News Archive - June 2005

All articles are ordered by the date they were published to the website.

• High performance colour CCTV Camera
• Wall-mounted high pressure cleaner
• Four and eight port junction boxes
• New seafood standards on the table
• Battery watering system
• Re-closable bag system
• Water soluble food grade coenzyme
• Software tool boosts profitability for steel-framed builders
• Power connectors for portable equipment
• Rotary transducer measures rotational torque
• Integrated rotary joint mechanisms
• Philips, TI push RFID standard
• Underwater piezo speaker
• Digital pressure indicator
• Grains of the future
• Linux support for USB to serial adapters
• Microcontroller series with Flash memory
• Stainless steel keyboards
• Soft-sided handheld enclosures
• New era of servo-driven bending automation
• The ‘greening’ of the supply chain
• Right angle drill attachment
• Stainless steel and copper nickel products
• Stainless steel filters for water and emulsions
• Making paperless trading a possibility
• CAD/CAM NC/CNC programming system
• Exel wins UK wine supply contract
• Multi-function printer
• Expanded range of GPS receivers
• Business management solutions
• Midrange NetCache systems
• DirectFET MOSFET chip set
• ‘Over-arching’ targets push flawed
• Embedded-system programmers must learn the fundamentals
• High quality foil on dairy menu
• Turbulent times for dairy
• All the fun of the hair
• Vacuum generators for automation applications
• Flexible bulk packaging boom
• Optical time domain reflectometers
• Transformerless medium voltage drive option
• Industrial Ethernet switches
• Supply chain philosophy in infrastructure
• ERP solution for the automotive industry
• Modular reusable clamping system
• Metal detector copes with aluminium packaging
• Self-priming side channel pumps
• Death sentence for toxic liquor
• Flint Ink: strength in packaging
• Smashing new glass recycling plant
• Pressure decay tester
• Industrial Ethernet switch for heavy-duty applications
• D-subminiature cable assemblies
• Attachable loop-powered digital indicator
• Thin-liquid internal gear pumps
• Beef extract powder
• Programming system simplifies configuration and programming of networked components
• Weatherproof automotive beacons
• Battery charging products for portable electronics
• Multi digital/relay board with additional channels
• Pressure isolation and release valves, blow guns with air nozzles and soft start-up valves
• Pressure leaf filters
• Food safety experts on show
• Windows CE compliant RFID reader
• Fluid-driven tank washing nozzle
• Easy-open cans pull in interest
• PIN photodiodes in SMT package
• Automatic end-load cartoning
• Rotary cam switches
• Export packaging breakthrough
• Compressed air clean enough to breathe
• BOC and CONCOA join forces
• Wideband ADC has low power consumption
• Application for electronic product development
• Environmental system for oil/water separation
• Science makes sense of opportunity
• Audio amplifiers for mobile phones and portable applications
• Speaker delivers pre-recorded messages
• Nozzles offer increased fluid speed
• Two-line EMC filters
• Healthy return on investment
• Low-capacitance ESD protection diode arrays
• Pipe fittings catalogue
• Supply chain guru to address conference
• Chemistry process analysers
• Profibus brews improved efficiency and quality
• Strong potential for RFID
• Stackers for tight spaces
• Fast food news from FOOD magazine
• Electronics news in brief
• Cables for RF connectors
• Compact press brake
• Drum label film
• Turning over a new leaf
• Plough shear mixers
• MPEG troubleshooting platforms expanded
• Resistant starch puts fat on top of hit list
• Small and light power connectors
• On-time delivery commitment
• Toyota wins global excellence award
• Full cream ahead for aseptic line
• Two-wire, loop-powered indicators
• Australia joins IMS Phase II
• Innovative electrostatic discharge test system
• Improved digestion systems for analysis
• Personal noise dosimeters
• Paperboard tray forming machine
• Processing equipment launched at FoodPro
• AIP president outlines major changes
• Coating thickness tester
• Computer/AV screen mounting system
• NPC roadmap a ‘prudent evolution’
• P-channel load switches
• Motion-oriented machine controller
• Dc/dc step-down synchronous controller
• AIP president receives top award
• Industrial battery myth exposed
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #50 Ecolean Compostable Pouches
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #45 Peelable Seals
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #42 Squattle
• Eye to eye
• Victorian LAA Logistics Lounge
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #41 Vegemite pack
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport chooses GreaseMax.
