A research programme involving Defence scientists and private companies has developed a new carbide coating that cuts marine fouling by half. Fouling causes rapid failure of metals subjected to corrosive sea conditions and a build up of algae and barnacles. MacTaggart Scott Australia, United Surface Technologies and defence scientists used a supersonic combustion flame to…
Boeing Defence Australia CEO Darren Edwards is celebrating this week the completion of the company’s 100th P-8 Poseidon aircraft. Each plane carries composite ailerons designed and built by Boeing in Melbourne. Australia’s eight P-8A Poseidon aircraft are stationed at RAAF base Edinburgh north of Adelaide where 11 squadron carries out long rage surveillance and anti-submarine…
Leading composites manufacturer, RPC Technologies has opened its six factory in Townsville to support work on the city’s Haughton Pipeline Duplication Project. The facility will produce Flowtite fittings for the project and employ local trades, adding to its 500 staff. RPC specialises in continuously wound glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipe for Defence, Infrastructure, Renewables, Environment,…
Victorian company PTI Pacific has installed what it claims is the world’s most gentle Crossflow Wine Filtration plant in association with Stirling Packaging (pictured).
Clarity of common terms is needed in any emerging technology so we all know what others are talking about. Here is the Industrial Internet Consortium’s latest effort to get us talking the language of the IIoT. The Vocabulary Technical Report aims to create “a common set of terms and definitions for the hashtag#IIoT to more…
Robern Menz a family owned Adelaide chocolate business has begun making the iconic Violet Crumble bar at its Glynde factory. The company bought the bar from its former owner, Nestle and has spent $4 million to refit its plant, making it the country’s largest producer of chocolate honeycomb. An additional 30 jobs were created. Nestle…
Brisbane-based Australian Future Energy (AFE) will convert coal into ammonia, natural gas and electricity in a major investment in value-adding of coal set to be built in Gladstone.
GE is to extend its success with 3D printing of aero engine parts to the locomotive industry. The company is targeting 250 parts to be 3D printed by 2025 – and we will see them here as numerous GE heavy locomotives are already in service in Australia.
The Forum has been approached by a local maker of European EPAL pallets offering a government-subsidised review to explore the potential to improve the supply chain costs and effectiveness of exports to the EU and Britain via these pallets.
One Step off the Grid reports: “The case for demand response becoming a major player in Australia’s future grid has been underscored this week, with the findings of a new study revealing it can cut business energy costs by up to one-third, while also helping to reduce power prices across the grid. The research from…
