Bonfiglioli has released a new catalogue, which details the ranges C, A, F and S.
The new catalogue allows for the quick sourcing of information for some of Bonfiglioli’s most popular products, without the need to constantly reach for differing books. In order, the sections covered include…
The format for the new catalogue allows for the slimming of information that was otherwise duplicated in the old catalogue, especially with regards design information and electric motor specifications.
Bonfiglioli’s wormbox catalogue is not included in the new offering nor is the Trasmital 300 series of planetaries. Their inclusion would have made the new catalogue far too bulky.
The easiest way to get hold of the new Bonfiglioli catalogue is via download directly from the Bonfiglioli website. Follow this link if you have 25MB spare on your hard drive (and are hooked up to the NBN!)
As always, speak with us at All Torque to go over your exact power transmission requirements. Many times, the answer may not be straightforward or in the catalogue.
In Vol.21 No.4 of What’s New in Food Technology & Manufacturing magazine (www.foodprocessing.com.au), Chief Editor Janette Woodhouse bemoans the lack of government assistance received by the food manufacturing industry, whilst the automotive manufacturing sector ‘score(s) billions of dollars’.
Employing over 200,000 Australians and exporting $17 billion per annum, food processing remains the largest sub-sector of Australia’s manufacturing base. For this reason, targeted investment decisions remain vital to continuing food production development, yet overall manufacturing capability requires that the most important sectors remain viable.
I think that an important point is made by senior research fellow in the Department of Political Economy at the Sydney University, Phillip Toner…
What we’re potentially looking at is the loss of an important part of Australia’s technological base because of the sheer breadth of technologies that are involved in the production of a motor vehicle: metallurgy such as complex casting of alloys; sophisticated machining centres; electronics and software into engine management and safety systems; robotics used in assembly and painting; chemicals and paints; sophisticated work organisation and logistic systems and of course the trade, technician and engineering skills supported by the car making industry.
Many of the technologies that Toner mentions are also utilised by the food manufacturing industry, with the critical mass provided by auto manufacturing allowing parts and components suppliers to diversify their production to meet the demands of other industries.
Local vehicle producers are obviously not without fault, making medium and large cars that Australia’s motorists no longer seem to want. Ironically, they could be considered ‘victims’ of protection, hiding behind tariffs for decades and getting complacent in the process, although the vast scope of technologies employed cannot be overlooked.
Janette Woodhouse is correct in saying that Australia’s food producers provide fantastic value to this country, offering high levels of employment in various geographic areas. This employment cannot be considered highly technical, and doesn’t match the $100,000 productivity-per-worker that is achieved by the auto manufacturing industry. The one thing that automotive manufacturers do bring to the table is continued investment in R&D ($600 million per annum), which is something that has been lacking in food production.
SPC Ardmona is one of many food manufacturers who are at risk of failing. With successive state and federal governments stating that a big portion of Australia’s future lies with being Asia’s food bowl, how much co-investment will be enough to keep them viable? McCain Foods is another that is finding the going tough.
The car industry is made up of a few major players, who do well from the benefits of ‘co-investment’. There are no comparable players in the food industry, so diverting money from cars to food is not something that is easily achievable. It probably never will be.
Damian Harris
Everyone, meet Fukuppy.
Yep. Fukuppy.
The ‘cute winged egg’ has recently been announced as the new mascot for Japanese industrial freezer manufacturer, Fukushima Industries.
In a case study for how Japanese culture DOES NOT readily translate into English, Fukuppy has been introduced by Fukushima Industries to help tell everyone about their “Happiness Creation Company” philosophy. Well, I think they have succeeded.
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2002 after being founded in 1951, Fukushima Industries’ range of industrial freezers and blast chillers are marketed throughout South East Asia. In an ironic twist, eggs cannot be frozen (in the shell), so it could be curtains for our winged friend before he/she really connected with the audience!
Unfortunately, time could already be running out for Fukuppy. The amount of negative publicity surrounding the smiling egg angel could mean that he/she is scrambled before too long. Either way, All Torque Transmissions would not have been writing about Japanese industrial freezers if it hadn’t been for Fukuppy, so full credit where it is due.
It is probably time to tell you that the correct pronunciation for Fukuppy is FOO-KOO-PI. We could have done that at the start of the story but what fun would that have been?
As WEG’s distributor in Victoria, All Torque Transmissions also handles the full range of motor spares for the W21 and W22 series of electric motors.
The range of motor spares from WEG includes:
As WEG supplies both standard industrial and mining spec. motors in the W22 series, full service demands that separate motor spares must also be kept, although for many parts the two series are interchangeable.
WEG’s spare parts range starts at IEC 63 frame and goes all the way through to IEC 355 frame.
One of All Torque’s premier supply partners – Bonfiglioli – has just released a new App, for smartphones and tablets. It is available via both the App Store and Google Play.
Serving multiple functions, the new Bonfiglioli App details the Group’s extensive product range across four business units (Industrial, Photovoltaic, Mobile and Wind), including the facility for downloading catalogues, as well as corporate information and news releases.
In addition, contact information is available, including the details of Bonfiglioli’s trusted supply partners!
The real benefit of the App comes in the level of individual product information that has been made available. Catalogues can either be downloaded or viewed ‘in the App’, which makes things easier for identification on-site. It also negates the need for a hard copy version of the catalogue, continuing to demonstrate the awareness of environmental issues by modern industrial manufacturers.
The Bonfiglioli App is definitely one of the leading products in the marketplace, and All Torque Transmissions would like to congratulate Bonfiglioli for all of the work that they have obviously put into it.