• Website helps consumers shop online
• Side entry mixers
• Bluewater’s biggest project promises worldwide sales
• Inventor of IC Kilby dies
• Solenoid-operated changeover contactors
• Absolute rotary encoders with UDP support
• Customised scissor lift tables
• Pack to the future
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #49 Recycled Toilet Paper
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #47 Bread Bags
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #46 CPET Dual-ovenable Trays
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #48 Glass-coated Film
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #44 Gable-top Milk Cartons
• Top 100 Packaging ideas: #43 BOPP film
• Encoder cable solves EMI problems
• Inline process viscometers for monitoring product quality
• Farnell InOne achieves global ESD standards
• Art of darkness
• Energy-saving range reduces compressed air consumption
• Near infrared analysis at the production line
• PE film extrusion grows
• Queens award for carton edge systems
• Flow switch
• Tube design and cutting CAD/CAM
• Stainless steel safety switch
• Probiotic strain stable at room temperature
• Barcode software tracks tools and equipment
• Agfa to Sell Esko-Graphics products for package printing.
• Inline static mixing solutions
• Cussons chooses Infor software
• NZ freight firms link delays to skills shortages
• Evaporative cooler
• Flow and texture equipment
• Stable arcs for rod-electrode and dc TIG welding
• Copper nickel pipes and fittings
• Paperboard lid sealing machine
• 16 to 24-bit delta-sigma ADCs
• Signal-path designer toolset
• LPAs star in Hardys warehousing
• Single blade diverter gate
• Plug and play VOIP handset
• Automation upgrade packed with energy
• IP65 loop-powered indicators
• Slimline miniature pressure transmitter
• Peacock appointed Zebra-authorised reseller
• A case of new packaging solutions
• Fibre optic thermometer for harsh environments
• Nitrogen generators set for Winetech show
• Bottling costs blown away
• Bulk acoustic wave filters improve performance of multimedia mobile phones
• Expanded family of data recorders
• FSANZ must implement change: Food Assist director
• Take on the robot golfer
• GaAs MMIC I/Q mixers
• Stud welding products
• Popup steady for TX7+ machine
• Base station repeater
• Single-mode optical switches
• insignia scoops awards
• Training seminars to optimise plant skills
• Air-driven drum mixers
• Strip chart recorder for exporters
• Caving expert devises pulley system for tight spaces at Alcoa
• Power puts Moore’s Law in danger
• Drug testing policies may be outdated
• LabVIEW aids Formula 1 dynamometer design
• It’s hip to be square
• Thermal solutions for challenging applications
• Cut-resistant glove range
• Sample-and-infinite-hold voltage reference
• Class D subwoofer
• Data logger for in-transit monitoring
• Controller communicates with IEEE 1394
• Wet chemistry process analysers
• Brewer shows how it’s done
• Serial and USB liquid crystal displays
• Validated processor and chipset plaforms
• Temperature monitor and fan controller
• FM receiver for system monitoring and control
• Vertical cartoners
• Sinusoidal inverter for mining environment
• Ergonomic height-adjustable workstation
• Proof of life from Taubmans
• Metal detector test pieces
• Current control technique removes spikes
• Voice over Wi-Fi boosted by vendor trials
• ZigBee, Wi-Fi test and analysis solutions
• Graphical programming for embedded design
• Automation in time for ‘05 vintage
• Satisfying Asia’s appetite
• Vietnam gets “clean veg” funding
• Wrigley targets India and China
• Export opportunities in Asia
• Regional HQ for Cadbury in Singapore
• Eneabba: Sands of time are running Iluka’s way
• Hat protects workers from UV radiation
• A revolution for nuts and bolts
• Awards mirror industry’s innovation
• Wireless temperature monitoring
• Disposable latex, vinyl and nitrile gloves
• HACCP-compliant infrared thermometer
• Lightweight weather transmitter
• Threadlocker gel avoids messy drops
• Torque controlled impact wrench
• Low-cost PC bay inserts
• Wireless fingerprint key fob
• Thermal analysis products
• Vacuum fluorescent displays
• Geared for the big time
