In underground mining environments, gas boosters are often working behind the scenes to pressurize gases for recharging rebreather cylinders, fire suppression, environmental cooling or gas scavenging. Traditional pneumatic and hydraulic gas boosters have some inherent limitations. Pneumatic units work well to boost pressures at intermittent, low-flow rates, but are noisyContinue Reading
The Department of Trade and Industry has warned that the steel industry would exit the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown in severe financial distress potential plant closures and job losses. The department’s Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (Tips) on Friday said the industry could experience a devastating R1 billion negative cash costContinue Reading
Condra is to manufacture a “technically complex crane” to service a dragline at a coal mine in Mpumalanga, South Africa, following a contract win by its authorised agent for the Witbank region, GTB Industrial Services. The order, won against strong competition, calls for a maintenance crane capable of working withinContinue Reading
Konecranes has launched their new S-series overhead crane which after years of research, development and testing, includes Konecrane’s unique synthetic wire rope hoist. The synthetic wire rope hoist gives a barb free operation, reduced maintenance costs as well as safer handling and easier load carrying. Emil Berning, Managing Director of KonecranesContinue Reading
Around the world modern society is dependent on a range of service and manufacturing industries, writes Christian Shelton. No matter how diverse these industries are, they all share one thing in common: at some point they require the use of lifting services. The cranes used for these jobs vary almostContinue Reading
Verder Liquids, part of The Verder Group, a global leader in advanced industrial and niche market pump solutions, is pleased to announce the latest addition in the Group’s Verderflex range of peristaltic tube pumps, the Rapide 5000. The Rapide 5000 has been developed to offer simple, reliable and cost-effective pumpingContinue Reading
Verder Liquids, part of The Verder Group, a global leader in advanced industrial and niche market pump solutions, is pleased to announce the latest addition in the Group’s Verderflex range of peristaltic tube pumps, the Rapide 5000. The Rapide 5000 has been developed to offer simple, reliable and cost-effective pumpingContinue Reading
uring South Africa’s extended national lockdown, aimed at helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Werner Pumps SA is open and able to assist municipalities and contractors to ensure essential services such as sewerage, wastewater treatment and infrastructure maintenance continues. “At Werner Pumps, our offices and manufacturing facilities have beenContinue Reading
Pumps critical to the provision of water and sanitation services, as well as pumps used in the generation of electricity, are being fully supported during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown period, says supplier KSB Pumps and Valves. It assures end-users that it has far-reaching contingency plans in place to ensure thatContinue Reading
As the cost of renewable energy solutions continues to drop and the demand for improved social and environmental compliance climbs, even the remotest mines in Africa are now starting to consider solar, wind and energy storage power supply options an investment-friendly and financially viable choice, Zest WEG Group’s Integrated Solutions executive ALASTAIR GERRARD tells LAURA CORNISH.Continue Reading
