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Event Title Facilitator Start Date End Date Machinery Failure Analyses and Prevention Mr. Denzil Bazley Start 22-May-18 24-May-18 Event Title Facilitator Date End Date Event Title Facilitator Start Date End Date Machinery Failure Analyses and Pressure Failure Safety Valves Mr. Denzil Denzil Bazley Bazley 22-May-18 05-Jun-18 24-May-18 07-Jun-18 Machinery Analyses and Prevention Mr. Technical Communication and Report Prevention Mr. Denzil Bazley 22-May-18 24-May-18 Writing Safety Valves Dr.Mr. Herbert De Vries 06-Jun-18 07-Jun-17 Pressure Denzil Bazley 05-Jun-18 07-Jun-18 Pressure Safety Valves Mr. Denzil Bazley 05-Jun-18 07-Jun-18 Technical Communication and Report Introduction to Oil and Gas Denzil 12-Jun-18 12-Jun-18 Technical Communication andPiping Report Writing Dr.Mr. Herbert DeBazley Vries 06-Jun-18 07-Jun-17 Writing Dr. Herbert De Vries 06-Jun-18 07-Jun-17 Introduction to to Oil Oil and and Gas Gas Piping Piping Mr. Denzil Denzil Bazley Bazley 13-Jun-18 13-Jun-18 Introduction Mr. 12-Jun-18 12-Jun-18 Introduction and Piping Pipelines for the Introduction toto OilPiping and Gas Mr. Denzil Bazley 12-Jun-18 12-Jun-18 Water and Wastewater Sectors 14-Jun-18 14-Jun-18 Introduction to Oil and Gas Piping Mr. Denzil Bazley 13-Jun-18 13-Jun-18 Introduction and Gas Mr. Denzil Bazley 13-Jun-18 13-Jun-18 IntroductiontotoOilPiping and Piping Pipelines for the Machinery Failure Mr. Denzil Denzil Bazley Bazley 19-Jun-18 21-Jun-18 Introduction Pipingand andPrevention Pipelines for the Water and to Wastewater Sectors Mr. 14-Jun-18 14-Jun-18 Root and Cause & Failure Sectors Mode and Effects Water Wastewater Mr. Denzil Bazley 14-Jun-18 14-Jun-18 Analyses Failure and Prevention Mr. JacBazley Spies 04-Jul-18 05-Jul-18 Machinery Mr. Denzil 19-Jun-18 21-Jun-18 Machinery Failure and Prevention Mr. Denzil Bazley 19-Jun-18 21-Jun-18 Root Cause & Failure Mode and Effects Leadership and Project Management in Root Cause & Failure Mode and Effects Analyses Mr. Jac Spies 04-Jul-18 05-Jul-18 Engineering Mr. David Ramsay 11-Jul-18 12-Jul-18 Analyses Mr. Jac Spies 04-Jul-18 05-Jul-18 Leadership and Project Management in Fans and Air Mr.David DeanRamsay Sawich 11-Jul-18 12-Jul-18 Leadership andHandling Project Management in Engineering Mr. 11-Jul-18 12-Jul-18 Engineering Mr. David Ramsay 11-Jul-18 12-Jul-18 Root Cause & Failure Mode and Effects Fans and Air Handling Mr. Mr. Dean 11-Jul-18 12-Jul-18 Analyses JacSawich Spies 18-Jul-18 19-Jul-18 Fans and Air Handling Mr. Dean Sawich 11-Jul-18 12-Jul-18 Steam Distribution, Pipeline Root Cause & Failure Mode and Effects Root Cause &Steam Failure Mode and Effects Ancillaries, Flow Metering, and Analyses Mr. Jac Spies 18-Jul-18 19-Jul-18 Analyses Jac Spies Desuperheating Mr.Mr. Malcolm Black 18-Jul-18 1 Aug 18 19-Jul-18 2 Aug 18 Steam Distribution, Pipeline and Steam Distribution, Pipeline and Ancillaries, Steam Flow Management Metering, andin Leadership and Project Ancillaries, Steam Flow Metering, and Desuperheating Mr. Malcolm Black 11 Aug 22 Aug Engineering Mr. David Ramsay Aug 18 18 Aug 18 18 Desuperheating Mr. Malcolm Black 1 Aug 18 2 Aug 18 Leadership and Project Management in Pressure Vessel Design, Construction, Leadership andand Project Management in Engineering Mr. David De Ramsay 1 Aug 2 Aug Maintenance Troubleshooting Dr. Herbert Vries 15 Aug 18 18 15 Aug 18 18 Engineering Mr. David Ramsay 1 Aug 18 2 Aug 18 Pressure Vessel Design, Construction, The Psychrometrics Toolbox - Its Pressure Vessel Design, Construction, Maintenance and Troubleshooting Dr. Mr. Herbert Vries 15 15 Principles, Uses and Applications DeanDe Sawich 15 Aug Aug 18 18 16 Aug Aug 18 18 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Vries 15 Aug 18 15 Aug 18 The Psychrometrics Toolbox - Its Process Dr. Herbert De Applying the Engineering Design Dr. Anton The Toolbox - Its Principles, Uses and Applications Mr. Dean Sawich 15 16 in aPsychrometrics Policy-Based Environment Maneschijn 22 Aug Aug 18 18 22 Aug Aug 18 18 Principles, Uses and Applications Mr. Dean Dr. Sawich 16 Aug 18 Applying the Engineering Design Process Anton 15 Aug 18 Applying the Engineering Design Process Dr. Anton in a Policy-Based Environment Maneschijn 22 Aug 18 22 Aug 18 in a Policy-Based Environment Maneschijn 22 Aug 18 22 Aug 18