• Colour server for digital press
• PPG Industries installs new bulk storage facility
• Compact tray sealing machine
• 1.5MHz synchronous step-up dc/dc converter
• Linear weighing systems
• 50+ UPF-rated hat
• Pump filter package
• Two in one temperature measurement
• Wireless audio link
• Thermal imaging camera
• Driving towards decentralised intelligence
• Rack protector deflects front and side impacts
• Bonfiglioli doubles industrial drives facilities
• New electromaterials research centre
• Dominion Electronics appointed distributor for Matrix Orbital
• IICA2005: grounded in the present, focussed on the future
• Hot off the press
• Standards-based, service-oriented IT architecture
• Standalone data logger
• Quartz crystal microbalance
• Stable H2S sensor
• System monitoring and shelf management modules
• Synthesised in-circuit LCR/ESR meter
• Glove prevents cross contamination
• Laterite heap leaching produces first nickel
• Noise control products
• Spray dryers for cosmetics
• Millennium contract work could last ages
• Vectra expands partnership with Mitsubishi Motors
• Wireless biometric products gaining popularity
• Camera systems with 26x optical zoom
• Ultra-flat embedded panel SBC
• Disposable protective clothing
• Microfibre liquid composite
• Capture board with a dual-video decoder architecture
• Monitoring relays in 22.5mm housing
• Differential pressure decay leak detector
• Automation boosts filter press ability
• Humidity and temperature probe
• Smooth Cylinder Lines Improve Product Flow
• Modules for efficient appliance motors
• Precision jack screws
• New-look GE Fanuc on a mission
• JKMRC reaches 10-year research milestone
• Four-channel current feedback amplifier
• Universal PCI DAQ card
• Spreading light with the new breed of high-output LEDs
• Water level, temperature and depth indicator
• Pump with integrated electronic oscillator
• Object of affection
• Programmable bridges for Intel processors
• Sixteen-bit MCU family for industrial control applications
• EBX board for extended temperature applications
• Designing for thin profile handsets
• Small displays on the move
• EMC Hybrid Ferrite PCB Shield
• Precision-moulded electrical components catalogue
• Lead-free BGA sockets meet RoHS directive
• Schematic capture
• Engineering plastics offer alternative to wood and metal
• Retailers embracing supply chain technology
• Multi-axis, multi-motor motion control ICs
• Step-up dc-dc converter for TFT-LCDs
• Virotec to commence acid rock treatment
• Communications module development kit
• Digital power products
• Digital signal controllers with 100 MIPS, 32-bit DSP performance
• Sub-miniature chip inductors offer desirable tolerances at high frequencies
• Macro tool enhances verification cycle time
• Low-profile PCI serial adapter
• Ultra small LVPECL/LVDS oscillator buffers
• Instrumentation products catalogue
• Propac to exhibit at Pack Expo, Las Vegas
• Fill, form and seal machine
• Dc switchmode power supplies
• Steel yourself for safe roof support
• ‘Surface Support In Mining’ reviewed
• Processor for networking
• Data logger for hot food and meals in transit
• Holds computer, possessions and overnight clothing
• Miniature acoustic components
• Embedded PC
• Hot tray with lid for the food industry
• Central Queensland booming on back of resources
• Spiral conveyor moves heavy or light products
• Sheetmetal bending machine
• Linear Technology opens tenth design centre
• High pressure hydraulic punch
• Extremely fast linear actuator
• Probes measure particle size and concentration
• Two-level design document viewing strategy
• Refrigerated air dryer saves power and cost
• Noninductive power resistors and current sense resistors
• Modular I/O Products
• Time saving LCD displays and keypads
• High-containment valve
• New contract gets Foxleigh coal preparation plant underway
• Evaluation board for power factor correction
• Computer-on-module offers 1,850 MIPS and dual-gigabit Ethernet
• Network-optimised series of 32-bit core modules
• Nanotechnology: Shaping the World Atom by Atom
• Power supply chip for large screen lcd displays, TVs
• SMT flat coil inductors for PC Notebook applications
