The International Association of Wildland Fire has reported that unwanted wildfires in Southern Africa have increased significantly in both number and intensity in recent years, with many being major or catastrophic. Climate change, fuel loads, and unseasonal fires are driving this surge, destroying tens of thousands of acres and affectingContinue Reading
Plant engineers upgrading older production lines with modern networking face a constraint that new facilities rarely encounter: limited cable pathways. In many existing plants, new Ethernet lines must run close to heavy motor power cables, variable frequency drives, and other equipment that was never designed with data transmission in mind.Continue Reading
South Africa’s private school sector is experiencing steady growth as increasing numbers of families seek alternative education options. While this growth reflects confidence in the sector, it is also creating new infrastructure pressures, with many schools needing to expand capacity faster than traditional construction methods can accommodate. According to aContinue Reading
SKF is a global leader in slewing bearing design and manufacture, drawing on decades of application insight, unrivalled manufacturing expertise and a Life Cycle Management philosophy to provide customers with high‑performance solutions across a wide range of types and sizes. The portfolio includes both standard and customised slewing bearings inContinue Reading
Oxidation – the focus of part 2 of WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series – is one of the most common chemical reactions we encounter in everyday life. It occurs when fuel burns, when steel rusts, when wounds are cleaned with hydrogen peroxide and even when a cut appleContinue Reading
Atlas Copco has once again raised the bar when it comes to the management of compressed air quality with the introduction of the new Air Quality Monitor. Now available for the first time to South African industry, this cutting-edge Air Quality Monitoring system is empowering customers by providing continuous, remoteContinue Reading
Following a rigorous and competitive evaluation process, SKF was awarded a large-scale tender from a prominent Algerian steelmaker that called for the supply of a total of 670 Four‑Row Cylindrical Roller Bearings (4RCRBs) and thrust bearings for critical rolling applications. Maher Khouaja, SKF Manager Industrial Sales North Africa and IndustryContinue Reading
Packing facilities in the cement, building materials, food and chemical industries have benefitted from HAVER & BOECKER’s ADAMS® technology for more than two decades. First introduced in 2005, ADAMS® machines use Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) technology and offer significant advantages in product protection, cleanliness and energy consumption with up to 50% lessContinue Reading
As demand grows for reliable electrical infrastructure across mining, industrial and commercial projects, mini-substations are increasingly being installed to support new developments, expansions and upgrades. However, a concerning trend is emerging in parts of the market, where equipment that has previously been used is cosmetically refurbished and then sold asContinue Reading
January’s extreme weather initiated serious flood risk in the Somerset Levels. However, the Environment Agency (EA) and partners were able to manage potential impacts by implementing flood resilience strategies that included the rapid deployment of many additional transportable pumps. To support operational monitoring during the event, the EA hired 16Continue Reading
