ICT has been active over many years in sharing its knowledge and experience in the developing field of machine safety. International organisation MarcusEvans conferences organised a national machinery safety and asset integrity forum at the Hilton Hotel Melbourne on 14-15th April 2011. The aim of the conference was to “discuss the most recent developments, key challenges and future trends of machine and equipment safety for fixed plants, furthermore to get organisations to understand the efforts it takes from the organisations as a whole to succeed in safety initiatives to avoid costly operational interruptions and workplace incidents and accidents.”   Read More

In October 2010 Siemens Australia invited Bernard Mysliwiec as their guest from Germany to speak in Australia in relation to the transition of standards which was occurring in Europe. Bernard has extensive experience in the field and sits on machine safety committee for the EN standards body. The seminar was run at Siemens Bayswater with speakers including: Neil Storey (Safe Work Australia), John Skinner (Siemens Australia), Bernard Mysliwiec (Siemens Nuremberg) and Mark Crittenden (ICT).   Read More

CSP Today is an international organisation working to bring together organisations with a common interest in the field of concentrated solar power. ICT has an active interest in this growing field and sent two representatives to the 4th Annual CSP Today summit in Sans Francisco.  Read More

An understanding of the challenges and opportunities for a low carbon future will be fundamental in planning future directions for Geelong. With this in mind ICT in conjunction with the Committee for Geelong and support of Deakin University and Siemens Australia organised an executive briefing for influential members of the Geelong community. Representatives from manufacturing, commerce, local government and educational facilities attended the luncheon session at the Mecure Hotel.  Read More

A well-attended breakfast seminar was recently held at the Geelong Conference Centre. ICT was invited by the Geelong Occupational Health and Safety group (GOSH) and the Geelong branch of the Safety Institute of Australia to present on this topical issue.   Read More

ICT has been working in process safety under IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 over many years. Three ICT staff recently completed formal safety instrumented system training to consolidate their knowledge base in the field and achieve formal accreditation.   Read More

A recent automation and control solution implemented by ICT used smart Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to deliver versatility, efficiency and quality to a sizable assembly line at one of our leading automotive manufacturers.  Read More

ICT’s Director, Mark Crittenden, first became aware of Project 729 in his role with the Geelong Manufacturing Council. He then took up the baton, by managing development of an entertaining “catapult” display that would showcase automated technologies to young people.  Read More

Siemens have further expanded its extensive range of PLC CPUs with the release of the IM151-8F PN/DP safety CPU. This CPU is ideal for small to medium size automation applications and has been eagerly adopted by ICT. It can support several thousand inputs and outputs and comes with an inbuilt 3 port Ethernet switch.   Read More