• Lead-free crystal oscillator designed for mobile communications
• Interlocking modular PC terminal blocks
• Stawell trial affirms advantages in gas to liquid mass transfer
• Maximum clamping force vices
• Cylinder with end-position interlock
• Micro-dispensing system
• Grain silos add new edge to PLC power
• Mine’s dragline continuously improves
• SA’s Angas zinc project takes shape
• Bank note validators
• PACE Zenith Awards 2005: Simply the best
• Hydraulic pumps for underground drillers
• Pistol-grip IR thermometer line
• Modular 6U CompactPCI system
• Surge in private label products to retailers
• Modular jacks support Power-over-Ethernet
• 2:1 high-speed multiplexer
• Error-proof tension screwdriver system
• Mobile computer reads RFID tags
• Flexible analogue input module for SCADA systems
• Socket set cases
• NewTek appointed distributor for Z Technology
• Slow growth for manufacturing
• Engraving and routing software
• Basic instruments selection guide
• Paulsens pours first gold
• MAC attack tactics employed
• Explosion-proof laser transmitter
• Inductive and capacitive proximity sensors
• Cracow gold mine sets a cracking pace
• Head torch for hazardous zones
• Lightweight network cable testers
• Mass flow communicator
• Improvements in accurate design data migration
• HP creates new coding approach to nanoelectronic circuit design
• Powder rheometers
• 300W programmable dc electronic load
• Serial infrared transceiver
• Passively cooled 2GHz CPCI boards
• Logic analyser software
• Pressure transmitters for high-pressure measurement
• Linishing machines for laser-cut parts
• RFID system for industrial applications
• Pressure valvesand flow controls for OEMs
• Key to EDA growth is system level, Gartner says
• Magnetics replacing vacuum technology
• Firewall security
• Mine site remediation contract awarded
• Silver lining deep in the heart of Texas
• Post-tensioning portable hydraulic pumps
• Extended bearing distance gears for mixing applications
• Remote control electric chain hoist
• SiGe steps on the GaAs
• Confidence in Australian economy slumps
• The boat has come in for Mincor’s Mariners
• Firmware upgrade for power quality analyser
• Milli-ohm meter
• Rig-mountable compressors
• Small, high-performance drives
• Prime spends on infrastructure
• Export: take a bite
• Fonterra’s plans for growth
• Intelligent swaging machine
• Digital manometer and logger
• Ausplas: a plastic fantastic exhibition
• High performance laser cutting head
• Metal detector for meat and poultry industries
• LCR meter for laboratory and production environments
• Embedded PC development kit
• Flexible contact marking system
• Intel-based Computer-On-Module
• Bioplastics group bags polythylene product
• On-site repairs keep HI wagons rolling
• European metrology equipment
• Small steps, big lessons
• National Semiconductor continues lead-free progress
• Actuator for industrial and agricultural industry
• Mobile label / receipt printer,
• Process plant performance in a portal
• Logic analysers provide fast data analysis
• Quad staple driver speeds belt fastening
• Smart maintenance information … fast
• Nozzles provide medium-size droplet foams
• Microwave object identification system
• Double-walled paper cups and mugs
• Online moisture in oil analyser
• Ensure the material stays, not strays
• Tough times ahead for nano
• Inexpensive light grid for object detection
• Barrier creams protect workers’ hands
• Water level and total depth meter
• ALS assists Queensland coal mining
• ACCC approves system to reduce coal flotilla
• Cost-effective single-board computer
• Low-cost data loggers monitor runtimes
• Long-range wireless bridge for Ethernet networks
• SIA raises forecast, predicts 6 percent growth
• Heavyweight checkweigher
• Discover latest trends in drink packaging
• Health heats up soup market
• Synchronous lifting makes heavy hoists safer
• Materials handling projects ramp up
• Oil rich in omega-3 fatty acid
• PANs to grow 200 percent by 2009
• Choke series for interference suppression
• Electrolytic capacitance analyser
• Fraud protection service
• FreightLink to rail Bootu Creek manganese to Darwin
• Updated software version of OPC driver
