All Systems go for Maintenance & Reliability Centre

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.

Energy saving HVAC ductwork

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.

Extending maintenance intervals: drifting into failure?

IN JANUARY 2000 an Alaskan Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California killing all 88 people on board.

Condition monitoring expert delivers reliability message

IN TOWN recently to speak at a one-day Vibration Analysis Seminar held at the Manukau Institute of Technology Maintenance & Reliability Centre, Jason Tranter, founder and MD of the Mobius Institute had a timely message for New Zealand’s engineers and plant operators.

INTERCAD has just launched the latest version of its 3D CAD/CAM software, SolidWorks 2010, at a series of customer events in New Zealand.

Turning toolmaking into rocket science

ALAN Reid’s toolmaking career began in the late 1960s and he has been involved in a number of slightly weird but always wonderful projects over the years.