As the skills shortage heightens in the Australian engineering industry, employers are being forced to find new ways in which to recruit and retain staff

With its background firmly rooted in the automotive industry, developments in technology are finally seeing robotics coming into its own in other industries too

Sylvia Aitken recently had the opportunity to pick the brain of Danfoss president, Sven Ruder. In part one of this interview, we take a look at the company's successful philosophy and why the environment is a key concern to a number of its processes

In a positive displacement pump, flow is directly related to rpm and pressure by the restriction of the flow in the discharge line. Once the system pressure is set, any change in flow will result in a change in pressure.

A recent project to replace inefficient open channels in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area near Leeton and Griffith in NSW with a pressurised pipe network is expected to save up to 50,000 ML of water per annum when completed

The Downlands Scheme is an irrigation project designed to take water from the Waitaki River and irrigate up to 10,000 ha of dry farmland in the Black Point, Enfield and Napara areas near Oamaru in New Zealand

For consumers 'wireless technology' conjures up images of iPods, Blackberrys, cell phones, television remotes and internet Wi-Fi connections

Safety regulators are increasingly looking to manufacturers to help solve the forklift safety problem by building safety features directly into the machinery. We spoke with two forklift safety experts to get their opinion

A commercial car wash in Queensland has implemented a water filtration loop to maximise this resource in a region classified as a Level 4 water restriction zone

Profibus & Profinet International (PI) is standardising the use of Profinet in process automation. After completing the integration of Profibus PA in Profinet IO, work was extended to include the integration of HART and Foundation Fieldbus

Non-Newtonian and settling slurry flows occur across a number of industries, for example, food processing, pharmaceutical, wastewater and mining

Online since October 2006, SEW-Eurodrive's assembly facility at its Australian headquarters in Melbourne produces the MC Compact series of industrial gear units and has allowed the company to slash gear unit turnaround times

"If you can't measure it, you can't control it." Since the beginning of civilisation we have been measuring physical properties and features such as distances, speed, temperature, pressure etc

With transport being a key component of Coca-Cola Amatil's distribution system, ICA was commissioned to design and manufacture, as well as implement, loading and unloading facilities at two beverage operation sites in Victoria

Analysing hydraulic lubricants to detect wear metals is not a new concept for Australian manufacturers