By Craig Carlyle, director at Maintenance Transformations While you’re busy focusing on identifying the operational hazards and risks in your workplace, there are a bunch of overlooked workplace hazards that have proven to cause issues. When you’re updating your hazard register, keep an eye out for these sleeping hazards: Overloading power supplies Offices are prone toContinueContinue reading “SLEEPING WORKPLACE HAZARDS”
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NEW RESEARCH TO DEVELOP NZ’S FIRST OVERARCHING DATA CONNECTIVITY STANDARDISATION
By Dr Troy Coyle, HERA CEO In my last column I shared the news of the Endeavour Fund’s support for HERA’s four-year research project focused on transforming the construction sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Now, I wanted to introduce the key research themes and programs which will interact and interconnect as part of the overarching research. TheContinueContinue reading “NEW RESEARCH TO DEVELOP NZ’S FIRST OVERARCHING DATA CONNECTIVITY STANDARDISATION”
CELEBRATING STEEL SUCCESS: BRIGHT INDUSTRY TALENT ON SHOW
The structural steel sector recently came together in Nelson to applaud the bright new talent in the industry with the Apprentice of the Year and Young Achiever of the Year awards. The Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) awards acknowledge the growing number of highly capable individuals emerging in the structural steel industry, and celebrate thoseContinueContinue reading “CELEBRATING STEEL SUCCESS: BRIGHT INDUSTRY TALENT ON SHOW“
LANTEK DELIVERS ON UPGRADED SOFTWARE
Lantek, a multinational pioneer in the digital transformation of the sheet metal, metal cutting and processing industry, has presented over 80 new improvements and advances in its latest software version, Lantek Global Release 2022. This new update of its product family incorporates significant improvements in flexibility, making it adaptable to the different circumstances of allContinueContinue reading “LANTEK DELIVERS ON UPGRADED SOFTWARE”
OVERTUBE: A GREAT PLAN OR AN ENGINEERING ABOMINATION FOR AUCKLAND?
Auckland Mayoral Candidate Ryan Pausina has designed a theoretical extruded tube as a potential solution for a second bridge crossing. Pausina has become interested in the engineering issues faced by Auckland and has felt a second crossing is one thing that is missing. He says he also understands the process of wealth loss heading outContinueContinue reading “OVERTUBE: A GREAT PLAN OR AN ENGINEERING ABOMINATION FOR AUCKLAND?”
TOMORROW’S MOBILITY FROM TODAY’S WASTE PRODUCT
The world is drowning in plastic waste. The huge piles in landfill sites are growing fast. Some of this plastic ends up in the ocean, enters the food chain, and becomes a danger to marine, animal and human life. Therefore, it is most urgent to move away from the traditional linear economic model and migrateContinueContinue reading “TOMORROW’S MOBILITY FROM TODAY’S WASTE PRODUCT”
ENGEL: DRY CYCLE TIME ABOUT 10% SHORTER
The better the motion sequence, the higher the performance. In the form of iQ motion control, Engel has developed a smart assistance system which automatically optimises the acceleration phases to support faster movements. This is already possible for the viper linear robots, and now it is being introduced for the injection moulding machine. In high-performanceContinueContinue reading “ENGEL: DRY CYCLE TIME ABOUT 10% SHORTER”
NEW PARTNER SEES ALUMNI SUCCESS AS KEYSTONE TRUST’S BEST ADVERTISEMENT
Executives say that Keystone Trust alumni in critical roles across asset management, contract management and site engineering were the catalyst for Fulton Hogan to become the organisation’s newest sponsorship partner. Keystone Trust provides education and career support for students working towards qualifications in Aotearoa’s property and construction sectors. Keystone’s general manager Amanda Stanes says theContinueContinue reading “NEW PARTNER SEES ALUMNI SUCCESS AS KEYSTONE TRUST’S BEST ADVERTISEMENT”
KIWI ENGINEERING DEALS TO AGRICULTURE LABOUR SHORTAGE
Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, has launched its autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for agriculture designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard machine tasks – to alleviate ongoing labour shortages and transform the industry. The multi-purpose Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) can be supervised in a fleet of vehicles by aContinueContinue reading “KIWI ENGINEERING DEALS TO AGRICULTURE LABOUR SHORTAGE
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$10.3 Million Funding Injection to Help Transform the Sector
By Dr Troy Coyle, HERA CEO The Government has announced $236.5 million in funding for 71 scientific research projects in the latest Endeavour funding round, and I, along with the HERA research team, are excited to share that one of our projects has been awarded a grant of close to $10.3 million. The Endeavour Fund supports importantContinueContinue reading “$10.3 Million Funding Injection to Help Transform the Sector“
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