New research reveals that the most common food fraud ingredients are olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee and apple juice. Only recently I read how the Italian police uncovered a fraud operation that doctored cheap oil to sell it as extra virgin olive oil. The coppers confiscated 7500 litres of counterfeit oil. Some 73kg of chlorophyll and four jars of beta-carotene were intended to give the inferior product the right colour and flavour.
You think this piece of information is not relevant to an engineering magazine? Agreed. But what about the next story, related to me by Richard J. Clancy, Director of R.J.C. Engineering Consultants Pty. Limited: In one case in Indonesia counterfeit oil was responsible for failures of transmissions. The oil was found to be recycled transformer oil, died red and filled into a drum that had previously contained transmission oil (ATF) – which is also red in colour. The fake oil was able to be identified in the laboratory by standard spectroscopy as having none of the additives necessary for an ATF.
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Counterfeit products are out there, and Larry Wiechern, Manager of the Maintenance and Reliability Centre at the MIT, is pointing out that the counterfeit bearing problem, although having been around for a long time, is still not on people’s radars. Many engineers who should be aware of the situation “seem to have no idea of the serious nature of it.” His statements in the maintenance section of the magazine definitely contain some food for thought for NZs engineers and the manufacturing sector.
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Research has shown that only around 15 percent of failures can be predicted based on time or hours run and 85 percent of failures occur randomly throughout the life of a component. This means that if we are carrying out the majority of our preventative maintenance by replacing or overhauling equipment based on hours or cycles run then we are wasting precious resources. We must gain a better understanding of our equipment to enable us to identify an appropriate condition based monitoring routine.
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The ‘Tauranga Business Case’ campaign by economic development agency Priority One highlights the massive benefits of doing business in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty.

Editor Stefan Richter made the trip to Tauranga to substantiate the case. 
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A new dust extraction system was recently installed for Pacific Doors Systems, Timaru Factory. Egmont Air designed the system with a sealed discharge connection to a waste management bin to ensure that the dust was effectively contained and would not cause any harm to the environment, create a hazard or become a nuisance for neighbours.
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Mobile hydraulic hose and connector specialist ENZED has introduced an extremely compact high pressure spiral hose. Manufactured to strict ISO 18752-DC specifications, Parker’s Compact Spiral Hose in 5000psi and 6000psi specifications is a world first.

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The Self Feed Unit from Airmachines.com combines a motor with a double acting, self-lubricating cylinder into a clean line package. The motor can be powered by air or electricity. With the control system and a variety of attachments, the unit can be used for drilling, tapping, screw driving and nut running in many automated operations.

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In September we feature the Water Treatment & Wastewater Systems, Heat exchanges, Pumps & Valves, Welding and Sensors.

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