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Ease of mobility in hospitals and clinics was crucial even before the COVID-19 pandemic, but with healthcare facilities under increased strain, it’s now more important than ever to make the hospital experience the smoothest it can be.

To effectively be a part of the recovery process, equipment in hospitals and clinics must serve two masters: patients for whom it must make the experience comfortable and conducive to good health, and healthcare workers for whom it must be safe, easy to use and ergonomically sound.

Tente, the world market leader in the medical furniture sector, understands this, and has designed an impressive variety of features aimed specifically at the healthcare sector.

Since 1923, Tente’s range, designs and business practice prioritise safety, ergonomics and efficiency.

As a globally positioned company, Tente continues to set new standards and offers a wide range of pioneering mobility solutions for the healthcare industry. Tente’s experts are on hand to help you make the right choice from their large selection, no matter your requirements.

Peace and quiet is a large part of recovery for any hospital patient, and Tente’s ergonomic, low-noise castors take the strain off both patients and nursing staff. Wheels can be quietly locked and released to ensure patient rest is not disturbed, while effortless handling equals greater productivity and significantly improved safety for employees.

Bolting operations performed at height run the risk of accidents and of the danger to anyone working below. According to WorkSafe Australia, a slip and a fall, or being hit by falling objects are major causes of death and injury on Australian construction and infrastructure projects

Tente’s castors also feature a minimum overall height, which enables nursing staff to set the lying surface of hospital beds low without a loss of mobility. This improves fall prevention and reduces risk of patient injury.

Speed is a critical factor in any hospital, so Tente’s central locking system allows the company’s Integral, Integral twin and Linea castors to be locked and released in a single step. The foot pedal is accessible from every side for improved speed and safety.

The Quick-Fitting R36-34 assembly ensures castors can be changed and cleaned quickly and without complications.

Linea is Tente’s hospital bed castor; low swivel resistance and a remarkably low overall height contribute to the undisturbed recovery of patients.

The Linea e-lock system features an electronically activated locking function that makes switching nearly silent and offers flexible control of all switching positions. The system can be seamlessly integrated by hospital bed manufacturers into corporate designs.

Often found beneath operating tables, the Linea Load features increased torsional stiffness for firmer positioning and higher load bearing capacity.

The Integral is Tente’s benchmark single-wheeled castor for the medical field. Integral combines attractive, functional design with high safety, long life and exceptional resistance to shock loads. each year.

To enhance the safety and ergonomics of such projects, Enerpac introduces the new DSX-Series Aluminium Square Drive Torque Wrench – a lightweight tool with industry-first patented safety features.

The DSX rounds out Enerpac’s portfolio of controlled fastening technologies designed for medium duty use when working at height.

The five compact yet powerful torque wrenches, each weighing from 2.2kg to 32.5kg, are suitable for use in the construction, infrastructure, mining and resource industries, onshore and offshore oil production, energy utility installation and distribution tasks, and wherever ergonomic, portable and safe use where

The Integral’s soft wheel options – with smooth running, directional locking and full mobility - have been specially developed for the quiet hospital environment. The robust and maintenance-free construction makes cleaning a breeze, while high quality components make the Integral resistant to many chemical substances.

Tente’s smart solution, the E-Drive electric drive system, can be fitted to hospital beds for the ultimate in effortless transport. The battery-powered drive unit allows equipment to be driven around with ease, and when in stand-by mode, the drive wheel retracts to allow for manual movement.

Popular among healthcare staff, the E-Drive improves productivity and quality of care while increasing staff wellbeing and reducing operating costs. weight and power are critical factors.

With a high-strength aluminium body, the Enerpac DSX Series are lightweight and easy to use, important factors when working at height. A multi-direction 360 x 180 degree high flow aluminium swivel helps prevent twisted and tangled hydraulic hoses.

Enerpac product and channel leader Andrew Marsh says the DSX Series contain many ergonomic and safety features.

“To help reduce dropped-object incidents when working at height, the five models in the series feature a built-in connection point to safely tether the tool to a work belt or bag,” he says.

Now more than ever, healthcare providers need their equipment to offer safe, peaceful and reliable performance for patients on the mend. Tente’s castors and wheels make any hospital bed or operating table into silent, manoeuvrable allies in the fight for good health.

The company’s long track record assures clients that Tente delivers optimised efficiency, comfort and profitability without the fuss.

As the healthcare industry continues the never-ending battle, Tente is poised as the ultimate foundation.

Tente Castors & Wheels 1300 836 831

www.tente.com.au

A standard ergonomic safety handle is also included to prevent injuries or near misses from loss of tool.

“When it comes to operator protection, a fully enclosed drive prevents operator contact with moving parts inside the tool,” Marsh says.

To help boost on-site efficiency, the wrenches feature a fine-tooth ratchet that prevents the tool from locking on, a 35-degree rotation angle to assist with repetitious bolt tightening tasks, and a retained push button for quick release.

Enerpac’s www.enerpac.com

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A South Australian insulation manufacturer has launched a new BCA-compliant fireproof wall wrap that mitigates the spread of fire between tenancies through external walls in highrise buildings.

