Victoria and the Timber Industry

Logging in Victoria’s old growth forests is set to cease immediately, one of the first steps in the Victorian government’s new 30 year plan for the forestry industry. Plantation Timber Only One of the key points of the $120 million plan is a total transition to plantation
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Turbo Encabulator

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Reeves Variable Speed Drives

Introduction to Reeves Variable Speed The variable speed drive has two broad functions in industry: 1 – To provide a complete range of speeds to enable optimum operation of individual machines or equipment. 2 – To permit accurate control of production flow through related machinery an
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Heavy Duty Torque Limiter

ComInTec has developed a new modular torque limiter – the DSM – as an answer to some of the problems presented by high speed applications in heavy industry. Specifically aimed at usage in mills, extruders, conveyors, and in the mining and earthmoving machinery spheres, the DSM caters
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Changing the Speed of a DC Motor

For permanent magnet and shunt wound DC motors with 180 volts – as seen in most industrial applications – changing the speed is best achieved by using something like a KBWM controller from KB Electronics. KBWM KB’s exclusive Plug-in Horsepower Resistor® automatically prese
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