N E W S Search on for oldest Aussie… pump Although Australian Pump is a relatively newcomer to the pump market, the Aussie Fire Chief has actually been in service across the ditch for a number of years. Previously marketed under the Pacific brand name before Australian Pump started, the Fire Chief set new standards for performance and longevity. Now Aussie Pumps has a competition on to find the oldest operating Fire Chief in the market. The prize is a new Aussie Fire Chief with 6.5 hp GX200 Honda petrol engine. “Since we started the competition early in the year, we have found machines that are 28 and even 30 years old that have been operating continuously and providing great customer service,” says Aussie Pumps’ Brad Farrugia. “They are fitted with the original Honda GX140 engine, with the first of the overhead valve single cylinders from Honda, and those engines still start first pull.” Kisters powers up 3DViewStation www.engineeringnews.co.nz 17 Move4Life warehouse procedure training included in all new staff inductions, improved housekeeping and hazard identification, the installation of safety barriers around walkways and the adoption of industry best practices for forklift operators and warehouse packers. Gates Australia managing director Carl McGowan says it was a day for all Gates Australia staff to be proud of. “All Australasian employees have contributed to this with their support and diligence. This is a significant milestone and one that many workplaces don’t achieve. It is a testament to our dedication to creating a safe workplace and to the culture that all employees share in – the collegiality, the friendship and the attitude that we all have towards our work here, no matter what area of the business we work in.” Now, all Gates Australia eyes turn to the next milestone: three full years without a Lost Time Injury, due to be reached on 20 June 2017. “When we create a negative carbon beam somebody will buy the technology used to produce it.” The negative or positive carbon ion beams that are being developed in the ISTF by PhD students are of use in ion implanters in the semiconductor industry for making computer chips, says Dr. Dehnel. “At the moment, Stephane is looking at negative carbon ion beams, but we will also look at positive carbon ion beams in future.” Originally from New Brunswick in eastern Canada, 27-year-old Mr Melanson gained a Master’s degree in Physics specialising in optics from Université Laval, in Quebec City. A road trip across Canada to go skiing in the Rockies brought him to Nelson, 650 kms east of Vancouver, where D-Pace is based. Mr Melanson had a scholarship to do a Doctorate and when he discovered what D-Pace was involved in he decided to stay. “D-Pace was a change. Its work has a hands-on approach with more engineering involved,” says Mr Melanson. “It’s more real world physics.” The University of British Columbia is peer reviewing Mr Melanson’s work on an annual basis. He has already published papers on what he has achieved in his research so far. Dr Dehnel says Mr Melanson’s study is a great example of fostering the connection between business and the academic community. “Everything he is doing is original research,” says Dr Dehnel. “It’s expanding our knowledge base.” And providing a research facility for PhD students helps provide possible employees for the future. Producing a negative carbon ion source requires a combination of factors including experimentation, according to Mr Melanson. “The fun part is working out what goes wrong and fixing it.” He has had to figure out all the wiring and computer controls for the beam accelerator and associated equipment to produce the carbon negative ions. Buckley Systems manufactured and paid for the ISTF as well as providing the large magnet which separates the beam with its magnetic field. The company is actively assisting with his research modifications and improvements. The carbon is sourced from acetylene gas in a vacuum. High power radio waves produce charged particles to get the ion source. In the future, the ISTF will be used for different experiments and research by other PhD students, producing new particles in different ways with perhaps hydrogen as a source as one example. Anand George from the University of Auckland will be the next student to use the ISTF for doctorate study with the aid of a fellowship grant of $90,000 from Callaghan Innovation for three years. He will work under the academic supervision of Dr Neil Broderick from the University and Dr Dehnel as the industrial supervisor. Kisters North America has released version 2017 of its 3DView- Station Desktop, a powerful 3D CAD viewer and universal viewer for engineers and designers. The new version features several updates, including wall thickness analysis via rolling ball method and sections of selections. Known for its modern user-interface, high performance viewing, advanced analysis and integration capabilities into leading systems, 3DViewStation ships with current and mature importers for a broad range of 3D and 2D formats including i.e. Catia, NX, Creo, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Inventor, JT, 3D-PDF, STEP, DWG, DXF, DWF, MS Office and many more.
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