Global factory robot sales slowed in 2019, though figures the third-highest on record
A total of 373,000 industrial robots were sold in 2019, according to newly-released figures, with two-thirds of all new units sold in the Asia region.
A total of 373,000 industrial robots were sold in 2019, according to newly-released figures, with two-thirds of all new units sold in the Asia region.
Thirty-five students studying at two universities have been awarded National Naval Shipbuilding Pipeline Scholarship, helping to strengthen the pool of future engineering talent available for Australia’s shipbuilding programmes. Twenty students from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and 15 students from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) were officially welcomed into the scholarship programme today…
Additive Manufacturing technology company AML3D has received a purchase order from Perth-based international shipbuilder Austal to produce a prototype Davit arm lifting device for mounting on its ships. The contract follows a MOU signed by Austal and AML3D as as reported by @AuManufacturing news. AML3D has now completed the design and optimisation phase of the…
A new report has significantly downgraded expansion in the global market for carbon fibre-reinforced polymers versus 2017 predictions, with the biggest change in the aerospace sector.
Walmart China has revised its sales forecasts upwards for the products it is supplied by trans-Tasman dairy producer Keytone Dairy Corporation. With China sales running 50 pert cent of previous expectations, Walmart has now forecast sales for calendar 2021 of $6.8 million of whole and skim milk powder for Walmart’s Sam’s Club West. This is…
Modular data centre manufacturer DXN has signed an agreement to supply its fully engineered factory built centres for up to 15 farm sites across Australia. The first purchase order from Connected Farms is worth under $1 million and will go to two sites in Queensland and New South Wales. The remainder will be rolled out…
The federal government has announced billions in spending on upgrading the National Broadband Network. Here Laurie Patton asks whether the NBN is a rooster or a feather duster. NBN Co will now spend $3.5 billion replacing inferior connections with the fibre they should have had from the beginning. Of course in all likelihood this will…