Browsing: Workshop
Engineering workshops are increasingly relying on robots and automation to remain competitive. But the backbone of engineering workshop activities still lies with products such as material and mechanical handling conveyors, fasteners, adhesives, wheels and rollers, hand and power tools plus welding equipment and consumables. Painting and coating systems are regularly-needed items in a workshop setting.
Manufacturing is Back, and More Intelligent Than Ever—But Are We Reaping the Benefits Yet?
Terri Hiskey, Vice President of Product Marketing for Manufacturing at Epicor Software
Look around, and the manufacturing industry is brimming with examples of firms that are bringing the latest technological developments to their factory floors. Continue →
MAZAK TOOLS YOU UP TO BE COMPETITIVE
Victor Hydraulics recently installed a Mazak HCN 4000 horizontal with multi pallets and tool hive with 312 tool locations. Continue →
Parents urged to take trades seriously
ATNZ has recruited 105 apprentices this year, and still has another 50 apprenticeship vacancies to fill across the country. Continue →
GLOBAL STAINLESS: KNUCKLING DOWN THANKS TO DOME BOOM
Dome manufacturing specialist Global Stainless Limited located near Mt Taranaki in Hawera, is now forming and knuckling cones for the same customers that have been buying the company’s domes. Continue →
Kiwi Engineer? Win $21,040 in cash and prizes
There’s still the best part of a month to get your entry into The Great Kiwi Engineering Challenge. Continue →
CATCH A TRAIN TO THE FUTURE
Schaeffler’s Drive Train 4.0 digital services are easily accessible and increase system availability
Schaeffler’s latest EcoSystem for monitoring motors and drives
A world leader in industrial bearing technologies, Schaeffler, is introducing to Australia and New Zealand its latest condition monitoring and predictive maintenance technologies that use advanced digital services to look into the future of motors and drives. Continue →
NEW BONFIGLIOLI 300M PLANETARY GEARBOX RANGE SETS INDUSTRY-LEADING TORQUE BENCHMARKS
Torque increases in the new Bonfiglioli 300M series. Average Nominal torque [Nm] of 4 stage reduction and in-line gearbox configuration. Continue →
ON-SITE SAFETY TRAINING WITH BITE
Global high-pressure hydraulics leader Enerpac is introducing to Australasia new on-site safety training designed to optimise the uptime and performance of widely used tools while spotlighting workplace hazards and preventable accidents. Continue →
A LASER SOLUTION FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR METALS
The long-standing challenge faced by welding and design engineers of joining dissimilar metals has finally been met. Continue →
SYNC GRIP PULLERS FOR SIMPLE, SAFE AND PRECISE BEARING REMOVAL
Enerpac is introducing to Australasia its new range of Sync Grip Pullers, which feature synchronised movement of their locking jaws for simultaneous engagement and optimised safety. Continue →
SAFE to say it’s coming out of the wilderness
The Maintenance Engineering Societies Kaeser Compressors Network Evening series has provided a first-hand view of the evolutionary change taking place across New Zealand manufacturing and engineering as industry adapts to the modern world. Continue →
KIWI ENGINEERS IN DARK OVER SAFETY PERFORMANCE
New online tool highlights health & safety ‘red flags’ for Kiwi engineering firms
An estimated two thirds of New Zealand engineering firms still have no idea how their health and safety system is performing, despite new laws having been introduced more than a year ago. Continue →
BENEFITTING FROM CUSTOMISED COOL ROOM FORKLIFTS AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE FROM UNITED
Leading Western Australia-based meat wholesalers, DBC, is benefitting from the reliability and extensive service and backup of United Forklift and Access Solutions. Continue →
NEW GANTRY MEANS STREET(S) AHEAD OF THE TAUPO COMPETITION
Taupo Manufacturing Engineers (TME) is reaching new heights, there is no doubt about that. Continue →
MONKEY TOE’S EFFECTIVE FLEXIBLE FOOD SYSTEM SOLUTIONS
Specialist access solutions are commonplace for Monkey Toe Group, particularly when it comes to the food industry. Continue →
Gates celebrates 30 years of Aussie business
Members of the field sales team (left to right): Leon de Waard, Gene Halden, Tony Castellino, Neil Thomson, John Wilson, Garry Handke and Matthew Cook NEWS
Customers, staff, industry partners and supporters celebrated in style to mark Gates Australia’s 30 year anniversary on February 17. Continue →
Don’t let cost cuts damage suspension and braking safety
As cost pressures bite on suppliers to major industries, safety can often be the first casualty of cutbacks to operating costs. Continue →
WHAT ENGINEERS NEED TO KNOW: ASSET MANAGEMENT
In the 1980’s Dr Steve Boshoff was designing attack helicopter weapon systems, followed by tools and systems for maintaining nuclear power reactors. Continue →
SLASHERTECK FOR THE CUTTING EDGE
An Australian innovation is about to enter world markets to automate the hazardous, costly and never-ending task of slashing roadside grass. Continue →
Purchase of an ‘Englishman’ increases productivity 30 percent
A press brake, guillotine and other engineering machinery complement the new Swift-Cut plasma cutting table
Gary Wight of Auckland Sheet Metals makes no bones about it; the purchase of a new Swift-Cut plasma cutting table from Machinery House – the ‘Englishman’ as it’s affectionately known in the workshop – has increased business efficiencies by 30 percent. Continue →