Notice – Quality requirements for thermal cutting
Flame, plasma and laser cutting are widely used in industry. The selection of the cutting process is based on the type of material, economic considerations and quality requirements. Despite some…
Cuddon at ACHEMA 2015 in Germany
HERA Director Dr Wolfgang Scholz was attending ACHEMA 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany when he came across HERA member Cuddon Engineering, with John and Robyn Cuddon, and Steve Anderson among the…
Design rules for steel and composite structures using overseas product standards
As an extension to the Australian Journal of Structural Engineering paper that was reported in last month’s HERA News, the paper entitled ‘Australasian Advances in Steel & Composite Structures to…
Budget 2015/2016 – nothing new on the innovation front!
Budget 2015/16 hit the road on the 21st of May and I am probably the last to comment. But I don’t think the timing of this comment matters as we…
AGGAT progress update for June
Above Ground Geothermal & Allied Technologies (AGGAT) is a HERA-led co-operative research programme to support the development of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants utilizing low enthalpy geothermal resources or…
Resource – Code of practice for fabrication of stainless steel plant & equipment blue book
The third edition of the Code of Practice for the Fabrication of Stainless Steel Plant & Equipment referred to as the “Blue Book”, is now available. The “Blue Book”, as…
Against the trend? New Steel Construction returns to print format
After one year as a digital only publication, New Steel Construction (NSC), the well-known and respected steel construction marketing publication of the UK Steel Construction Institute (SCI) is reverting to…
Recent HERA publications internationally peer reviewed
A number of journal papers have recently been published that have been co-authored by our General Manager Structural SystemsDr Stephen Hicks. They’re now available to members from our library. Details for…
Notice – Surface imperfections on welds made with flux cored arc process
The flux cored arc welding (FCAW) process is widely used in NZ for the welding of steel; the gas-shielded process variation for in the workshop, and the self-shielded option for…
AGGAT centre of excellence
When the low enthalpy power generation research programme was launched about 4 years ago by the Industry Development division at HERA, a vision existed of how it might look like…
US interest in New Zealand industry capability
Jim Dehlsen who had a key role in development of the wind industry and who is founder of US marine energy company, Aquantis delivered a keynote speech at the recently…
Welcome to Dr Haiam Abbas – our new Research Engineer
Dr. Haiam Abbas graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Baghdad and went on to complete her Master of Engineering and a PhD in Chemical &…