Features - September 08

COVERSTORY A Labour Government’s support for Manufacturing and Engineering outlined With the election around the corner, NZ Engineering News asked the National Party and the Labour Party to outline their vision and plans for the Manufacturing and Engineering Industry going forward.read article

Manufacturing Technology Vericut 6.2 big help to engineers The latest version of Vericut CNC machine simulation and optimisation software features several enhancements that increase the ability of manufacturing engineers to develop, analyse, inspect and document the CNC programming and machining process.read article

CAD CAM VX CAD/CAM improves assembly design 3D assembly modeling has proven to be more effective than 2D design in helping designers find and correct interference, clearance and assembly problems.
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Process Engineering Avoid that product recall Magnattack Magnetic Separators can remove manetic or weakly magnetic contaminants from your product stream such as filing, rust flakes, and wear slithers and weak magnetics such as stainless steel particles and mesh wires. read article

Pollution Control - Electrically insulated bearings prevent damage by electro corrosion Electrically insulated bearings provide optimal protection against bearing damage caused by electro corrosion.Equipment failures by electro corrosion can cause significant problems.read article

Scientist wins innovator award - Novatein scientist wins innovators award for bioplastics research Dr. Johan Verbeek has won a Bayer Innovators Award for his research on turning sustainable or waste products into new materials –read article

Adhesives challenge mechanical fasteners - PTFE-Coated tape for machinery rollers A new and improved PTFE tape drastically reduces friction and wear on high speed extrusion coating equipment. This pressure sensitive tape combines a filled PTFE (Teflon®) film, which enhances key performance read article

Clean air - Make sure products you use are environmentally friendly EnviroSmart produces a range of environmentally friendly biologically active spill control products, chemicals, microbes and water treatment systems designed to exceed the latest regulatory demands placed on industry. read article

News - Raw materials: the world price is the local price Globalisation has meant that New Zealand production engineers find themselves waking up each morning to the same raw materials price spikes as their counterparts everywhere else in the developed world. read article

Acquisitions - SCS sells stake to Brightwater Engineers Ltd Nelson’s Brightwater Engineers Ltd has purchased a stake in SCS, a Christchurch quarrying and mining equipment manufacturer. The sale was finalised late last month and heralds a new phase read article

Institutions - TRADENZ hits its straps with China FTA One issue is constantly on the boil and it centers on what exactly the state should be doing beyond raising taxes and guarding the borders? The China Free Trade Agreement stands as a bright shining example read article

The Last Word - By Jos Kampschreur 'More confidence needed in the automotive sector: In my view, the entire automotive sector gets overlooked as one of the outstanding opportunities for NZ engineering expertise. read article