Author: Ray Keefe
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Sodium Ion Batteries
Battery Technology Batteries have come a long way. There are still a lot of things we can do with existing technologies and this was covered in Making Batteries Better. Lithium Ion Battery The leading Rechargeable Battery Technology at present is the Lithium Ion Battery because of the high energy density and reduced weight compared…
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Endeavour Awards Finalist 2018
Endeavour Awards 2018 We are excited to announce that we are finalists in three categories for the 2018 Endeavour Awards. These are run by Manufacturers’ Monthly. The categories are: Environmental Solution of The Year Australian Industrial Product of The Year Most Innovative Manufacturing Company Award And our clients are also in the award…
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Improving Power Distribution
Electrical Power Distribution Electricity is essential to the modern world. It is the power source behind the vast majority of modern appliances. And for large quantities of it, we are currently mostly burning things to produce heat to run generators to create AC power to transformers to high voltage power lines to more transformers, low…
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A Better Diode
What is wrong with Diodes? At one level, nothing. The humble Diode conducts current in one direction only, can have very large voltage blocking capabilities and a Schottky Diode can have lower forward voltages so it dissipates less heat. All very well and good while currents are modest. But very high currents lead to…
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Australian Manufacturing Growth Continues
Australian Manufacturing PMI Unlike what you are probably hearing from politicians, Australian Manufacturing is one of the current success stories of the Australian economy. Currently the second highest growth sector in Australia, Australian Manufacturing has been in growth every month bar one since mid 2015. Check out the chart below from Trading Economics Australian…