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What Would Our World Look Like Without The Manufacturing Industry?

With so many fears ping-ponging around about manufacturers leaving Australia and cheap Chinese production stealing our jobs, it's worth taking a thought excursi...

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5 Useful Machines that Terrify Ordinary People

Krystle Richardson

When you work with heavy machinery every day, it's easy to lose sight of how monstrous your equipment may appear to the unacquainted. To you, your machines are ...

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6 Unusual Ways to Give New Life to a Dead Machine

Krystle Richardson

Machines4U was built from a desire to resurrect all the machines that waste away in factories and back paddocks; to give them a second chance at life when their...

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Is it Still ‘Craft’ Beer if Production is Automated?

Machines4u

The craft beer industry has taken off in Australia over recent years, with many new breweries entering the marketplace and keeping keen beer drinkers in a const...

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Worker Cooperatives: A Solution to the Manufacturing Crisis?

Krystle Richardson

Worker cooperatives are not a new idea but then ideas don't need to be new to be revolutionary. With many companies tiptoeing out of Australia in favour of chea...

CuriositiesManufacturingManufacturing Know-How

This Robot Can Clean Your Floors and Text at the Same Time

Krystle Richardson

Anyone who's ever had to clean anything knows its not exactly a fun task. But those who get up, while the rest of the world sleeps, to combat endless expanses o...

CuriositiesInnovationManufacturing Innovation

Where in the World is the Biggest Floating Solar Station?

Krystle Richardson

With the US pulling out of trade partnerships and climate agreements, China is slipping in seamlessly to not just take America's place but eclipse them in the a...

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The 6 Weirdest Ways We’re Using Drones

Machines4u

We’ve all heard of drones, they’re a household term now. No longer conjuring images of stealthy US attacks on foreign soil, drones have become somewhat of a pla...

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The 4 Biggest Machines in the World (& What They Do for a Living)

Krystle Richardson

Introducing Bertha, Bagger, Hans and Franz: the biggest machines to roam the Earth. Between them, they take care of the heftiest endeavors we humans set for our...

CuriositiesInnovationMining Know-How

Kids Operating Machines: Is This Cool or Concerning?

Krystle Richardson

For most kids, the toys pictured above are as close as they'll get to operating construction machinery until they hit their adult years. But, behind many a farm...

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What Happens When You Ask Machines to be Creative?

Krystle Richardson

The concept of machines taking people's jobs is a heavy thing. It's played a part in scaring a whole generation of young people away from the manufacturing indu...

CuriositiesInnovation

The Most Powerful Lasers in the World and What They’re Used For

Krystle Richardson

Lasers are a brilliant example of human ingenuity. If you like pocket-sized facts you can pull out at parties, here's a couple for you: the word 'laser' is an a...

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Construction

MB CRUSHER at MARMOMAC 2018

Machines cleaning the Beaches of Valencia

Ground-breaking new design enters Australian construction equipment market.

Farming

New Axial-Flow Harvester from CASE IH to hit the Australian Market

Farmall JXM equals power, performance that won’t break the bank

Technology launch headlines another big AgQuip for Case IH

Metal

Yawei HLE fiber laser improves quality and reduces lead times at Ace Wire Works

How Longevity and Upgrades is Saving Laser Customers Money

From the beam source to the cutting head – The New complete ‘All-In-Light’ package from Precitec

Mining

Hastings Deering Raising the bar for Dig Day 2017

Award Winning Mining Guru Talks METS and How to Handle the Mining Downturn

Thoughts on the Future of Mining from the Champion of Innovation

Wood

How an Out of Work Mechanic Became a Woodworking Master

Take Your Woodworking to the Next Level With These 5 Expert Tips

Expert Advice on Getting Wood in the Wild

The Weird Side of Demolition: Unusual and Ugly Discoveries

How to Turn Anything Into a Battery with this High-Tech Spray

What Happens When You Give Human Senses to a Machine?

Curiosities

What Would Our World Look Like Without The Manufacturing Industry?

5 Useful Machines that Terrify Ordinary People

6 Unusual Ways to Give New Life to a Dead Machine

Is it Still ‘Craft’ Beer if Production is Automated?

Worker Cooperatives: A Solution to the Manufacturing Crisis?

This Robot Can Clean Your Floors and Text at the Same Time

Where in the World is the Biggest Floating Solar Station?

The 6 Weirdest Ways We’re Using Drones

The 4 Biggest Machines in the World (& What They Do for a Living)

Kids Operating Machines: Is This Cool or Concerning?

What Happens When You Ask Machines to be Creative?

The Most Powerful Lasers in the World and What They’re Used For