Bridging the skills gap and boosting services will be top priorities for manufacturers in 2017. Antony Bourne, Director of Industrial and High-tech Manufacturing at IFS, outlines three key predictions for 2017 and beyond. [ + ]

Supply voltage phase imbalance and harmonics can have a significant effect on the life of a three-phase motor, making the case for supply monitoring and filtering to improve efficiency and reduce downtime. [ + ]

The annual Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG) will showcase the oil and gas industry over three days with an exhibition, a free conference program and premium industry networking opportunities. [ + ]

Everyone has by now heard and read about Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), but until now a lot of the concepts and technologies are theoretical and lack a practical application in the real world — especially in Australian manufacturing. [ + ]

Australia finds itself in a very curious position in the global family. Blessed with an abundance of natural riches, it seems we keep forgetting that mass manufacturing is part of a major contribution to a nation's wealth. [ + ]

Robots are no longer a feature only of manufacturing plants — they are moving into our everyday lives and are getting ready to make a dramatic impact. [ + ]

Oil and gas fiscal measurement accuracy for allocation and custody transfer depends on many factors including measurement technology, fluid quality, rate of production, operating conditions and process complexity. [ + ]

By the end of next year, car manufacturers Mitsubishi, Ford, Holden and Toyota will all have largely exited Australian manufacturing, taking their assembly lines overseas where the cost of production is significantly lower. [ + ]

Now is not the time for engineering companies in Australia to be 'retiring' experienced design engineers, project engineers, and estimators, as staff attrition will create a greater dependency on software to replace their skills. [ + ]

With the increasing use of automation, many unskilled jobs will start to disappear and the workforce will be required to understand and react to what smart machines require. [ + ]

In order to take advantage of the promise of Industry 4.0, one of the problems that must be solved is the integration of process data with IT systems. [ + ]

The so-called new paradigm in manufacturing — the Industrial Internet of Things — has a problem: how to best use the data. [ + ]

Australia is not meeting its IEA treaty obligations with regard to reserve fuel storage. In Part 1 we looked at the reasons why and the issues for tank farm operators. So how can modern tank farm monitoring technologies assist? [ + ]

In addition to the standard 400 V drive technology, 24 VDC technology for conveyor systems has become increasingly popular in recent years. [ + ]

All the magnets we've ever seen have a north and a south, but there might be some out there that have only one end. [ + ]