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Battery management systems reduce risk of unplanned interruptions

By: Victor Moolman 22nd September 2017 With unplanned interruptions being the greatest risk to distributing power at substations when reserve power fails to support the system, industrial battery management system (BMS) manufacturer Balancell uses precise BMS instrumentation, software and connectivity to continuously monitor battery... →

Fine Ash Dam 6 project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 22nd September 2017 SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract on the Fine Ash Dam 6 project, in Mpumalanga. →

Solar-powered lantern brightens off-grid areas

22nd September 2017 Suited for off-grid households’ electrification, the Mobiya TS 170S portable solar LED lantern is being distributed by electrical solutions provider Magnet Group. The Mobiya solar LED lanterns have been designed by automation systems company Schneider Electric as an appropriate, safe and reliable... →

New business appointments at DEHN Africa

15th September 2017 DEHN Africa (PTY) LTD has appointed a new managing director, Hannes Ackermann, and promoted incumbent technical manager Hano Oelofse to the position of technical director. DEHN Africa is the local subsidiary of Germany-based lightning and surge protection, earthing components and safety equipment... →

Endress+Hauser wins Digital Champion Award - IIoT in the process industry

11th September 2017 Endress+Hauser accompanies customers on the path to digitalisation The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has huge potential: predictive maintenance, asset information management and device configuration are just some examples of the opportunities digitalisation has in store for companies.... →

WIKA Instruments

1st September 2017 WIKA Instruments, one of the nine production sites of the Germany-headquartered WIKA group, manufactures pressure, temperature, level and flow measuring instrumentation for the Southern African market. It also imports and distributes other instrumentation products that complement the product... →

Load banks allow for variable power factor loading

1st September 2017 The combined Asco Froment load bank (resistive/inductive) with Sigma load control and instrumentation hardware, allows for fully variable power factor loading and can test generators up to 800 kVA at 80% load, says Southern Africa Asco power switching and control components electric motor... →

Range of radar level transmitters extended

1st September 2017 Process instrumentation solutions supplier Krohne has added six new 24 GHz and 80 GHz transmitters to its Optiwave series of frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar level transmitters, which are aimed at liquid and solid applications in a range of industries. →

Victor Industrial

By: Zandile Mavuso 1st September 2017 Electrical connectors manufacturer Victor Industrial – a subsidiary of Victor Group – supplies a range of products across industries for instrumentation and control. →

Northam initiates R100m tailings retreatment project

By: Martin Creamer 28th August 2017 A new R100-million tailings retreatment project has been initiated by platinum-mining company Northam at its Booysendal South asset, acquired from Aquarius Platinum. The project, which involves hydromining and the reprocessing of the of the Booysendal South tailings storage facility (TSF), aims... →

Sasol’s Fischer-Tropsch wax expansion project, South Africa

By: Creamer Media Reporter 25th August 2017 Phase 2 of the project is expected to reach beneficial operation by the end of the third quarter of 2017. →

Unique bevelling, cutting and welding reduces chance of microbial growth

By: Victor Moolman 25th August 2017 Owing to the existence of pipes and tubes in the food and beverage industry with improper welds – making them more susceptible to the growth of micro bacteria and organisms – industrial product supplier Actum Industrial says the high-quality end results of its Orbitalum orbital cutting, bevelling... →

Machines, tools prepare steel pipes for successful welding

By: Victor Moolman 18th August 2017 Portable pipe-cutting split frames and orbital welding tools complement each other in the steel pipe construction industry because the split frames are used to prepare pipes for the welding procedure, says industrial product supplier Actum Industrial. →

SEW-EURODRIVE supplies MOVITRANS® Contactless Energy Transfer system to Sasol Wax

11th August 2017 SEW-EURODRIVE has supplied its MOVITRANS® Contactless Energy Transfer system to Sasol Wax, a major manufacturer of a comprehensive range of mineral-oil based and synthetic paraffin waxes, petroleum jellies, and liquid paraffins, using a proprietary gas-to-liquid (GTL) process. Sasol Wax produces... →

Kusile power plant project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 4th August 2017 The project continues to closely manage contractor productivity. →

KZN Industrial Show 2017, Durban ICC, 26 – 29 July, Stand D01, D14 & E19, Hall 1

28th July 2017 Parker Hannifin to showcase motion and control solutions for the industrial industry at KZN Industrial Show 2017 Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, have three distributors exhibiting at this year’s KZN Industrial Show in Durban, South Africa from 26 – 29 July... →

Medupi power station project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 28th July 2017 Eskom is focusing on maintaining momentum of construction progress on Units 4 to 1. →

P.H Heat Treatment

By: Zandile Mavuso 28th July 2017 Since its inception in 1958, heat treatment specialists P.H. Heat Treatment has always carried out various heat treatment processes for the automotive industry. These treatments are an essential part of manufacturing in order to impart increased mechanical properties such as tensile strength,... →

Katanga continues to progress WOL project

By: Creamer Media Reporter 27th July 2017 Throughout the first six months of this year, TSX-listed Katanga Mining has continued to advance its $437-million Whole Ore Leach (WOL) project, which is set for commissioning to start in the fourth quarter of this year. The company in September 2015 suspended the processing of copper and cobalt... →

