Imagine being four and a half weeks into a tight five-week drilling, sand-blasting or construction contract a thousand kilometres from anywhere. You're being paid per hour and you know you'll be pushing it to finish the job on time

Envestra Limited's natural gas distribution system in Victoria comprises over 8300 km of natural gas mains and supplies over 400,000 consumers in metropolitan and regional areas

Manufacturers today need more than just the next 'big idea'. They need to make that big idea a reality. They need to do it in a business environment that demands faster time-to-market, higher quality, lower costs and greater innovation

New regulatory requirements for induction motors are in the pipeline and promise to raise the bar on motor minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), according to SEW Eurodrive's Frank Cerra

The worldwide ultrasonic flowmeter market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9 per cent over the next five years. At nearly US$406 million in 2002, it is forecasted to be a little less than US$600 million by the end of 2007

Integrated control solutions are at the heart of Pacifica Group Technologies' new brake caliper assembly machines, allowing unprecedented ease and versatility in the production process

There has been much coverage in the press outlining the problems many companies have experienced with software implementations, such as ERP, over the past decade. Often, by the time they got their high-cost, large-scale system working, it was obsolete

Cold spray technology, or cold gas-dynamic spray technology, is a revolutionary and rapidly emerging industrial coatings technology, which offers wide opportunity for Australian manufacturing

Arc faults within low voltage (LV) switchgear have been potentially life threatening for many years. But in 1996, users were presented with a new standard of safety

The prevalence of ethernet in the industrial environment is growing at an exponential rate. The expectation is that this form of industrial communication will develop throughout the industrial environment

There is some way to go to reach the sight capabilities of the best science-fiction machines, but HYMOD - CSIRO's hybrid modular processor system - is making it easier, better and cheaper for machines to 'see'

Michelangelo used the principles of reverse engineering to create great sculptures. Today, manufacturers use it to create images of products to speed up prototyping, manufacturing and testing processes

A novel automated system based on machine vision, which can be effectively used in tile sorting to increase the quality and the value of production, is changing the tile making process in Europe

Increase throughput, improve yields, enhance quality, conserve energy, eliminate waste, reduce downtime - these are the rallying points in today's processing world as pressure grows to improve overall profitability

In the never-ending quest for better financial returns, manufacturing and process industries have been paring down their costs wherever possible. And no department has been spared in the quest for cost savings