Winder Controls Australia has commissioned a new Number 1 winder and Tower Mounted Friction Winder at Glencore’s Cobar copper mine. Work at the CSA Mine involved the removal of old equipment, remanufacture of structural elements and the lifting of the new hoisting machinery 52 metres above the ground. Motor, gearbox and hydraulic power pack were…
A rash of new ventures and partnerships are increasingly aligning Australia to foreign sources of technology and providing access to global supply chains. Just this week new agreements have been announced in sectors ranging from automation to shipbuilding and R&D. Sage Automation will work with Spain’s Detegasa to support RAN ships and to manufacture locally…
Forum member Jeremy Nathan of B2B marketplaces asks the big question: Is the US/China trade war good for Australian business? hashtag#economy hashtag#business Join the conversation in the Australian Manufacturing Forum here. Picture: Industry Search.
Hearing implant maker Cochlear (ASX:COH) is demonstrating the benefits of technology leadership by maintaining an annual profit growth rate of around 10% into the future. Chairman Rick Holliday-Smith told the company’s annual general meeting that the company’s profits would rise next year in the 8-12% range. Cochlear’s profit of $246 million last year was up…
EPE has developed an innovative hand held scanner designed to be used by the Royal Australian Navy in the Gulf region. The Maritime Portable Raman Improvised Explosive Detector (PRIED) prototype, tested recently aboard HMAS Coonawarra, was developed with a $1 million federal grant. The devices’s spectrometer remotely scans using deep-ultraviolet (DUV) illumination without detonating explosive…
This is a rare photograph of Rio Tinto’s HiSmelt direct reduction steel making plant in ShanDong province, China. But really it should be in Australia. Rio’s Roy Luo Yuhua posted the picture to celebrate 157 days continual running of the plant with an average hot metal production of more than 55,000 tons per month Direct…
Augmented Reality often seems like a gimmick but one company has shown how a very simple application can make a difference in design and manufacturing. UAP Company, a global creative business that works with artists to manufacture their imaginings, released this video of how AR is fast-tracking fabrication in its Brisbane workshop. The project, a…
Maryborough manufacturer Hyne Timber has invested $20 million building a new facility to manufacture glue laminated structural timber for the construction sector. The company, which also received Queensland Government support, will employ 42 new staff including engineers and designers to enhance its services offerings. Hyne currently employs 300. “Hyne Timber is now set to become…
Analysis by Peter Roberts. We hear daily about the focus of politicians on jobs, but there is little evidence they take action in engineering , the most important job creator in this time of infrastructure. It should work like it did in the very first phase of LNG developments in WA. First local engineers are…
Organic food producer Murray River Organics (ASX:MRG) has raised more than $30 million from investors to complete the restructuring of its operations based in Dandenong, Victoria. The company has already restructured management and operations and invested in new products and processes. The raising will make it the world’s largest vertically integrated processor of organic vine…
