Demm Engineering & Manufacturing March 2010

► Equipment and Materials ► Dust Control and Filtration ► Quarrying and Mining ► Workplace Safety ► Recycling and Waste Management ► News & Events

EXPECT to be ‘blown away’ by the range and quality of the dust filters and fans they’re introducing to the market – that’s the word from New Zealand Duct & Flex.

The Golden Bay Cement team used state-of-the-art best practices to eliminate dust, noise and appearance issues with its new bulk storage and service centre in Auckland.

Kiwi ingenuity is changing the way the meat packaging industry in the US operates, with a unique, cost saving, and patented bag making machine.

FOLLOWING the inaugural MESNZ Engineering Scholarship in 2009, won by South Auckland’s Brett Willis, the Maintenance Engineering Society of New Zealand (MESNZ) has reaffirmed its commitment to the award scheme with the announcement of the 2010 MESNZ Engineering Scholarship.

THE Electricity Commission’s Motor Bounty Scheme, which has been helping New Zealand motor users upgrade the efficiency of their three-phase electric motors since 2008, is being extended through 2010.

LED signage offers a number of advantages across a wide range of industrial applications.

SAVING energy is high on everybody’s agenda right now. The gap between design performance and actual performance is rapidly closing, and legislation to ensure that buildings are constructed with at least a minimum level of insulation is becoming increasingly stringent. As the Building Code maintains its focus on performance as opposed to prescriptive design and construction, it actively encourages innovation in new building technologies and energy saving systems, such as the KoolDuct System of pre-insulated ductwork from Kingspan.

THE 2009 seminar programme hosted by the MIT’s Maintenance and Reliability Centre proved to be one of the most successful on record, despite the tough economic climate. And now the 2010 programme is lining up to be even more comprehensive.