CeaseFire, a robust pliable building

membrane by Ametalin, creates a fire barrier behind the façade of multi-storey residential and commercial buildings.

When appropriately installed, this helps to prevent fire from leap-frogging between tenancies by burning up the outside of the building while still allowing the structure to breathe, thereby preventing condensation damage.

High-rise fires are a serious concern. The Victorian Metropolitan Fire Brigade has recorded over 1,300 high-rise fires over the last 10 years.

“With our harsh climate, fire safety is critically important in Australia,” says Ametalin CEO Stephen McIntyre.

“Australia should be the world leader in fire-safe construction. CeaseFire is the next step forward on that path, a technical breakthrough that will pave the way for stricter fire regulations and safer buildings world-wide, potentially saving lives.”

The Building Code of Australia (BCA) mandates that building membranes used in the façade of multistorey buildings meet the requirements for “non-combustible construction”, which does not mean that all materials used must actually be non-combustible.

Rather, they must have a low fuel load and low flammability.

As far as Ametalin is aware, no wall wrap currently in use in Australia is a noncombustible material as defined by the BCA.

CeaseFire not only meets but greatly exceeds the current requirements of the BCA for non-combustible construction by providing a fire barrier.

Importantly, CeaseFire is also the first and only vapour permeable pliable building membrane in Australia that forms a continuous barrier to water, air and fire.

In most of Australia, it is recommended that wall wraps be vapour permeable to avoid condensation damage. In Western Sydney, Melbourne and other climates with cool winters, it is required by the BCA.

CeaseFire ticks all the boxes for installation as a weather and fire barrier in modern building facades. Ametalin, based in Salisbury North, is Australia’s largest sarking and wall wrap manufacturer.

Ametalin 08 8285 6955 www.ametalin.com

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For easy, low-cost programming of robots, igus has developed control software for its automation solutions. Now available online, igus robot control is free of charge and offers the user an easy introduction to automation.

Imagine robots retrieving goods from boxes, helping to take samples or dispensing cans from a machine. It’s all possible – whether articulated arm robots, delta robots or linear robots, Treotham has all three kinematics available as low cost automation solutions.

Different robot kinematics can be programmed and controlled; a digital twin simulates the movements and can be instructed like a real robot. Users can try out in advance which robot is best suited for their application with igus robot control, a software for the simulation and programming of all igus robots.

The cost-effective igus robot hardware, such as a linear robot with switch cabinet, is available from Treotham; all programming carried out on the digital twin can then be applied to the real thing.

“As a mechanical engineering company, we are very familiar with the different kinematics,” says Alexander Muhlens, head of automation technology at igus GmbH.

“So the next logical step for us was to develop a correspondingly simple and intuitive robot control system.”

With igus robot control, users can freely move all the axes of the digital twin via a 3D interface. By means of a teach-in function the robot can be programmed easily, even without a robot connection.

To do this, users must manually move the robot to the desired position and define how it is to be moved. The process is repeated until the desired motion profile servo drives • Laboratory & Clean Room • Large Stocks of Spare Parts is created.

Matching end effectors, such as grippers, are easily added, while the tool centre point adjusts automatically.

Virtual boxes can also be installed, for example, to prevent the robot from colliding with a machine.

The igus robot control can also be connected to a higher-level control

system, either via interface communication with Digital IO or via Ethernet communication using an IP address.

The igus developers plan to further expand the control system.

“In the future, we want to offer cloud services such as vision integration, remote commissioning and also online training for a small cost, which the customer can book,” Muhlens says.

“Further services such as image evaluation via webcam or bin picking solutions are planned as cloud-based solutions.”

Treotham Automation 1300 657 564

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Ruggedly engineered collapsible Pronal multi-fluid tanks, available now from Air Springs Supply Pty Ltd, respond to the kind of storage challenges typically encountered on infrastructure development and remote production sites.

These locations need fuel, hydrocarbons, drinking water, firefighting and chemical process solutions and wastewater and fluid storage.

The flexible Pronal transport and storage tanks fold up to a fraction of their inflated size for transport by land, sea or air to their point of use. They can then be deployed for fixed periods or permanently to provide fluids vital to safety, construction and process needs in a cost-effective way.

Available in capacities from a few hundred litres up to 1000m cubed depending on the application, this high quality technology is simple, quick to deploy and cost-effective in containing solutions vital to industry. According to Air Springs Supply national sales and marketing manager James Maslin, the tanks also work to protect the environment.

“Flexible storage tanks can be rapidly deployed, are easy to install and are maintenance-free,” he says.

“Pronal flexible storage tanks represent an ideal and economical solution for a wide range of activities, costing less than half the outlay required for fixed installations and capable of being installed in a fraction of the time.”

The tanks can also transport any type of liquid when mounted on truck flatbeds, by suspension under helicopter or by towing behind a vehicle, he says.

the air from a height of several tens of metres.”

Pronal tanks are manufactured to stock and custom sizes by international elastomer and plaster engineering specialist Pronal, whose top quality, light-but-tough tanks and lifting products are used in industrial and resource development and by military, emergency response, aviation and exploration organisations.

