the industry.

The Guide, which was sent out free of charge nationally in June, emphasises that hand injuries can seriously affect a person’s ability to do almost any job effectively and instructs metal manufacturing workers on how to reduce their risk of injury.

For those readers yet to receive a copy of this year’s guide email enquiries@provisual.com.au.

With the new SQ volumetric flow sensor, ifm now offers a sensor for low volumetric flow quantities. This sensor has been designed for dosing of water and aqueous solutions up to 200 ml/min, thus allowing use in various applications.

Flow and temperature are measured at the same time. They can either be supplied as switching or as analogue output.

Designed for the food and machine tool industries the volumetric flow sensor type SQ has a favourable price compared to the systems already on the market.

The measuring pipe itself is inside the unit, offering high protection against mechanical strain. The connection to the system is made via a G 1/8 process connection.

Analogue, binary or pulse outputs offer various possibilities to process the measured data. In view of the flexible output versions the sensor can be easily integrated into existing systems.

Volumetric flow quantities, total quantities or temperature are indicated via a 4-digit alphanumeric LED display directly on the unit.

The volumetric flow sensor SQ operates according to the calorimetric measuring principle. The permissible temperature range of the medium is between 0…60°C. The sensor is connected via a standardised M12 connector.

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, has recently announced the PEX441 rugged 6U VPX XMC Carrier Card.

Designed to enable system architects and integrators to include a broad range of high performance XMCs in their designs, the PEX441 is specifically optimized for excellent thermal performance, with the capability to enable power densities of up to 30 watts per XMC. One or two can be accommodated.

Typical XMC applications will include system I/O, FPGA processing, graphics and digital/analog interfaces.

The PEX441 supports a broad range of flexible I/O options, allowing systems designers a choice of switched fabric topology.

The PEX441 is available in five build levels, providing a cost-effective choice between platforms for benign environments through systems that will be deployed in harsh environments. It is optionally compliant with the VITA 48/REDI specification for rugged systems.

Designed to support leading edge XMCs such as GE Fanuc’s Xilinx® Virtex™-5 based XMCV5, the PEX441 allows system designers to migrate their XMC laboratory systems to a rugged, deployable 6U VPX form factor in order to exploit the full complement of high speed digital I/O available through a standard VPX backplane.

It extends the functional envelope of a 6U VPX system by leveraging an array of Ge Fanuc- or customer XMC modules into a distributed, fabric based architecture, removing the need to host high power mezzanines on high power CPU cards.

Thermal load can be spread across multiple system slots for both air- and conduction cooled applications supporting high computer density.

CAPS Australia has unveiled the new Conquest GT Eco-Turbo Blower range at the recent Annual Victorian Water Industry Engineers and Operators Conference in Bendigo.

The range is said to be 20-40% more efficient when compared to conventional blowers as it features a high-efficiency motor and integrated variable frequency drive system which minimises the loss of compressed air into the atmosphere.

In addition, the ability to precisely control the pressure of the variable speed drive results in an overall lower average working pressure that requires less energy consumption.

The use of air bearings and five axis machine impellers further enhance the blowers efficiency. The range uses trouble-free foil air bearings for greater reliability.

Individually layered foil bearings are assembled in the housing to support the shaft rather than rolling element bearings. The foil air bearings increase reliability tenfold and require no lubrication because when the shaft rotates the air film between the bearing and the shaft protects the bearing foils from wear.

In addition, the air bearings have fewer parts necessary to support the rotating assembly and eliminate the need for complicated magnetic bearings with sophisticated control systems.

Perfect for water, wastewater, power, petroleum and chemical as well as general industry applications, the range includes over 10 blower models from 4kW to 250kW with a capacity from 3.5m3/min to 228m3/min. The range uses technology that requires minimal equipment maintenance.

The stress as well as wear and tear on all mechanical components is reduced; while routine maintenance simply involves changing the inlet filter. With an emphasis on green, the Conquest Eco-Turbo Blower range has been designed to be environmentally friendly. As no lubrication is required the range is oil wastage free, eliminating the need for oil disposal.

Equipped with advanced, easy-to-use controls, each model comes with three different operating modes as standard for overall blower efficiency and reliability.

An Ethernet port allows the blower to communicate with various DCS systems to meet plant requirements and minimise costs. Highly compact, each model makes use of a small footprint helping users save on space.

No foundation support is required and the lightweight design eliminates the need for cranes to move the blower.

Each model is fully enclosed so that noise is kept to a minimum and does not exceed 85 dBA.

Warequip is proud to announce the release of the New Zallys tow devices.

Zallys is an Italian manufacturer of quality tow motors and battery electric vehicles and has appointed Warequip as their Australian representative.

The Zallys product has been manufactured with strength, quality and ergonomics in mind. The range of product is quiet extensive, covering, personnel carriers, compact tow motors, bed movers and an industrial pipe mover.

All units are available with powerful, efficient, smart electric motors that are optioned with various battery kits and fast chargers.

Warequip will be appointing a national distributor network that will have an array of machines, spares and service capabilities, offering solutions in the industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors.

Dormer has expanded its family of solid carbide cutters for aluminium with the launch of five new cutters specifically designed to excel in precision milling applications with state-of-the-art CNC machines.

Building on the popularity of the S140 and S142 slot drills launched in October 2007, the new tools increase the range of applications covered by cutters capable of High Speed Machining in aluminium and its alloys, as well as thermo-plastics and acrylic glass.

The S143, S144, S145 and S540 are designed with a neck and an extra long effective length to prevent the shank from coming into contact with the material. A high axial depth of cut can therefore be achieved with a short cutting length, with the added benefit of high tool rigidity. The S144 (corner radius) and S540 (ball nosed) end mills are particularly suited to machining complex surfaces.

The S149 features a reduction along the full length of the shank in order to maximise performance in deep pocket milling and profiling operations. This allows the user to adjust the length of the tool projecting from the tool holder, minimising the risk of chipping.

All tools have an extremely highly polished surface that reduces friction between the surface of the tool and the workpiece, making for fast, efficient swarf evacuation and reduced machine downtime.

This feature, combined with narrow cylindrical land and flute design optimised for chip space, minimises tool vibration which, in turn, ensures an excellent surface quality on the component.

The product launch is supported by a comprehensive brochure that includes full range details, dimensional data and optimum operating conditions.

SPILLDOKTOR has launched a new low profile connectable bund system for increased flexibility in bunding applications.

These units come in compact ‘2 drum’ modules which can be connected in many configurations to suit almost any application.

These modules come with marks on all sides, showing where the connector is to be fitted for joining of units. There are endless configurations available to the user, depending on the particular ‘footprint’ which suits the available floor space.

Corners can also be used to advantage when bunds are joined in an ‘L’ configuration.

Each bund has a capacity of 130L which means that when 2 or more are connected they can be safely used to store 200L drums.

This satisfies all government regulations, which require a bund to safely contain at least the single largest container in the case of a spill.

This new range includes a non-slip ramp, which offers a very gentle slope for ease of drum handling and also come with a spill gutter’ around the perimeter of the unit.