Chapter 12
I The First Half Century - The Initial Struggle
II The Second Fifty Years - The Start Of Expansion
III The Third Fifty Years - Federation And The First World War
i General Conditions
ii Some Early Innovative Approaches
iii Concrete Pipes
iv Cement-fibre Pipes
v Concrete Products
vi The Birth of the Iron and Steel Industry
IV The Fourth Period - Second World War To The Present
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Cement-fibre Pipes (continued)
In 1977, the Australian cement pipe industry was at its peak and a new generation of pipe production equipment was developed. This machinery, with a capacity for pipe in the diameter range of 100 mm to 750 mm was, and probably still is, the most advanced of its type in the world. Only one machine of this type was built at a new site in Moss Vale, NSW and then the former machines at Camellia in Sydney were de-commissioned after nearly forty years of continuous use.Since the early 1970s, James Hardie has been developing products and manufacturing techniques which eliminated the use of asbestos. A new fibre cement product was produced satisfactorily and its introduction as pressed corrugated sheet in Western Australia in 1985 represented the last in the building products range to be manufactured without asbestos fibre.
Operating in conjunction with and under licence to Hobas Engineering AG of Switzerland, Hardie released a new range of high technology fibreglass reinforced plastic pipes in 1985 including corrosion resistant Hobas pressure pipes in sizes 450 mm to 1200 mm.
James Hardie Industries Limited has grown to become one of the largest manufacturing and marketing organizations in Australia, with extensive product ranges in the building industry field, general industrial field and the leisure industry with many important innovations in all sectors.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - James Hardie and Co. Pty Ltd; James Hardie Industries Ltd
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