Applications for the tanks are as diverse as water, chemical, industrial sludge, agricultural and food and beverage processing, as well as fluid storage emplacements in urban, agricultural, desert and isolated, ecologically sensitive areas.

Uses of Pronal elastomer and plaster technology also extend through to aircraft, rail and road vehicle crash recoveries and isolated land and maritime applications. Pronal is the company that developed the lifting bags used to recover components of the liner Titanic from four kilometres beneath the Atlantic Ocean.

Also known as flexible bladders or covers, they are made from either elastomer or plastomer depending on their application. The tanks are reinforced with extra-strong textile reinforcement, which Maslin says effectively makes them highly tear-resistant.

“Many organisations have an ongoing need for quickly expandable ways to transport liquids to remote sites or points of need,” he says.

“Not all organisations have the budget or need for vehicles, vessels or aircraft dedicated to liquids transport, particularly when they can use existing general purpose vehicles, including 4WDs, Utes and trucks.”

Maslin says Pronal bags are particularly robust thanks to vulcanised or welded joints, while military storage and lifting bags are constructed to NATO standards. Pronal water tanks provide self-supporting closed storage. Created with highresistance technical issues, they guarantee the long-term storage of clean water protected from all contamination and evaporation, which is a major problem in hot outback areas. Their fabric allows them to withstand high temperatures.

The lightweight, foldable tanks are fitted with longitudinal skirts and adjustable straps to provide maximum safety during transport. Snap hooks are provided for quick installation on the decks of trucks, allowing the vehicle to be quickly adapted to other purposes when it comes back empty.

The tank is simply rolled or folded up on the deck, leaving plenty of loading space. Accessories are designed for quick filling and emptying.

In addition to being particularly suited to the transportation of fuel to remote sites, the tanks can be filled with any other liquid for the simplest uses: drinking water, liquid manure or industrial solutions.

The Pronal rage also includes rapid deployment 5 cu m modules for drinking water production from fresh water by ultrafiltration. Pronal transportable tanks protect their contents by stopping contact with air and preventing microbial, bacterial or fungicidal development.

For local authorities and other industrial organisations using pickup trucks, the Pronal range offers versions that are shaped to fit the vehicles’ bodies.

Pronal is one of the world’s most experienced and respected producers of flexible products used to lift, push, press, seal and store. Founded in 1961 and headquartered near Lille in northern France, Pronal builds standard and customised flexible products from fabrics coated with elastomer and/or polymer.

Pronal’s Australian distributor, Air Springs Supply, is Australia’s leading supplier of air springs and associated pneumatic technology for the industrial and transport sectors.

Air Springs Supply 02 8877 5500 www.airsprings.com.au

The best industry and political quotes of the past and present:

“Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.” Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father

“Victoria has turned the corner and we, together with the Victorian Government, are planning to reopen Melbourne and reopen Victoria.” Prime Minister Scott Morrison prior to the Victorian Government’s announcement of its COVID-19 recovery roadmap

“This is about a fight with only one thing, and that’s this wildly infectious virus. The politics of this … that is of no value.” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews defends the roadmap

“In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.” Henry Ward Beecher, US Congregational minister and slavery abolitionist

“I do begrudge [Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk] because [of the] situation. We [have] low community transmission and NSW has shown you can have open borders. Why would you hurt your business and jobs in your own state?” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s war of words over Queensland’s border closure heats up

“We are going to win four more years. And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.” .” US President Donald Trump on his 2020 election chances

The risk-oriented approach should mean the removal of blanket COVID restrictions.” Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox

“We now need to get a million Australians back to work. That is the curve we need to address.” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

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A woman from Sydney married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of the men died, and she never divorced. How was this possible?

What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?

What blood type do you need to be a universal donor?

How many countries are larger than Australia?

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10: Have a look (butcher’s hook). Point (Shark Bay). 8: Henderson the Rain King. 9: Topaz. Refrigerator. 4: 103. 5: Tin and lead. 6: The Crow. 7: Steep 1: O-. 2: Five (Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil). 3: The woman was a minister. 3: The letter e. 1: Nothing. The match cannot spark without oxygen. 2: Lateral Thinking As Victoria begins the long road to recovery, Australia is holding its breath to discover what’s in the future for local manufacturing. While the continued Victorian lockdown has had an impact on the nation’s bottom line, industry’s resilience is as strong as ever.

In the October edition of Industry Update, we’ll tackle the summer heat with a breezy look at cooling and fans. This year’s set to be a scorcher, so you’ll want to chill out and keep things cool with what’s on offer.

We’ll unpack the world of packaging, wrapping and labelling to discover the best ways to keep things under wraps. Motors and drives take pole position as we find out what it takes to keep machinery going forward.

Pollution management will also make a splash in October as we see how the latest technology scrubs up. We’ll catch some rays with solar and emergency lighting, well-positioned to light up the summer, and to top it all off we’ll put together a feature on machine building.

And of course, we’ll have the usual suspects - Business, Finance and Marketing, Education and Training, Workplace Safety, Security, Waste Management and Machinery, Metalworking and Machine tools - all present and accounted for. Don’t miss it.

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