New ISO standard aims to build confidence in the global carbon market
25 July, 2011
A new Standard to address climate change and GHG emissions has been published by the International Organization for Standardization ISO.
NECA names Victoria's best electricians and projects
25 July, 2011 | Supplied by: NECA/National Electrical & Communications Association
Victoria's best electricians and projects named at NECA excellence awards.
Grouts Electrical wins NECA award for bushfire recovery electrical work
25 July, 2011
Gippsland bushfire recovery electrical work has won NECA award.
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk batch software update
21 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Rockwell Automation Australia
Rockwell Automation has expanded the application development capabilities of the FactoryTalk batch software to help users design and run batch applications more rapidly. The software features intelligent recipe capabilities, secure operator overrides, expanded data collection and reporting and improved material management capabilities. The software, seamlessly integrated with the scalable PlantPAx process automation system, provides solutions ranging from small, basic sequencing to large, complex batch applications.
NECA recognises top electrical apprentices
14 July, 2011 | Supplied by: NECA/National Electrical & Communications Association
NECA has recognised three electrical apprentices who demonstrated consistent levels of excellence.
ABB acquires Epyon
11 July, 2011 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
ABB has acquired Epyon B.V., an early leader in electric vehicle charging infrastructure solutions focusing on DC fast-charging stations and network charger software.
Toyota digital crash test dummies
11 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Toyota Material Handling Australia Pty Ltd
Toyota has added a small female and a large male to its family of digital crash test dummies. The virtual humans, known as THUMS (Total Human Model for Safety), deliver crash-test results in much greater detail than is achievable with conventional crash-test dummies, claims the company.
How will the carbon pricing mechanism impact your business?
11 July, 2011
Under the carbon price, around 500 of the biggest polluters in Australia will need to buy and surrender to the government a permit for every tonne of carbon pollution they produce. The carbon price will start at $23 a tonne, rising at 2.5% a year in real terms.
Queensland adopts new electrical safety laws
11 July, 2011
Retailers and wholesalers selling particular types of electrical equipment to the public in Queensland are subject to new laws to help protect homeowners and renovators.
Bannerman R58B series expert registration mark sensor
08 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Micromax Pty Ltd
Bannerman’s R58B series expert registration mark sensor provides the same high-performance detection and colour contrast sensitivity of the R58E, in addition to a simplified ‘teach’ process. Teach is performed quickly via a single-click on the teach push-button on the sensor or via remote input. Teach allows the sensor to ‘learn’ the light and dark sensing conditions based on user inputs, and then can automatically adjust the sensitivity to place the operating threshold midway between threshold for the light and dark condition. By reducing the complexity and increasing the speed of teaching the mark and the background, the R58B reduces operator training and product changeover time.
Global electrotechnical experts to converge in Australia
06 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Standards Australia
The Australian National Committee of the IEC, in conjunction with Standards Australia, will be hosting the 75th IEC General Meeting in October 2011.
NECA backs calls for further safety inspections of solar panels
30 June, 2011 | Supplied by: NECA/National Electrical & Communications Association
The Australian electrical industry body NECA has backed calls from the NSW government for further inspections of solar panels after inspections found 18.5% of installations had major defects.
Noark Electric and DKSH sign representation deal
21 June, 2011
DKSH, a provider of market expansion services, and Noark Electrics (Shanghai) have signed an exclusive representation agreement for Australia.
What safety ratings mean
20 June, 2011 | Supplied by: Fluke Australia Pty Ltd
For electrical workplace safety in Australia and New Zealand, the safe design of electrical installations and testing requires compliance with local standard AS/NZ 3000.
E-learning helps address cabling skills shortage
07 June, 2011
The shortage of skilled cablers and digital installers due to the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is being met by e-learning.
