The call for entries to the 11th PACE Zenith Awards elicited in a huge response.
The Awards gala dinner will be held on:
Date: Thursday 12 June 2014
Venue: Zinc, Melbourne
Time: 6:30pm pre drinks, 7pm start
Dress: Cocktail / lounge suit
The Project of the Year is sponsored by Honeywell.
The judges have worked hard to draw up the following list of finalists:
MANUFACTURING
sponsored by Siemens
| World's first environmentally harmonious and safer salmon pen | Elemental Manufacturing |
| OFS Implementation | Orora St Regis Bates |
| Lancer Soft Drink Superchiller | Hoshizaki Lancer |
| Escape Breakaway Stirrups | SmartRider |
| Hard Top Trailer Cover | Waringah Plastics |
| Blast Suppressor (JK Jigger) | Eagle Alternatives Pty Ltd |
| Process Fouling Detection Using WirelessHART Instrumentation | Cristal |
| Punch-It Coil Processing Line | Integra Systems |
| MAR Automatic Plastic Bottle Palletising and Pallet Handling System | Machinery Automation & Robotics |
| MagIQ Touch Controller | Seeley International |
FOOD & BEVERAGE
sponsored by ifm efector
| The OnLine Rheometer for enhanced process monitoring and control | Rheology Solutions |
| Grinding and Batching upgrade | Thompson & Redwood |
| World's first environmentally harmonious and safer salmon pen | Elemental Manufacturing |
| Flat surface mix and make systems | Columbus Group |
| Lancer Soft Drink Superchiller | Hoshizaki Lancer |
| Treasury Wine Estate Global Packaging Optimiser project | Treasury Wine Estates |
MACHINE BUILDER
sponsored by B&R
| The OnLine Rheometer for enhanced process monitoring and control | Rheology Solutions |
| CKAS Full Driving Simulator | CKAS Mechatronics |
| Civil contractor sets benchmarks in maintenance facility safety | Konecranes |
| World's first environmentally harmonious and safer salmon pen | Elemental Manufacturing |
| Blackhawk Helicopter Simulator for mission rehearsal | Ryan Aerospace |
| K-TIG | K-TIG (Keyhole TIG Limited) |
| BladeStop | Machinery Automation & Robotics |
| Replas' Queensland plant | Repeat Plastics Australia |
| Heat Detector Assembly Machine | Engi-O Pty Ltd |
MINING & MINERALS PROCESSING
sponsored by Emerson Process Management
| The OnLine Rheometer for enhanced process monitoring and control | Rheology Solutions |
| Clever coal conveyor touches lightly on the environment | Bonfiglioli Transmission Australia |
| Blast Suppressor (JK Jigger) | Eagle Alternatives Pty Ltd |
| Tahmoor Coal Recycled Water Treatment Plant | Tahmoor Coal (Glencore) |
| SWIFTA (Safe Wheel Installation Fitting Transportation Apparatus) | Leussink / Soto Consulting Group joint project |
| Process Fouling Detection Using WirelessHART Instrumentation | Cristal |
| Orepass Installation System | Orontide Group Limited |
| Machinery Inspection Operating Control System MiOCS | Machinery Safety Systems |
| Isaac Plains CHPP sustainable cost saving project | Ausenco |
OIL & GAS
| Hot Oil Process Control Improvement Project | Apex Optimisation and Esso Australia Pty Ltd |
| API800 bottom loading coupler | Liquip |
| EziTite TR & CamNut Turbine Closure Systems | Tecnofast Industries |
| Santos GLNG Upstream Availability Project | Schneider Electric |
| Machinery Inspection Operating Control System MiOCS | Machinery Safety Systems |
| LPG Fractionation Advanced Control Project |
Apex Optimisation and Kleenheat Gas |
TRANSPORT & ENERGY MANAGEMENT
(This category combines 'Power & Energy Management' and 'Transport, Power & Infrastructure')
| Synchronous Lifting System Safely Restores Equilibrium of Building Struck by Christchurch Earthquake | Enerpac |
| Extraordinary Alice Bores Australasia's Largest Tunnel | Enerpac |
| Improved heavy train performance | Columbus Group |
| Singapore Smart City | iOmniscient Pty Ltd |
| Machinery Inspection Operating Control System MiOCS | Machinery Safety Systems |
| SAGE Automation Inline fuel delivery system | SAGE Automation |
WATER & WASTEWATER
sponsored by Burkert
| Water meter management systems | Columbus Group |
| Columbus rediscovered PYKRETE for hard rock mining | Columbus Group |
| Narrow renewable energy with broad & water applications | Columbus Group |
| Eastern Tertiary Alliance | UGL |
| Tahmoor Coal Recycled Water Treatment Plant | Tahmoor Coal (Glencore) |
| Automated Change Management – MDT Autosave | Water Corporation |
YOUNG ACHIEVER
sponsored by SICK
| Andrew Beal | Hydrix Services Pty Ltd |
| Keiran Sproule | Sevaan Group |
| Philip Wysocki | ANCA |
| Daniel Hodges | Austube Mills |
| Gavin Oakes | Honeywell Process Solutions |
| Paul McCaffrey | Unilever |
| Daniel Egan-Wyer | Machinery Automation & Robotics |
| Bryan Emmerson | Machinery Automation & Robotics |
| Thomas Hughes | Machinery Automation & Robotics |
BEST FIELDBUS IMPLEMENTATION
sponsored by Beckhoff
| 3D MasterMAKER | Columbus Group |
| Narrow renewable energy with broad & water applications | Columbus Group |
| Flat surface mix and make systems | Columbus Group |
| Herb Elliott Port and Rail Infrastructure | Fortescue Metals Group & Profibus Australia |
| Eastern Tertiary Alliance | UGL |
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
sponsored by Honeywell
All projects are in the running for this highest award which will be announced June 12 in Melbourne.