Sabormex is capitalising on the benefits of its high-efficiency waste water treatment plant by installing a complete biogas reuse system to replace fossil fuels with green energy.

Factories of the future will be bright and stimulating places where people enjoy working and jobs are challenging and rewarding.

One of the areas in which mining companies are looking to invest in order to improve performance and overcome their many challenges is in the next generation of distributed control systems.

PACE 60-year Anniversary Series: Vision technology has remained a constant focus for robotic systems engineers since day bot.

Biomass and waste-to-energy boiler systems have an important role to play in the world. The selection of boiler technology and technology supplier is critical for a successful project.

In the PACE hot seat is Trevor Bloch, Director of BlochTech Engineering.

The convergence of the ICS and IT worlds provided many cost and efficiency benefits, however it also exposed ICS systems to the same Cybersecurity risks that IT systems suffer.

As cyber threats evolve, so do some great tools to combat viruses and malware in the industrial control environment.

SolidWorks says that nine tenths of the changes made for its 2014 suite of products have come from users’ suggestions.

Following an extensive design consultation process for its Peppertree Quarry, Boral, is now leading the way in world’s best practice for in-pit crushing. [VIDEO]

Improved defence in depth postures for industrial control systems are needed urgently. Waiting for the next worm may be too late.

The behaviour of a nonlinear rolling-element bearing often demonstrates unexpected patterns that are extremely sensitive to initial parameters and conditions. The effect of rolling-element bearing parameters on the machinery vibrations is investigated in this article.

A new form of the IICA will emerge with more specific outcomes.

In the PACE hot seat is Tim Mahony of Wide Bay Water Corporation.

From optimising factory processes to having a hand in massive movements of iron ore to checking in bags at airports: sensors are everywhere, making things work. So is SICK.

6LoWPAN is well suited to small, compact, relatively low-cost embedded Internet-of-Things appliances that require wireless connectivity to the LAN and to the Internet but can accept connectivity at a relatively low data rate.

Profibus International Chairman Karsten Schneider is keynote speaker for the Profinet and Profibus Business Luncheons in October 2013. Free tickets to the lunch on offer for PACE readers.

Testing precisely how much load these plastic parts can bear has up to now been a very complicated task. A new instrument achieves simpler and more accurate measurements.

A few years back NSW-based Macnaught brought its complete production inhouse. The company is now gearing up to release an innovative range of locally-designed and manufactured flow meters.

PACE caught up with the ‘Father of LabVIEW’ in Austin, Texas at NIWeek 2013 to get some clues on the evolution and future of his creation.