BHP looking to second generation in driverless road and rail
08 July, 2014 | Supplied by: BHP SteelBHP Billiton's Jimmy Wilson acknowledges that BHP is trailing Rio Tinto on autonomous trucks and rail in the Pilbara, but he insists that for any technology, the second generation is always better than the first.
Flexicon Flexi-Disc line of tubular cable conveyors
09 May, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedThe Flexi-Disc conveyor moves material using high-strength polymer discs in 10 and 15 cm diameters that are affixed to a stainless steel or galvanised cable.
Pack integrity vital when transporting food, drink for retail outlets
01 May, 2014The days of careless wrapping of packaged food and drink bound for retail are all but over as the large supermarket and grocery chains force ever greater liabilities on suppliers who take short cuts.
Energy savings make conveyor investment an easy decision
03 April, 2014 | Supplied by: SEW-Eurodrive Pty LtdIndustrial Conveying (Aust) Pty Ltd (ICA), one of Australia's leading conveyor companies, has recently completed a major factory refurbishment project involving a multinational manufacturer consolidating one of its Sydney plants using a comprehensive range of technology from SEW-Eurodrive.
Flexicon vacuum receiver with pneumatic dump valve
28 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedFlexicon has introduced a vacuum receiver with a pneumatically actuated dump valve for dilute phase pneumatic conveying systems.
NBE integrated bulk material handling system
17 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Mercer TechnologiesNBE has introduced an automated bulk material handling and packaging system built on the NBE integrated construction and controls infrastructure.
Griffith seed company contains dust with equipment from Flexicon
03 March, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedSouth Pacific Seeds is one of the world's largest vegetable seed companies, producing 2.930 tonnes of seeds in the 2011-2012 crop year. Atmospheric dust generation was a problem until better handling of bulk gypsum was introduced.
NBE ProductSaver packaged product recovery systems
21 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Mercer Stainless LtdNational Bulk Equipment has introduced the ProductSaver line of packaged product recovery systems for the efficient recovery of packaged product and packaging that may be off-spec, mislabelled, overruns, unsafe or for other reasons unsaleable.
Automated PAC bag discharge improves water plant safety
17 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedUntil recently, operators at a water treatment plant in Colorado were feeding powdered activated carbon (PAC) from 20 kg bags, manually carrying them up a flight of stairs to dump them into a storage hopper above a feeder - risking injury and creating excessive dust. The problem was solved with a bulk bag discharger.
Flexicon Flexi-Disc 15 cm tubular cable conveyor system
07 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedFlexicon has expanded its Flexi-Disc line of tubular cable conveyors with the addition of a 15 cm diameter system, more than doubling the capacity of the company's recently introduced 10 cm diameter conveyor.
xiros xirodur B180 polymer ball bearings
03 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Treotham Automation Pty LtdThe tribo-polymer xirodur-B180 makes the end cap ball bearing resistant to chemicals and corrosion, meaning temperatures of between -40 and +80°C can be managed without any malfunctions, even over long periods.
Flexicon dust hood for its bulk bag dischargers
06 December, 2013 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty LimitedFlexicon has released a dust hood for its bulk bag dischargers, designed to contain spillage and dust that can escape through seams in the bag and folds in the spout.
Coal conveyor with lower environmental impact
02 December, 2013 | Supplied by: Bonfiglioli Transmission Pty LtdThe Ellton Group has completed the construction of a 2 km coal conveyor system for Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Coal and Allied Hunter Valley Operations.
Turck Q175 UHF RFID read/write head
14 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty LtdThe Q175 compact UHF RFID read/write head is designed to communicate with multiple data carriers, using both HF and UHF RFID technologies.
Boral's Peppertree quarry achieves an industry-leading mobile crushing solution
12 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Metso Australia LimitedIn-pit crushing has been common in Europe for some time, but is relatively new in Australia. Following an extensive design consultation process for its Peppertree Quarry, Australia's largest building and construction materials supplier, Boral, is now leading the way in world's best practice for in-pit crushing.