• Retrofit torches offer high speed performance
• Electronic ID for access control
• Siemens sells mobile phone business
• DIN packaged controller with DeviceNet
• Automatic robot palletiser
• DC Products appointed RTV distributor
• Computer testing ensures valve safety
• Drive-over bunding
• More scope to improve
• Mackay expansion no drag
• Newlands chooses new cells for prep plant
• Standards get lifted in Bowen Basin
• Mobile units inertise underground mines
• CD catalogue and price list
• Data acquisition devices offer 80 analogue input channels
• New mine production management system on the way
• Curragh North officially opened
• Barcode scanner for transport goods ID
• Direct drive rotary motors receive awards
• Stretch tape wrapper welcomed in the US
• Company is a-buzz about Bowen Basin
• Box computers for space-critical applications
• Anti-collision systems for gantry cranes and shuttle cars
• Current mode, fixed frequency dc/dc converter
• Dual 1024-tap, nonvolatile digital potentiometers
• Optional energy measurement systems
• CODEC for DVD-RW and PVR applications
• Software manages mine’s assets via web
• Near infrared instruments
• Vicom signs distribution agreement
• Business facing 'worst start' to financial year
• Nozzles deliver aerated foams
• A green light for brown coal plant
• Data logging multimeter and software combo pack
• High-speed checkweigher
• Online particle size analyser
• New aerial survey services fly into WA
• US gets the sack ‘technology’ from Amcor
• Software automates automotive supply chain
• BHP to establish Base Metals office in Adelaide
• Keen response to Supply Chain Show
• Insulation multimeters
• Revolutionary longwall system awarded
• Common-mode suppressing inductors
• Washdown front panel display
• Lifter trolleys reduce risk of back injury
• Updated data gathering tool
• Water level and total depth indicator
• Biological exploration
• Apple to introduce Intel-based Macs next June
• Warnings of a piping hot safety issue
• Thin film measurement system
• Decanting cradle holds 200L drums
• Dual-CompactFlash carrier module
• Motion technology catalogue
• Ultrasonic sensor for industrial use
• OLED graphics
• Motor and encoder for small spaces
• Radial piston pump with digital control
• Rapid ship program for sensor products
• Infineon spins out wearable electronics business
• Industry sets targets for Covenant MkII
• Waveform variety
• Thermometer monitors cooling food
• Project Magnet to mine new resources
• Compact, high-performance 2.5-inch Flash disks
• Tooling holds threaded fasteners in sheet metal
• Sensor monitors flow and temperature
• Gearhead reduces heat and increases internal lubrication
• Cutting corners on tooling is false economy
• Process chillers exceed TGA requirements
• ACA moves to preserve broadband spectrum
• No Money in Structured ASICs
• PLL-based FSK receiver
• Improving manufacturing productivity
• Travel cases for portable players
• Ship loader lubrication maintenance
• Sensors complement LCD installations
• Flexicon announces Australian subsidiary
• Water flow data logger
• Dc drive saves space
• Crikey, it’s an Australian chocolate
• ERP package aids active plastics growth
• Critical success factors for the make-to-order enterprise
• A formula for good health
• Sophisticated indulgence
• Paddle Pops in dairy snack format
• Tasty meals in an instant
• Taste and nutrition not poles apart
• Lite slice of heaven
• Have a ball with milk and fruit
• Milk cartons that tell a story
• Blending taste with good health
• Cans in good spirits
• Fruit bars make a smoothie transition
• Retail trade takes a hit as consumers scale back spending
• A formula for good health
• Double the chocolate - with love
• Wine can be convenient too
• Exclusively Australian premium coffee
• Earthy labels highlight wine range
• Hot and toastie
• Golden era for chicken breast fillets
• Crikey, it’s an Australian chocolate
• Computerised maintenance management software
• Dual, low-voltage linear-regulator controller
• High-resolution benchtop instruments
• Baked goods with bite
• A little ripper
• A formula for good health
• Chips and dips
• Chilli with a lime twist
• Matt lacquer meets desired finish
• Lusting for hot chocolate
