A key facet of most all buildings & architectural structures is sheet glass. The “float glass” continuous production process presents some challenging application demands for bearings and related
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Paint plant ordered to focus on safety training
An “avoidable” situation has led to a paint mixing and manufacturing company providing safety training to staff.
The court ordered training followed a worker getting burned during cleaning activities
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Focus on compliance a benefit to manufacturers
Geoff Crittenden, CEO of Weld Australia, outlines how manufacturers should see codes and compliance in a positive light.
In late October, the New South Wales state government introduced the
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Safety leadership at every level
Establishing and maintaining health and safety in the workplace requires genuine commitment from an organisation – and that starts with your leaders. Ai Group explains.
It is obviously
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Ensuring safety and updating standards
Safety is a critical consideration for any welding project. Geoff Crittenden, CEO of Weld Australia, explains how recent events have led to new safety measures in welding.
Welding is a safe occupation
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Research probes community attitudes to self-driving cars
The intention of consumers to adopt automated cars is the focus of research being presented at the Australasian Road Safety Conference.
Associate professor, Ioni Lewis from Queensland University of Technology’s
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Creating a culture of safety
Recognising that safety is more than ticking boxes or checking things off a list, this year’s Safety Advocacy Award went to an individual who is shifting sector-wide approaches to safety.
Growing
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Supporting those who get us home safe
Making safety part of the Women in Industry awards is partly the result of the award’s sponsor, gas supplier BOC. Recognising that a culture of safety is of benefit to the industry as a whole, BOC has
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Understanding where people fit in Industry 4.0
While Industry 4.0 may seem to encourage the replacement of people with machines, when it comes to safety, having an understanding of the importance of people is paramount. In an exclusive interview,
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Ensuring reliability and flexibility at altitude
Making mobile elevating work platforms safe and secure has led to the development of new systems that meet customer needs.
As a manufacturer of mobile elevating work platforms for almost 35 years,
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Ensuring compliance with workplace safety software
While high profile deaths in the mining industry may have hit headlines in recent months, the proportion of worker fatalities over the past ten years remains highest in transport, postal, and warehousing,
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AR safety system wins student award
An augmented reality (AR) system that could help workers to safely shut down dangerous machinery has won UNSW’s Maker Games.
The award was the product of an industry challenge from construction materials
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Safety systems ensure productive workplaces for humans and robots
With the adoption of working practices that bring humans and robots into ever closer collaboration, making these practices safe remains of paramount importance.
IN workplaces, robots are
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Safety, the key ingredient
A company that specialises in hoists and chains remains focussed on keeping the industry safe after almost a century in the business. Manufacturers’ Monthly explains.
WHEN it comes to
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Women in Industry Awards 2019: All the winners
The Women in Industry Awards were held at The Park, Albert Park, on June 6, in Melbourne. With nearly 200 attendees from a diverse range of industries, it was a great night that celebrated the achievements
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Having a clear safety approach is important. Atlas Steels explains
When Mark Ellis, a warehouse operations clerk for Atlas Steels, suffered a serious leg injury that resulted from an incident at its Ingleburn service centre, the business vowed it wanted
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Toolkit to guide manufacturers to safety
The Centre for Work Health and Safety is collaborating with Griffith University Safety Science Innovation Lab to work improving safety within the manufacturing industry.
The Centre aims to develop and
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ABB, Kawasaki announce collaborative robot automation cooperation
ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, two global industrial automation and robot suppliers, announced today that the companies will join forces to share knowledge and promote the benefits of collaborative
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3M creates new reflective material for workwear
Reflective safety gear requires a combination of comfort, compliance and visibility. To help meet this need, 3M Scotchlite reflective material has launched the 5410 Diamond Mesh Trim.
The new reflective
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Schneider delivers new EcoStruxure solutions
Schneider Electric has introduced their new EcoStruxure software solutions, bringing what they say is measurably profitable asset and operation reliability to the industrial market for the first time.
EcoStruxure
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