The FDT standard’s extensibility provides the flexibility to create new software and tools without compatibility issues with new or existing equipment.

The Plant of the Future will take advantage of more security technologies integrated into the control systems with easy to use management and configuration tools.

By following this four-step process users are able to do more with less while at the same time achieving significant energy savings.

There are five tests for reasonable practicability and each one should be considered in the context of the risk.

Australia needs graduates equipped with leading-edge skills.

Energy efficiency in machinery and equipment is one of the main issues facing industries on a daily basis.

Historically applied for one-offs, additive manufacturing is seeing increased use as a method of direct digital manufacturing.

Currently there are more than 760 wind turbines in operation in Australia. Achieving reliable and profitable wind farm energy production is fraught with technical and economic risk.

Adelaide teams dig deep to design and build a sophisticated control platform for a soil remediation machine.

Software Toolbox’s managing partner and president, John Weber spoke with PACE on his recent visit to Australia.

OPC certification for OPC UA products will help ensure better interoperability and higher customer satisfaction.

Under the new Harmonised WHS Act it will not be just the machine manufacturers’ responsibility to ensure machine safety in the workplace.

The convergence of manufacturing and IT relies on networks and business infrastructures are thus increasingly exposed to new security risks.

New technology allows the heat generated by biogas plants to be stored lossfree in the smallest of spaces for lengthy periods of time, for use as and when required.

Process plants have useful lives of thirty to fifty years, during which time they are routinely retrofitted. Virtual reality software simplifies and helps keep track of retrofit planning and testing.

Frank Hils, Director of Projects & Solutions, Endress+Hauser visited Australia recently. He took some time out from his schedule to talk to PACE about current and impending developments in the industry.

Already reeling from the high exchange rate and cheap imports, the manufacturing sector has also been the target of more web attacks than any other industrial sector in Australia.

Despite its importance, hose selection is often treated as an afterthought. Proper hose selection starts with an understanding of the four main parts of a hose.

Australia’s largest cold-chain logistics service provider found a cost-effective way to improve reliability of the equipment which was failing due to an ageing conveyor system.

Networking activities will help our industry get on the radar of decision makers.