by ep | Jul 24, 2026 | Logistics & Warehousing
The drive wheel assembly on an electric counterbalance forklift is the traction and braking system for a vehicle that may carry 2 000 to 8 000 kg of load at 12 to 20 km/h through a warehouse, position the load to within plus or minus 10 mm for pallet racking, and...
by ep | Jul 24, 2026 | Marine
The anchor windlass on a commercial vessel ¡ª whether a bulk carrier loading iron ore at Port Hedland, a container ship berth-hopping between Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, or a cruise vessel anchoring in the Whitsundays ¡ª is the last line of ground-tackle security...
by ep | Jul 24, 2026 | Marine
Marine cranes on Australian port service vessels, offshore supply ships, and port wharf cranes face environmental demands that test every aspect of a planetary gearbox design ¡ª salt spray from breaking waves, humidity above 90% throughout the operating year, cyclonic...
by ep | Jul 24, 2026 | Marine
Offshore drilling rigs operating in Australian waters ¡ª jack-up rigs drilling exploration wells in the Timor Sea, semi-submersible rigs on the North West Shelf, and drillships investigating deepwater prospects off Western Australia ¡ª use planetary gearboxes across...
by ep | Jul 24, 2026 | Metallurgy & Heavy Industry
Sugar mills in Queensland’s cane-growing regions — the Wet Tropics from Cairns to Mackay, the Burnett River basin at Bundaberg, and the northern rivers of NSW — crush hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sugar cane through their milling trains during each crushing...
