Veolia to supply brine concentrator for uranium mine in Northern Territory 21 Dec 2011 0 comments Energy Resources Australia to implement brine concentrator technology from Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies for the Ranger mine project in NT.
PACE Top 10 for 2011 15 Dec 2011 0 comments A warm welcome back to all our readers and we wish all of you a successful year ahead. It's probably timely to ponder over the year that was so here's PACE website's 10 most read stories of 2011.
Australian-first project at Tarong Power Station uses algae to absorb carbon emissions 15 Dec 2011 0 comments Under a process called Algal Synthesis, captured flue gases from the coal-fired power station are injected into waste water contained in long plastic membranes next to the station.
Fieldbus Foundation Announces First H1 ITK 6.0 Registered Devices 15 Dec 2011 0 comments Emerson and Yokogawa devices support NE 107 field diagnostics.
Intermec partners with ecom instruments to deliver solutions for hazardous environments 15 Dec 2011 0 comments Intermec and ecom instruments are partnering to develop an explosion-protected mobile computer product for key markets requiring computing solutions for hazardous environments in 2012.
Manufacturing is the third largest targeted industry for cyber attacks 14 Dec 2011 0 comments Duqu threats were created to gather intelligence data from industrial control system manufacturers. The creators of Duqu had access to the source code of Stuxnet and were looking for information such…
Mike Caliel appointed President and CEO of Invensys Operations Management 14 Dec 2011 0 comments Mike Caliel was previously with Invensys from 1993 to 2006 latterly as Chief Executive of Invensys Process Systems.
Industry must do more to tackle skills shortage 13 Dec 2011 0 comments Australia’s oil and gas industry is failing to offer enough entry-level opportunities, information and advice to jobseekers to address the growing skills shortage in the resources sector.
Incitec Pivot reassures locals over nitrate plant expansion 12 Dec 2011 0 comments Incitec Pivot has sought to reassure locals around its Newcastle ammonium nitrate plant as it seeks to expand into explosives manufacturing in the wake of the Kooragang Island leaks.
IT investments are shifting to plant 12 Dec 2011 0 comments After a couple of tumultuous years companies once again are ramping up spending in CPM solutions. What are the reasons for this upsurge?
Miners dig deep with advances in mining automation 12 Dec 2011 0 comments Peter Corke is well known for his research in vision-based robot control, field robotics and wireless sensor networks. He talks exclusively to PACE about some of his challenging work.
Super hoists enable Intimate Mode at Etihad Stadium 12 Dec 2011 0 comments Etihad Stadium could always do things differently due to its retractable roof. Now the Intimate Mode Hoisting System designed for unison lifting takes it to new heights.
Swinburne University's new Advanced Technologies Centre to assist manufacturing industry 12 Dec 2011 0 comments The Centre will develop technologies to help Australian manufacturing industries remain competitive.
Queensland selected for $2.5m coal seam gas R&D centre 8 Dec 2011 0 comments The Schlumberger-funded facility will house more than $2.5 million worth of specialised geotechnical equipment supporting industry-leading research focused largely on unconventional gas technologies.
Opening the black box of mission critical networks 8 Dec 2011 0 comments Security, wireless and zero-second switchover redundancy are trends set to dominate the industrial network sector.
TAFE and Santos GLNG Project establish CSG Operations Training Centre in Queensland 7 Dec 2011 0 comments In the first year of operation the Centre aims to train up to 90 people in the skills required to work in the Santos GLNG Project gas fields.
Apprenticeship program changes to deliver harmonisation and pay improvements 7 Dec 2011 0 comments Manufacturing union supports pay review but has concerns about accelerated apprenticeships.
ABB Australia opens world-first SF6 gas recycling plant 7 Dec 2011 0 comments ABB Australia has developed a world-first technology for recycling contaminated sulphur hexafluoride gas at a new facility in NSW.
CNC kernel shakes up machine tools market 7 Dec 2011 0 comments The 10,000th model of NUM's new-generation CNC kernel has just been produced. This milestone has been achieved within three years from launch marking a success for a mid-level CNC provider that…
Fieldbus Foundation Unveils FOUNDATION For Remote Operations Management 7 Dec 2011 0 comments FOUNDATION technology is expected to transform the industrial remote operations market by providing a single integrated infrastructure built specifically for process automation.
Ocean energy company awarded $5 million grant from Victorian government 7 Dec 2011 0 comments The funding will be applied towards the $14 million pilot demonstration of the company’s 250kW bioWAVE ocean wave energy system at a grid-connected site near Port Fairy in Victoria.
Osmoflo commissions desalination plant at OneSteel Whyalla 7 Dec 2011 0 comments The plant is built in two trains each featuring pre-treatment by micro-filtration membranes followed by reverse osmosis modules to remove salts.
Manufacturers need to step up to new technology says union 5 Dec 2011 0 comments The national secretary of Australia’s biggest industry workers union has told manufacturers that they need to step up to technology opportunities if they want to make it in the future.
Origin Energy chief slams CSG critics 5 Dec 2011 0 comments Origin Energy managing director Grant King has accused coal seam gas protestors of being ill-informed and unscrupulous in their attacks on the industry.
Outlook for the Industrial PC market 5 Dec 2011 0 comments Good growth of IPC revenues is forecast for sectors other than traditional factory automation. They include transportation and traffic, medical, military, digital signage, and security systems.
Wastewater system generates energy and produces drinking water 5 Dec 2011 0 comments The solar-bio-nano wastewater treatment project will generate energy and produce drinking water thus providing a potential blueprint for the future of municipal/agricultural wastewater treatment…
Understanding the automation knowledge crises 2 Dec 2011 0 comments Not only are individual automation systems becoming more complex they are increasingly being integrated with each other to facilitate interoperability.
Software enables strength and fatigue analysis of wind turbine structures 2 Dec 2011 0 comments Fatigue and ultimate strength calculations can be performed based on direct time-series simulations of combined wave and wind loads.
Desalination solution at Flemington taps into aquifer 2 Dec 2011 0 comments Until now underground desalination has not been successfully implemented anywhere in the world.
Sydney University opens Reverse Osmosis Teaching Rig 2 Dec 2011 0 comments The rig is designed to desalinate up to 600L/s of brackish water using reverse osmosis membranes.
