SKF South Africa Welcomes Andres Vera as Managing Director
Newly appointed Managing Director of SKF South Africa, Andres Vera, shares his five-year vision for the company: “Africa is a key growth engine for SKF and it is my aim…
If you get your commissioning wrong, startup will be chaotic, and this has a huge bearing on plant reliability.
Rushed Commissioning a Recipe for Plant Chaos
One of the root causes of the downtime of new process and power plants in Southern Africa is that the EPCM (or the main contractor) skips critical steps during the…
Siemens Introduces AI‑powered On‑premises Monitoring Software for Industrial drives
Siemens has launched a new AI-powered, on-premises analytics solution aimed at improving the reliability of industrial drive systems. The Drivetrain Analyzer Onsite processes data locally, using AI to detect anomalies…
Juliane de Beer, WearCheck national sales manager
New WearCheck Agent in East Africa
Condition monitoring specialist company, WearCheck, recently teamed up with Tanzania-based condition monitoring company, Technical and Engineering Solutions (TES), to bring an extensive range of reliability solutions to customers in East…
Datamine Acquires Mineware Africa and Mineware Consulting
Remote equipment monitoring software that enables predictive machinery maintenance is one key focus area that Datamine will provide to mining operations worldwide. Datamine, one of the world’s leading providers of…
SKF Cooper sealed split spherical roller bearings boast a split design & robust sealing system for fast, simple, onsite bearing replacement
SKF Sealed Split Spherical Roller Bearings Slash Repair Time By 70%
Industrial success is determined by sustained, uninterrupted uptime delivered by efficient and reliable machines and components. So, it follows that when it comes to maintenance or repair work, a quick…
Is Southern Africa Equipped to Manufacture?
As Africa accelerates its industrialisation ambitions under frameworks such as the AfCFTA, a critical question emerges: Is Southern Africa equipped to manufacture at scale and compete globally? Southern Africa remains one…
Raysonics Industrial’s safety team: left – right: Paul Caswell (Cape Health Safety and Environment Practitioner), Collen Molekwa (Mpumalanga Health Safety and Environment Practitioner), Carina Kleinhans (Health Safety and Environment Manager), Louis Pieterse (Gauteng and Sasolburg Health Safety and Environment Practitioner), Gunther Burger (IOL Health Safety and Environment Practitioner)
Raysonics Industrial Celebrates 6.5 million Lost-Time Injury-free Hours
Raysonics Industrial has achieved a significant safety milestone, recording 6.5 million lost-time injury-free hours across its national operations. This landmark builds directly on the company’s long-standing track record of health,…
Deferring maintenance increases the likelihood of insurance claims being voided
Neglecting Maintenance Voids Insurance Claims
Ignoring maintenance obligations, keeping incomplete records, and failing to disclose operational changes increase the risk of insurance cover being voided. And so, industrial clients must take practical steps to safeguard…
Insurance is Not a Maintenance Budget
Treating Machinery Breakdown (MB) Insurance like a budget for ongoing maintenance obligations leads to claims disputes, and frustrations for clients in the heavy machinery industry. What is often ignored is…
