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…
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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…
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A pleasing story from the ABC, featuring expert comments from forum members David Chuter and Ty Hermans.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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