• Oozing over Philadelphia cream cheese
• A formula for good health
• Aussie flavour to breakfast cereal
• Tender beef loin fillet
• Rebound shot scores a nomination
• Slinky little numbers
• Tasty meals now a simple creation
• Muesli bars for little fingers
• Automatic lubricators cuts HVAC costs
• Data loggers for equipment runtime monitoring
• Profile sensor detects deviations
• DIY-assembly bicycle rack
• Eight steps to collaborative order management strategy
• Doubling the life of cutting tools
• Productivity: the holy grail
• Ground water testing bailers
• Lunchbox Paddle Pops
• A ‘can do’ health message
• PoE switch for hostile environments
• Decanting cradle avoids spills
• Chamber filter press and membrane chamber filter press
• Automated label printer/applicator
• Design system upgrade
• IT strategies to combat global threats
• All the way with Rose
• Feel-good soft drinks
• A little ripper
• Nature-friendly cookies
• Hams that last the distance
• Lite burger that delivers on taste
• Full steam ahead for fish fillets
• A fusion of Asian flavours
• Ready-to-eat caesar salad
• Calcium-enriched dairy spread
• Mash on the go
• Pudding in a tube
• Shiraz vinegar for gourmets
• Bluetooth module removes cables in hands-free applications
• Hydraulic torque wrenches
• Dynamic surface tensiometer
• Midrange storage systems and virtualisation engines
• Miniature servomotors for hygienic environments
• ISM-band transceiver combined with RISC microcontroller
• Call for organic certification standard
• Cost-effective air hoists
• High performance vector signal generator
• Paint, ink, and adhesives council launched
• Low-cost ultrasonic sensor
• Fibre optic rotary joint
• Get your “OHS” Act together
• Addressing concerns over plastic packaging
• Folding machine with a folding beam that moves at 90°/s
• Nervous consumers tighten purse strings
• Cost effective temperature controller
• Breath-alcohol measuring device
• Changes to dumping rules no help to steel makers
• Transforming information into knowledge
• Modular battery tester and software
• Supply chain disruptions expected from lead-free conversion
• Freescale creates double-gate transistor
• External gas moulding
• R&D and quality assurance instruments
• All-in-one for Centrex
• All MotoGP signs lead to Roland
• Ferrite beads solve EMI problems
• Frutarom has functional ice cream licked
• PH/ORP 24-hour field monitor
• Passively cooled fanless micro PC
• Next-gen DVD ready, says Blu-ray Association
• Colour-coded micropipettes.
• Australia in next phase of IMS
• Enterprise resource planning application
• Complete line of Ethernet fibre products
• Do-it-all spectrum analyser
• The two Cs hitting Australian manufacturers
• Hydrogen sulphide analyser
• Bending, notching, punching and bevelling machines.
• Infor ploughs head long into local enterprise solution market
• Show stopper at Pacprint
• Security ink for RFID flexo production
• Level converters for incremental encoders
• RFID benefits so near, yet so far
• Forklift onboard weighing systems
• HD+FM digital audio processor
• IT equipment the new recycling target
• Soy factory opens at Moree
• Air winch line
• Chain and wire rope lubricant
• Combination pressure/temperature sensor and datalogger
• Permanent magnetic lifter
• High-speed doors protect against fire
• Instant inks for ink blending systems
• Tips on assessing export capabilities
• Muting module for electro-sensitive protective equipment
• AS-Interface element
• Brake hand winches
• Goodman Fielder balances the blends
• Digital heater-element burnout detector
• Automation and production software roadmap
• WA’s boom times set to continue
• Free-angle fitting for pneumatic tools
• PC data protection for SMEs
• Various ways to improve compressor up-time
• Targeted performance eases shift changes
• Manufacturing in the West
• Photo-ionisation detector vapour meter
• Culture shock: confusion sours export deals
• Measuring and monitoring relays
• Roll-fed labelling equipment
• Retailer demands and safety concerns driving conveyor updates
• Programmable safety controllers
• Assembly paste and lubricant
• Freight exhibition’s LCV first
• International courier service