A V/Line plant maintenance supervisor switched to industrial cleaning cloths from Tork Australasia to increase efficiency and minimise solvent use.
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QME 2014 Preview: Industrial maintenance solutions
Consolidated Plastics & Epoxy (CPE) will showcase their extensive range of industrial plastics, rubber and epoxy products at QME on stand J192.
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CMMS – organising your plant and machinery maintenance
They say there are two certainties in life, death and taxes. Manufacturers can add a third item to the list – machinery breakdown.
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Sandvik launches new high productivity centre in Orange
Sandvik has officially opened a new repair and remanufacturing centre in Orange.
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Celebrate 100 Years With Suhner – [SPONSORED ARTICLE]
Surviving 100 years in the manufacturing world is no mean feat. Which is why to celebrate, Suhner Australia are offering participants the chance to win one of four prizes in their 100th Anniversary Lottery.
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Five Machinery Maintenance Tips to Extend Equipment Life and ROI
Maintaining the factory machinery in is the most important thing a large manufacturing company can do for itself, its workers and its bank account.
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Skilled Group to acquire Thomas & Coffey maintenance subsidiary
Thomas & Coffey have approved Skilled Group's proposed acquisition of its maintenance subsidiary ATIVO.
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FLIR launches new Ex-Series thermal imagers
FLIR has launched its new thermal imaging cameras, the FLIR Ex-Series.
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LTQ Engineering to cease operations in September
Aircraft engine overhaul provider LTQ Engineering will cease operations and close its Tullamarine facility in September, resulting in the loss of 164 jobs.
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Airborne hazards unmasked
They may be small, often invisible, but airborne contaminants in the workplace can be deadly. Angela Welsh reports.
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Qantas sackings to undermine manufacturing capacity: unions
Manufacturing unions are reeling at Qantas’s decision to sack hundreds of maintenance workers, claiming it is ‘short sighted’ and will decimate Australia’s manufacturing and engineering capacities – not to mention the country’s national security.
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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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Iconic Qantas has ‘corporate responsibility’ not to offshore maintenance jobs: Unions
Australia’s manufacturing union is imploring Qantas to maintain its commitment to on-shore maintenance, following yesterday’s news that the aircraft carrier is reviewing its maintenance operations.
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Qantas to review maintenance operations, could lead to job cuts
Qantas maintenance jobs could be cut as the airline reviews its maintenance operations at Tullamarine, Avalon and Brisbane airports, and announces 500 job-cuts in its catering division.
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Thales ups the ante in apprentice stakes; 20 new faces for defence dockyard
Thales Australia has hired 20 new apprentices and trainees - a record number for the company - at its Garden Island dockyard during the past year.
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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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Austal secures $1.5m US Navy maintenance contract
Austal has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to provide structural maintenance support for Sea Fighter (FSF-1), a US Navy Research Vessel.
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Using safety monitoring filters with cartridge dust collectors
Many cartridge dust collectors today are equipped with a bank of filters installed downstream of the clean air discharge. These systems are known by a variety of names – safety monitoring filter, secondary filter, after-filter and safety filter being the most common terms.
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Safety lacking for electric vehicle technicians: report
Technicians servicing electric vehicles are worried the OEMs they’re working for aren’t concerned for their safety.
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