BOC, a member of The Linde Group, will support the CSIRO during its $3.4 million ammonia to hydrogen cracking and membrane purification project that is set to revolutionise the global supply chain for hydrogen. As part of a recently signed collaboration agreement, BOC will contribute in-kind gas products, equipment and technical expertise worth in excess … Continue reading BOC team up with CSIRO for hydrogen project →

Wastewater specialist Waterwerx developed a state-of-the-art system designed for the wastewater industry called Streamwise. Streamwise is an all-encompassing solution that includes robust hardware and intuitive software. It is an automated system for optimising the chemistry of industrial wastewater solid-liquid separators, such as dissolved air flotation units, induced air flotation units and clarifiers. Streamwise is a highly … Continue reading The keys to wastewater treatment success →

Safety is paramount in mining because it is a volatile industry where any slip in standards can see an increase in visits to the coroner’s court to explain mishaps and misadventures that should never have happened. It is an industry governed by strict guidelines – from how a mine is opened, through to the life of … Continue reading How a little device solved a big problem →

Vicor Corporation has introduced the Power-on-Package modular current multipliers for high performance, high current, CPU/GPU/ASIC (XPU) processors. By freeing up XPU socket pins and eliminating losses associated with delivery of current from the motherboard to the XPU, Vicor’s Power-on-Package solution enables higher current delivery for maximum XPU performance. In response to the ever-increasing demands of … Continue reading Power-on-Package enables higher current delivery →

Where do ‘failure fingerprints’ and ‘machine inoculation’ fit into plant maintenance?  Well everywhere, as we shall soon explore. ARC Research Group asserts that more than 80 per cent of plant failures cannot be detected by traditional preventive age, usage, and wear-based maintenance practices; assets continue to fail on a time-random basis, no matter how frequently … Continue reading How to use failure fingerprints to eliminate plant disruption →

A world where there are no car accidents, congestion is a thing of the past, and artificial intelligence (AI)and Internet of Things drive the future are no longer wishful thinking. It’s a reality that German-based companies like Bosch is pushing and could be happening in as little as five years. At Bosch’s annual press conference … Continue reading AI and the expansion of the IoT →

Extensive progress has been made with artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years – Watson, Siri, and Deep Learning are just a few examples that show how AI systems can now perform services that can be classified as intelligent and creative. Companies that want to optimise their business or save costs will hardly be … Continue reading The future of human labour →

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, the Internet of (IoT) Things and now the Internet of Energy – all these terms relate to how industries are adapting to the synergy between the connectivity of the internet and business. Whether it is manufacturing, processing or related industries, having device-to-device or people-to-device connectivity is a … Continue reading The Industrial Internet of Things – where to start →

Responding to the demand for broadening the communication capacities of one of the corporation’s controllers, SMC´s direct input step motor controller is now available in three additional communication protocols – DeviceNet, EtherCAT and PROFINET. These now join EtherNet/IP fieldbus protocol which is already available to the market The recently launched JXC series from SMC with … Continue reading SMC launches three additional communication protocols →

Australia must soon get on board with the Internet of Energy (IoE) if it wants to be at the forefront of the coming energy revolution. That was the message from Enphase managing director, APAC, Nathan Dunn. At the recent Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition, the term was rolled out as Dunn addressed the changes … Continue reading Getting to grips with the Internet of Energy →

Giving commercial consumers access to wholesale energy prices was at the heart of why Matthew van der Linden started Flow Power, a company that does exactly that – take out the middle man in the energy stakes. Managing director van der Linden felt that for too long many of the electricity retailers had things their … Continue reading kWatch – the little black box with an edge →

Ford closing its car assembly plant in Geelong was the death knell for many small businesses in the tight community south-west of Melbourne. Despite both state and federal government promises, unions getting militant and locals crossing their fingers, toes – just about everything – hoping that the Australian car industry could survive, the doors closed … Continue reading How opportunities arose after the auto industry left town →

Trina Solar has announced that the Osaka Sangyo University solar car, equipped with Trina Solar’s Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) cells and modules, won the Dream Class of the FIA Electric & New Energy Championship 2017 held at the Suzuki International Racing Circuit. Trina Solar has worked with OSU since 2015. The OSU-Module-S developed by OSU’s … Continue reading Solar Car equipped with Trina Solar’s IBC cells wins Dream Class →

It was time for those in the process and control engineering space to shine last night as the winners of the 14th Annual Zenith Awards were announced at Doltone House in Hyde Park, Sydney. The quality of nominees was high and the technology on display amazing, while MC Craig Reucassel made it an enjoyable night … Continue reading Zenith Award winners announced →

University of Sydney researchers have found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks preventing zinc-air batteries from overtaking conventional lithium-ion batteries as the power source of choice in electronic devices. Zinc-air batteries are batteries powered by zinc metal and oxygen from the air. Due to the global abundance of zinc metal, these batteries are much cheaper … Continue reading University of Sydney charges ahead on zinc-air batteries →

Omron Electronics Oceania has appointed a new director for its operations in the Oceania Region. Henry Zhou, the general manager of Omron Electronics Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), joins Omron ANZ Managing Director Mr Greg Field and Mr Takehito Maeda (MD, Omron Asia Pacific) as Oceania directors. Zhou joined Omronin 1998 in Singapore before moving to Sydney … Continue reading New Oceania director for Omron Electronics →

The Dynisco SPX-T (3-Series) smart melt pressure transmitters with a 4-20mA output has some unique temperature compensation circuitry (Dynisco has termed this feature DynaLarity), which delivers accurate pressure measurement under high processing temperatures. It is also said to improve on pressure measurement errors and low/zero pressure applied, too. The SPX-T smart melt pressure transmitter is … Continue reading Melt pressure transmitters with unique circuitry →

Energy Renaissance spent two years exploring several potential sites for Australia’s first lithium ion battery factory. The ongoing support of the Northern Territory Government is helping seal the deal to site the facility in Darwin. With planning for the facility heating up, reaching an agreement on support from the Northern Territory Government could not have … Continue reading Territory Govt supports call for Li-Ion factory in Darwin →