Selecting the right energy efficient motor can deliver significant cost savings for local manufacturers.
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Ever expanding role for 3D printing
The 'sky's the limit' cliché is much used, but when it applies to 3D printing, it is a befitting phrase with huge potential for manufacturers.
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ABB expands controller range for larger robots
ABB is offering a panel-mounted variant for larger ABB robots, providing system integrators with easier and more flexible integration solutions.
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New standard offers safer, more economical storage systems
New racking standard moves from a "permissible stress" design philosophy to a "limit states" design approach.
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More transparency to boost manufacturing
While some Australian manufacturers are riding the present mining industry wave, many are missing out. However that could soon change with more transparent participation rates.
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Anaerobic pre-treatment technology delivers water and energy gains for brewer
A water recovery plant designed to target world's best-practice water reuse standards in the food and beverage industry has exceeded its designers' expectations in its first year of service at a brewery in Australia.
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How can industrial robots benefit your business?
Machinery Automation and Robotics illustrates some of the benefits of adopting industrial robots for businesses of any size.
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European plastics packaging company chooses inspection machine from IntraVis Vision Systems
IntraVis Vision Systems of Germany, represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging & Plastics Technologies, has been selected to supply a sample pre-watcher inspection machine to APPE.
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Report outlines challenges and opportunities in industrial machinery market
CIMdata has released a new research paper focused on the global industrial machinery market which describes the business, product development, and information technology challenges faced by competitors in the industrial machinery market.
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Mitsubishi Electric to launch Wire-Cut Electrical Discharge Machines
Mitsubishi Electric has announced the MV series of new wire-cut electrical discharge machines (EDMs) suitable for cutting applications for a diverse range of products from product parts to those that require high-accuracy processing, including molding die.
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Global manufacturers adopt HART transmitters for wireless plant communication
A number of major process automation manufacturers have shown their support for the WirelessHART wireless plant communication standard, by joining the HART Communication Foundation at a recent global conference.
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Australian standard to come for air audits
Air audits can provide an important means of establishing the efficiency of systems, however no Australian Standard currently exists for the conduct of audits.
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Blackwoods 2012 catalogue to reveal new ‘green’ workplace solutions
Blackwoods is launching a new range of 'green' workplace solutions, set to be revealed in the company’s 2012 product catalogue, out in March.
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Cleanroom robot promises to decrease manufacturing costs
The new model eliminates the potential for contamination of the manufacturing area and the components being processed.
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DMG/Mori Seiki Australia claims market leadership in 2012
Machine tool company DMG/Mori Seiki Australia is raising its number of service staff members by 30%, to support a 50% market growth strategy in 2012.
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Evolving automation systems drive advances in manufacturing
Paul McRoberts discusses the importance of intelligent software for increasing productivity in manufacturing plants.
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Geared motors for rolling mills
NORD Drivesystems has supplied 2,500 geared motors to the Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation for a heavy plate mill in Pudong which produces sheets for the ship-building Industry.
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Using motors and drives to reduce operating expenses
With the cost of energy continuing to rise, manufacturers are advised to look at alternative ways to reduce their costs and improve operational efficiencies.
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Caterpillar buys-out Chinese mining machinery manufacturer
Caterpillar has struck a deal to buy Hong Kong-listed ERA Mining Machinery for US$887 million, in a move aimed at clawing back more of a share of China’s lucrative mining industry.
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Amcor, insignia executives join APPMA national board of directors
The Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) has announced the appointment of two new Directors to the national board.
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