The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) in partnership with WWF-Australia and Flow Power have produced a research paper outlining the prospective savings from combining PPAs with demand response. The report, “Best of Both Worlds: Renewable Energy and Load Flexibility for Australian Business Customers,” outlines the prospective savings from the uptake of corporate renewable PPAs with demand response for three large Victorian-based … Continue reading Webinar: How combining renewable PPAs and demand response results in savings →

The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) in partnership with WWF-Australia and Flow Power have produced a research paper outlining the prospective savings from combining PPAs with demand response. We discuss the findings of The Best of Both Worlds: Renewable Energy and Load Flexibility for Australian Business report with special guest speaker Jonathan Prendergast from ISF. The … Continue reading Webinar: How combining offsite renewable PPAs and demand response results in savings →

3M has always been an innovator in worker health and safety. No matter what your respiratory safety solution challenges may be, we provide an extensive range of Disposable, Reusable and Powered and Supplied Air Respirators. Our 40 years experience in Safety Leadership and thousands of patents later enables us to provide you with protection and … Continue reading 3M Respirators: Comfort and safety, right from the start →

The healthy functioning of machinery is at the core of all industries. While maintenance is essential, the approach to maintenance is evolving to become more efficient. It’s not just about downtime, but the costs involved if parts are replaced at the wrong time, which can happen with scheduled maintenance. With the intelligent sensor technology and … Continue reading Real-time maintenance: The bridge to predictive maintenance →

Inline inspection of product quality is an integral part in quality control process from plastic processing and injection moulding. With the combination of sensor technology from Micro Epsilon, a 100% automated inline quality control in the production line is now possible. Using the combination of thermoImager and color sensor, it is now possible to achieve … Continue reading 100% inline quality control in plastic processing with intelligent sensor system →

Accidents in the workplace happen. The question for managers to consider though is one about minimising risk. Besides adhering to the regulations, what actions can an employer take to minimise the risk of employees working with hazardous substances?  The following white paper tackles this question, with a discussion of relevant Australian standards, safety systems and equipment … Continue reading Minimising the risks and impact from hazardous substance injury in the workplace →

There are many reasons why companies want to improve the productivity or quality of their welding operations, but real improvements aren’t achievable without quality data. Having the right tools in place to measure and analyse workplace data is also essential for growth. A welding information management solution gives companies the ability to assess performance metrics, including both output … Continue reading Insight Core – Turning Welding Data Into Dollars →

With the modular safety gate system from Pilz you can tailor a safety gate interlock to suit your own industrial environment – whether that environment has machine tools, presses, packaging or special purpose machinery. This modular system allows you to create the gate interlock you need while still taking advantage of the benefits of economical … Continue reading Safety gated community with Pilz →

Henkel Australia and New Zealand has announced its recent advancement in hybrid adhesive technologies – LOCTITE® Universal Structural Bonders which have been developed to combine the high speed of an instant adhesive with the bonding strength of a structural adhesive. LOCTITE products provide solutions across the whole spectrum of adhesive technologies and manufacturing processes. They … Continue reading LOCTITE Hybrid adhesives aim for best of both worlds →

Combining human abilities with those of robots in industrial environments creates production solutions that are characterized by better quality, lower costs, improved ergonomics, and faster working cycles. Taking the current status of the international standards that deal with the safety of industrial robots, specifically the safety of robots for collaborative operation, this white paper will explain the guidelines … Continue reading Safe robotics: Safety in collaborative robot systems →

Matthews Australasia, a leading family-owned product identification and inspection company, has moved into its new offices at 10 Lakeview Drive, Scoresby to accommodate sustained company growth. The state-of-the-art facility including offices, warehouse and a distribution centre has been designed to provide maximum value to Matthews’ staff in addition to its broad network of suppliers and customers. Mark … Continue reading Matthews Australasia announces new head office relocation to accommodate sustained growth →

Traditional time cards and punch clock have been the standard way to monitor time and attendance in work places for many years. Despite their inefficiencies, high error risk and timely processes, just under half of all businesses are still using this process to track employees time and attendance. Research shows that companies with automated time and attendance systems have seen a 63 per cent … Continue reading Why it’s time to make the switch to digital time and attendance software →

When Australian food company Carman’s launched its new Super Seed and Grain Crackers, the food company kept presentation and preservation top of mind, and enlisted Birdstone, an Australian packaging design agency, to design an engaging tray insert. Due to the complexity of the casing designs and unique functional requirements involved, 3D Systems’ On Demand Manufacturing experts … Continue reading Birdstone proves packaging design with clear 3D printed prototypes →

Henkel Australia and New Zealand has announced its recent advancement in hybrid adhesive technologies – LOCTITE® Universal Structural Bonders which have been developed to combine the high speed of an instant adhesive with the bonding strength of a structural adhesive. The patented hybrid technologies bring four great addition into LOCTITE’s structural bonding range: LOCTITE HY … Continue reading LOCTITE Hybrid adhesives aim for best of both worlds →

Conveying systems are a conventional method of moving bulk materials in the manufacturing industry. While adequate guarding protects workers from moving parts, one of the standout facts when it comes to personal injury in the workplace is that most accidents can be traced to unsafe work practices by either operating or maintenance personnel. The simple reality is that … Continue reading Conveyor safety: Prevent injury and increase productivity →

Machines are becoming highly systemised, smaller and compact day by day due to the special requirements of end users and customers. These special requirements are becoming a challenge for the machine builders as they need to stay competitive while ensuring a robust performance for their machines. Belden is introducing a new line machine builder choice … Continue reading Belden MachFlex Industrial Cables →

For every business, finding ways to minimise breakdowns and downtime is of great advantage. With today’s manufacturing and production sectors becoming an increasingly tougher market to operate in, few businesses can afford unplanned or unscheduled downtime. Unplanned work stoppages cost industries billions of dollars in lost revenue every year, as well as creating unsafe workplaces, accidents and health … Continue reading Well-maintained electric motors: The key to efficiency →

The transmission and control of the majority of mining equipment are hydraulic-driven process. According to research, many of the workers and professionals dealing with hydraulic systems are not properly trained in hydraulics. The severity of the injury resulted from hydraulic failure, although uncommon, is devastating enough to cause severe injury, permanent disability or even death … Continue reading Hydraulics machinery – silent killer on site →

Auto Parts Manufacturer Optimises Market Pricing to Generate $5 Million in 28 Days. Relying on a cost-plus pricing model left a multi-billion-dollar auto parts manufacturer at a crossroads. The company had no visibility into competitor pricing or how the market would react to specific pricing decisions. But PROS put the auto parts Manufacturer on the … Continue reading PROS Puts Auto Parts Manufacturer On The Road To Outperforming →

This article provides detailed explanation to deal with noise of an accelerometers. It also covers the basics of the design of a low-noise accelerometer and includes several considerations a product designer must understand when developing a low-noise accelerometer. Several general applications of low noise accelerometers are also included. To download the article, fill out the … Continue reading Accelerometer noise: what is it and how to deal with it →