Australian award for NZ connection

A New Zealand invention has taken a top technical innovation award in Australia.

The patented BFM Flexible Connector created by North Shore, Auckland designer, Blair McPheat beat large international companies to take the annual Australian Bulk Handling Award for Innovative Technology.
McPheat’s company, BFM Global was also runner up in the Dust Control Technology, Application or Practice category won jointly by DuPont Australia and Anglo Coal Australia.

Bulk handlers process dry or dusty powders used in food and pharmaceutical production, as well as aggregates and smelting industries – anywhere there may be ‘dust’.

Flexible connectors are usually made from flexible fabric or rubber, and reduce the vibrations of processing plant linked to stationery machinery and compensate for variation in ducting or pipe work.

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