“These days it is three decades since the collaboration between OxyGuard International and Technolab with the amazing Scott Powell and Katrina Powell. The anniversary marks a journey built on trust, friendship and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.

Our bond with Scott and Katrina is not only the story of a successful business alliance but also a genuine friendship, built up over the years. Our shared dedication to providing exceptional service and top-quality equipment has set a standard, and we cherish our relationship highly.

Scott and Katrina's willingness to go the extra mile for customers has been a cornerstone of Technolab’s success, earning them trust and loyalty. Even though we live far apart, it is always a lot of fun, good laughs and inspirational conversations when we talk or get the opportunity to meet.

Here's to thirty years of partnership, innovation and friendship, with hopefully many more years and adventures to come in the future."

We had a great week attending both the Launceston and Hobart IICA Technology Expos, catching up with both new and familiar faces for a chat about how Novaris equipment can help you keep your equipment protected.

For more than three decades, Technolab has served as the primary Tasmanian distributor for Novaris products, fostering a robust and prosperous partnership. This enduring relationship allows us to provide unparalleled local support to our clients, ensuring they meet their objectives. Additionally, we can facilitate exceptional same-day delivery, empowering our clients to meet project deadlines promptly.

Our thanks to Grant Paul, Diane Tompson, Phillip Tompson, Claire Windsor and Rowan Windsor for their continued on-going support.

We are looking forward to meeting everyone again at this year’s upcoming IICA Expo.

The IICA technology expo is being held in Devonport this year on Wednesday 9 November.  This expo is always a unique opportunity for people in Tasmania to come together and learn about the latest products and innovations on offer and catch up with old and new connections and colleagues.

Details of the expo are listed below.

🏟️ paranaple convention centre, 137 Rooke Street Devonport
🚪 Doors open at 2:00 PM
🍻 Happy Hour from 5.30 PM
🎁 Door prizes to be won throughout the day

Scott Powell and Grant Paul will be manning our stand so hit them up with any questions that you have regarding the Novaris range of products and see how the new Novaris surge filter status app works.

We look forward to seeing the finished product and showing you how to service your OxyGuard dissolved oxygen meter in this new format. You can find our current videos under our resource finder on our home page.

Did you know that the new AS1768:2020 standards have been released this week.

The most important change to the new AS1768:2020 lightning protection standard is that it is now Informative and not Normative as it was previously.

Check out the above chart for a quick wrap up of the changes or give us a call to chat.

The CEO of OxyGuard Denmark, Paw Pedersen said the software was designed with ease of use in mind and compatible with practically all equipment on the market. 

The cloud-based system has a user-friendly design with benefits for fish farmers, suppliers to the aquaculture industry and retailers enabling them to see a reduction in production and administration time.  The software basically allows you to control and evaluate every part of your production.

Your data can be shared with your suppliers to enable them to give tailored advice based on your specific farm’s conditions.  For example, your feed supplier can tailor feed specifically to the needs of your farm based on real data.

All measurable data is analysed, collated, recorded and distributed, with full control given to the end user on data they wish to share. Processes are streamlined and more efficient, with greater transparency and a reduction in your facilities environmental impact.

The best bit is it priced so that even the smallest operator can afford it.

For our latest project, our client had limited time, limited access to technicians for installation, as well as limited access to their farm. To overcome these obstacles, Technolab put together an OxyGuard Pacific system; all ready for the farm to simply install the sensors to numbered terminals. All sensor connections, relays for emergency oxygen, power and communication connections were pre-wired and the programming completed before the system had left our workshop.

This one OxyGuard system in a stainless steel enclosure can monitor, control, log and alarm 16 dissolved oxygen, 3 pH, 3 CO2 and 3 Salinity sensors, in addition to being able to control 16 emergency oxygen solenoid valves.

Our client will have this system up and running in no time! 

This new feed barge has been built and fitted out with the latest and greatest equipment at Margate, 30 minutes south of Hobart here in Tasmania. It is now ready for the barge to be towed to Stewart Island in New Zealand for Sanford Limited - one of New Zealand's largest producers of King Salmon. The OxyGuard Pacific System will monitor and alarm the dissolved oxygen in the 16 cages that the barge is servicing.  

Congratulations to local ship builder Haywards for their continuing and outstanding success in building these barges and other marine vessels for the aquaculture industry.

This new feed barge has been built and fitted out with the latest and greatest equipment at Margate, 30 minutes south of Hobart here in Tasmania. It is now ready for the barge to be towed to Stewart Island in New Zealand for Sanford Limited - one of New Zealand's largest producers of King Salmon. The OxyGuard Pacific System will monitor and alarm the dissolved oxygen in the 16 cages that the barge is servicing.  

Congratulations to local ship builder Haywards for their continuing and outstanding success in building these barges and other marine vessels for the aquaculture industry.

The unique design of the sump pit minimised the footprint of the system with the use of piped weir walls.  The piped weir walls for the outlet and emergency by-pass reduced a normal outlet/emergency wall length from 14.4m to 4.4m an overall reduction of 10m in width!  The system was installed at the outlet to the farms main settlement pond thus reducing the sediment load to the pond and to the environment. The system was commissioned in October 2019.

Over the past 7 years Technolab has worked with De Bruyn's to help design and install the monitoring and control system on a total of 8 Salmon Smolt transfer B-Double Transport trucks.  Each Truck trailer has an OxyGuard Pacific System installed measuring Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Dissolved CO2 in each compartment.  The DO level is then automatically controlled be delivering pure oxygen to ceramic air stones in each tank.  This provides the optimal DO level to keep the smolt safe and comfortable on up to 8-10-hour transports.  The measurement is then transmitted to the truck cabin so the truck driver can view the measurement and any alarm notification.

De Bruyns have utilised their in-house workshops to manufacture these state-of-the-art trailers to an exceptional quality and safety requirements for the operators.