It was another normal working day in 1956 for Mr Gillis Lundgren, a draughtsman and one of the first employees of IKEA in Sweden. He needed to put a table into the boot of his car, but the table was too big to fit in. He then came up with an idea:
Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/06/2019
It was another normal working day in 1956 for Mr Gillis Lundgren, a draughtsman and one of the first employees of IKEA in Sweden. He needed to put a table into the boot of his car, but the table was too big to fit in. He then came up with an idea:
Topics: Transportation
Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/06/2019
As a nursery owner or manager, increasing profit margin for the business is always a main concern. The plant nursery is a labour intensive industry with over 70% of the nursery operation cost is a labour cost. In order to improve your nursery profit margin, you need to minimise the labour cost.
Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/06/2019
Every nursery owner or manager has to deal with plants being potted or potted-up on a regular basis. It is obvious that manual potting methods, takes a toll on nursery staff and generally inconsistent output potting production efficiency for your nursery may result. Purchasing a potting machine is one of the solutions that can make your nursery operate optimally.
In order to help choose the most suitable potting machine with the best quality for value and worth the investment, we gathered a list of 86 questions to guide you through the decision making process. Below is the table of content (Scroll down to see the whole guide or click on the links below)
Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/06/2019
There are many, many different types, shapes and sizes of seeds on our planet. The importance of seeds to sustain green life is very obvious and can’t be stressed enough.
"The land produced vegetation: Plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good".
When it comes to the Nursery and Horticulture Industry, we pay a very important role.. Seeds are the basic necesity for all plants to survive. Seeds contains everything a plant needs for reproducing itself.
This article explores some knowledge about seed coatings, seed sowing and seed handling in the Nursery & Horticulture Industry.
Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/06/2019
In the horticulture and nursery industry, “plant cutting" is a phrase that is frequently used. It can be confusing when it comes to understanding what it means.
According to Wikipedia, "plant cutting" can be used as a noun which refers to is a piece of the source plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative propagation.
"Plant cutting" is also a technique for propagating a plant. A piece of the source plant called a “cutting” is dipped in hormone powder then placed in growing media so it can grow into a plant in its own right. The "cutting" produces new roots and stems and then becomes a new plant. The whole process is called "plant propagation".
In this article, "plant cutting" or "cutting" refers to the process and we are going to explore how to automate this process of placing (plant) cuttings into trays that can be reproduced from asexual vegetative reproduction
Posted by Aaron Chen on 30/06/2019
Transformers provide an important link between the creation and supply of the energy. They are prone to be overused during operation which can lead to terrible failure.
Monitoring the performance of a transformer is one of the effective techniques in avoiding an unexpected breakdown. Early diagnosis also assures the competent performance of the transformer in the long term.
Topics: IOT
Posted by Aaron Chen on 27/06/2019
Support structures is an important aspect to produce successful 3D printed parts. Although the key advantage of using 3D printing is the ability to create parts with freeform designs and intricate geometries, some of its design freedom wouldn’t be possible without using support structures.
Topics: 3d printing
Posted by Aaron Chen on 14/06/2019
Owning a 3D printer provides designers and engineers with opportunities to be creative and experimental. However, they may encounter machine failure, technical issues and certain difficulties during 3d printing process especially for beginners.
Topics: 3d printing
Posted by Aaron Chen on 31/05/2019
Slicer software is known to be an essential element of 3D printing process. A slicer software cuts up the .stl file into different parts according to the layers to be printed
Topics: 3d printing
Posted by Aaron Chen on 17/05/2019
File formats are like the blueprints for printing three-dimensional objects. A 3D printer file is known to be the carrier of information from CAD model to 3D printer. It can encode a 3D model’s appearance, geometry, scene and animations. However, not all 3D printer file formats can carry all kinds of data.
Topics: 3d printing
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*[Owner]* An industrial laundry system service company needed repairs and redesign done to their tooling. C-Mac made changes to the tooling to make access and ease of use to decrease service down times.
*[Service Manager]* An industrial fan service company had a failure of a major shopping centre air conditioning fan/ blower. C-Mac repaired the unit within a 24hr turn around for minimum downtime.
*[Owner/Manager]* A major food manufacturer specializing in tomato sauce had a filling machine breakdown. The machine was brought to C-Mac and repaired in 24hrs for minimum downtime of the production line costing $5,000 per hour.
*[RAAF - Warrant Officer]* Airfield support staff required a portable sandbagging frame and requested a design, prototype and trials at no cost. There was nothing suitable on the market i.e. made in Australia. "Sandbagging Frames":materials-handling/1-bagging-equipment#silt-bagging-frame are now on the national procurement data base and some probably overseas at different war zones.
*[Mechanical Design Engineer]* An automotive transmission design customer needed help with designing an automatic transmission gear prototype. We suggested and engineered a more cost effective and practical way for the mass production stage.
*[Nursery Manager]* At an exhibition saw our self tracking nursery trailers and indicated he had a costly issue transporting large (heavy) pots containing advanced trees. Existing method was a bobcat. C-Mac designed and quoted for the manufacture of a Self Tracking “Low Loader”. His comment on the first day of using "Low Loader trailer":nursery-equipment/7-trailers/#low-loader-self-tracking-trailer “Can now move 100 litre pots with trees, 150 metres in 1 hr and not get a sore back”.
*[Purchasing Officer]* A mining design and machining company needed help with machining components urgently as they were too busy to keep up with the demand. C-Mac machined the components so the deadline could be met.
*[General Manager]* Customer had to submit a proposal and compete against other countries for the manufacturing facility. C-Mac submitted drawings to show there was space in existing plant to install the new process and to comply with all Australian OH&S Standards. Working together with customer to submit proposal to the Head Office overseas WON the contract. Project was a success meeting 6month lead time and budget.
*[Nursery Owner]* Needed a specific Potting & Mixing machine. for his yuccas nursery, but the problem was it was no longer manufactured. From his description and specifications our engineers designed and modelled in 3D software his requirements. "Potting Machine":nursery-equipment/3-potting-machines/ was manufactured and fully tested with potting media in our workshop, video was then sent to customer who was very pleased with the results. Machine disassembled and freighted interstate and installed.
*[Maintenance Engineer]* An industrial hydraulic fitting manufacturer had problems with gear and shaft breakages with their machinery. They also had problems repairing and maintaining. C-Mac offered to repair and maintain their machinery on-site instead of having to permanently employ fitters.
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