SNC-Lavalin awarded contract on Fine Ash Dam 6 project at Sasol Secunda

26th July 2017 Sasol Group Technology has awarded global professional services and project management company SNC-Lavalin a contract to provide structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and piping construction services on the Fine Ash Dam 6 project at Sasol Secunda. This will comprise the installation... →

RS Components adds robust and high-specification industrial micro-miniature connectors

24th July 2017 Micro-D connector series from Norcomp offers real alternative to military-spec connectors in industrial applications RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc , the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of a new range of micro-miniature industrial... →

Afrivalve Expands C-Tech Knife Gate Valve Range

14th July 2017 Afrivalve, the sales division of specialist valve manufacturer eDART Slurry Valves based in Johannesburg, recently delivered DN800 C-Tech valves to a customer in Africa for use on a mineral processing plant. Due to the recent expansion in factory facilities, Afrivalve now manufacture up to... →

Medupi power station project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 14th July 2017 Eskom signed a loan agreement with the China Development Bank, which will form part of the funding for the Medupi power plant. →

Pipeline expansion project completed in February

14th July 2017 In February, high-end and specialised equipment supplier Energas Technologies announced that it had completed a commission to design and supply a mobile heater skid to a budgeted $210-million pipeline expansion project. The project was commissioned by engineering firm VGI Consulting Africa, on... →

Commissioning activities under way at pipeline

By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2017 Packaging company Nampak Glass in May commissioned a 1-km-long, high-pressure underground gas pipeline that was constructed by multidisciplinary corporation Saiyl. →

Increased battery efficiency for electric forklift fleets

By: Marleny Arnoldi 7th July 2017 Industrial battery management system (BMS) developer Balancell has turned electric forklift batteries into smart connected devices for increased lifespan and efficiency. →

Particulate matter a national concern

By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2017 Owing to government’s 2020 target that air quality in all low-income settlements should be in full compliance with ambient air quality standards, mineral processing company MIP Process Technologies (MIP) MD Philip Hoff says particulate matter is, therefore, a national concern. →

Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project, Australia

By: Sheila Barradas 7th July 2017 The floating liquefied natural gas facility for the Prelude operation has left South Korea on its way to Australia. →

New measuring devices available through local company

30th June 2017 Instrumentation engineering business Kobold – represented locally by instrumentation and measurement product supplier Instrotech – now offers the highly precise pressure measuring devices the HND-P121 or P231 up to the HND-P127, which has integrated pressure sensors. →

Smart water solutions promise improved efficiencies for S Africa

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 30th June 2017 Smart water solution technology will redefine everything the water and wastewater industries do, the extent of which we cannot begin to fathom, enthuses independent international engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV global business line director water Anke... →

New Gold’s Rainy River progresses on schedule, budget

By: Henry Lazenby 28th June 2017 Canadian miner New Gold on Tuesday reported that construction of its $1-billion-plus Rainy River project, in Ontario, remains on track to start operations in September, with commercial production expected to follow in November. “Through the second quarter, our team has both successfully commenced... →

Efficient Solution For Simple Safety Tasks

26th June 2017 Easy configuration of the Leuze RSL Series safety laser scanner via Bluetooth and Ethernet TCP/IP makes this device easy to set up and use. Further, despite the large number of possible field pairs – up to 100 – it is simple to create independent configurations with its application oriented... →

Magnet now distributes new portable Mobiya solar LED lanterns, which have been designed by Schneider Electric as a convenient, safe and reliable source of energy efficient lighting.

21st June 2017 Mobiya TS 170S off-grid portable solar LED lanterns consist of a solar panel and an integrated mobile phone charging facility, with a USB cable with 5 adaptors. “This compact, user friendly lighting system is particularly well suited for use in off-grid households, small shops and for street... →

Cold cutting machine minimises explosion risks

16th June 2017 Portable weld prep-machine tool manufacturer E.H. Wachs’ low clearance split frame (LCSF) operates on a cold cutting machining process, resulting in a safe and clean operation that minimises the risk of explosion. →

Medupi power station project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 9th June 2017 Eskom announced on June 1 that Unit 4 had been synchronised to the grid. →

Trafo Brings Advantages Of Dry-Type Transformers To Africa

7th June 2017 Modern manufacturing efficiencies and greater market demand has narrowed the price gap between dry-type transformers and traditional oil-filled units, giving customers around Africa the opportunity to benefit from the many advantages of tried and tested dry-type technology. According to Trafo... →

Boart Longyear Earns Safety Awards in Canada

7th June 2017 Boart Longyear was recognized by the Canadian Diamond Drill Association (CDDA) with year-end safety achievement awards for working more than 100,000 hours in 2016 with a best in class incident frequency rate. The awards, one for surface drilling and one for underground drilling sites, were... →

The Differing Role Of Classes Of Slurry Samplers

5th June 2017 “In minerals processing plants there are two distinct classes of samplers, namely metallurgical and process control. It is important that a distinction between these two classes of samplers and their applications is established, as the aim of all samplers is to provide a small sample that is as... →

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