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Australian-made – What does it take?

August 1, 2011
By Barbara
Australian-made – What does it take?

ART’s Director David White, who co-founded the 100%-owned and operated company in 1997, talks about the challenges and advantages of local manufacturing, and what it takes to compete against low-cost countries and imported products to move forward and keep making things in this country.   MA: As one of the few local CNC machine (flatbed routers and plasma cutter) manufacturers, what are the biggest challenges you are currently facing? DW: Finding skilled personnel to fill key positions is a very challenging task in our part of the world. Many skilled workers are being syphoned off by the mining sector....

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ART releases affordable, feature-rich and precise SMART XR plasma cutter

July 8, 2011
By Barbara
ART releases affordable, feature-rich and precise SMART XR plasma cutter

Manufacturers are tightening their belts in a tight economy. But there are good reasons to make equipment investments and bring cutting jobs in-house. In order to remain competitive, shops have to provide their customers with the best combination of product cost, quality and delivery time. Investing in an in-house CNC plasma cutting machine can help meet delivery deadlines and improve product quality while high productivity ensures lower costs. Getting started in in-house plasma cutting is now affordable: Advanced Robotic Technology (ART), Brisbane, QLD, has introduced the new SMART XR plasma profile cutting machine, designed with a small footprint to...

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Manufacturing opportunities abound in expanding mining sector

July 7, 2011
By Barbara
Manufacturing opportunities abound in expanding mining sector

There is not a day that goes by that you can’t find an article about the challenges Australian manufacturers are facing in order to remain globally competitive. But there are many believers in the sector who see opportunities despite the extraordinary rise of the Aussie dollar. It’s that positive vibe which saw a leading manufacturing index last month hit positive territory for the first time in four months. And for just the second time in 10 months, the AIG/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index scraped above the magical 50-point level separating expansion from contraction – improving from 47.7 to...

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Come and see us on stand 334 at the Surat Basin Energy & Mining expo!

June 2, 2011
By Barbara
Come and see us on stand 334 at the Surat Basin Energy & Mining expo!

Dates & Times: Wednesday 22nd June: 9am to 5pm Thursday 23rd June: 9am to 4pm ART will be exhibiting at the Surat Basin Energy & Mining expo! We have developed a high definition CNC plasma cutter series which is specifically designed for heavy-duty manufacturing environments where power, precision, speed, quality, low cost, productivity and durability are demanded by business owners. The HDP plasma cutter offers precise heavy-duty cutting of steel, stainless steel and aluminium and comes with a process area from 3700mm x 1900mm up to 15000mm x 3200mm. The machine delivers economic processing of high-standard cut components with an edge quality that...

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Why choose ART aluminium routers for ship & boat building

March 9, 2011
By Barbara

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CNC Controls: ART manufactures controls in-house

March 9, 2011
By Barbara

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New plasma hole cutting technology narrows the gap with laser

March 9, 2011
By Barbara
New plasma hole cutting technology narrows the gap with laser

Hypertherm, the world leader in plasma arc metal cutting technology, has combined its newest HyPerformance technology with ART’s machine motion control systems and the latest software to take plasma cutting to a whole new level. The patent-pending hole cutting technology vastly improves the capability of HyDefinition plasma resulting in a quality that competes, at a fraction of the cost, with processes that were previously more accurate, such as drilling and laser. The technology, called True Hole™, uses a specific combination of cutting parameters optimised for mild steel applications. The end result shows an up to 50% improvement in the...

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ART meets changing demands in trade education

March 9, 2011
By Barbara
ART meets changing demands in trade education

Australia’s premier manufacturer of CNC routers and plasma cutters, Advanced Robotic Technology (ART), has recently attended the Engineering TAFE Senate conference at Southwest TAFE, Warrnambool, VIC, to show how partnerships between ART and tertiary education providers around the country will be schooling up the next generation of Australian apprentices. According to ART’s Victorian Sales Manager Guy Gareffa, the conference proved to be a great success with a lot of interest generated from local Engineering TAFEs. “ART strongly believes educational facilities can value greatly from having this state-of-the-art machinery for students to train on,” he says. “ART’s CNC machinery has...

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Cost savings in the manufacture of aluminium ships

February 24, 2011
By Barbara
Cost savings in the manufacture of aluminium ships

Aluminium has been widely used by most marine countries for commercial and naval vessels since the mid 1950s, and numerous current Navy ship classes use substantial amounts of aluminium. While there may have been a time when legitimate concerns existed about the use of aluminium in naval ships, those concerns have largely been eliminated through technology advancements including production equipment like CNC aluminium flatbed routers. While the material costs of building a ship are only 1-2% of the total cost of the ship* major costs are associated with the manufacturing of the ship. Today’s advancements in manufacturing with aluminium,...

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How to reduce production times: Optimum tool path strategies

February 24, 2011
By Barbara

Optimum tool path strategies reduce production times There are many components to an effective CNC machining process for fabrication shops. While a high-quality CNC machine is an important factor for the efficient machining of quality products, a good automatic tool pathing software package is equally as important and sets you apart from the competition by improving your product quality and value. No matter how sophisticated a CNC machine is, it can’t do anything without a tool and a tool path. Australia’s premier manufacturer of CNC routers and plasma cutters, Advanced Robotic Technology (ART), believes that sometimes full productivity gains...

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