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The innovators who develop new products and processes are those who have a clear plan and “keep abreast of the latest technology and make the best use of what’s available today”
Lost data - nearly one in three companies report having lost important design data, with the highest losses reported for those with more than 1 000 items in their Bill of Materials
Your costs haven’t soared because you’ve used what you have, just in a different way
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Using Blockchain in the Aviation Industry Blockchain is one of the most discussed and intriguing technologies out there today. In short, it is a huge, global distributed ledger or database running on many devices and open to anyone within the Blockchain. In the Blockchain, information or anything of value can be stored. Its purpose is to ensure a 100% secure, verifiable and traceable database protocol.
and records or using it to track high-value goods such as diamonds. All these cases are about creating secure, verifiable and traceable storage of information. There is, however, a huge untapped market in the area of asset management, in the aviation industry.
A highly regulated market
Modern aircrafts consist of roughly 2–3 million parts. It is crucial to know the provenance of these parts, ie, original manufacturer and exact product model and version, in order to assure that they have the right specification and that they are not counterfeit. In addition, many of these parts are so-called tracked items. Not only their provenance, but the entire maintenance history of these parts needs to be transparent.
So far, Blockchain has been focused on the financial sector, including transaction management whereby costs are reduced by keeping property ownership
Mining companies Wickus Botha, Africa Mining and Metals Leader
As productivity remains the number one operational risk in the mining sector, digital transformation in the sector will be a critical enabler to addressing the industry’s productivity and margin challenges. Mining companies will be able to better manage variability and improve productivity by merging digital with a manufacturing mindset, which focuses on productivity across the end-to-end value chain. Closing the digital disconnect will position mines to be fit for purpose for the future, ensuring practical and sustainable solutions. However, many mining companies are yet to seize the advantages of digital. The current rate of digital progress is out of sync with their scale of opportunity. EY’s global report, The digital disconnect: problem or pathway? found that 31% of 700 global respondents in the sector say digital is high on the agenda for their organisation, while 15% say it is not on their agenda at all.
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Today, the many participants in an asset’s lifecycle, from manufacturer to transporters, maintainers and operators, each have their own disparate systems for managing assets. Consequently, it’s quite difficult to establish and maintain a single version of the truth when looking at that asset’s entire lifecycle. Often, these records can be incomplete or still non-digitised, and communication between the
An example of one of the many ways digital can transform operations can be found in a South African mine. This operation has overcome its numerous structural challenges through the use of digital radio technology to monitor slope failures. The technology used by the mine has advanced to a point where it tells the mine’s operators where, and sometimes when, the slope failures are likely to occur, allowing for evacuations to take place. A second example is a mine that uses digital technology to track equipment and employees through the entire operation. It allowes them to optimise the utilisation of equipment, reduce stoppages, minimise bottlenecks and improve asset productivity and utilisation. These mines show the potential that can be reached in terms of both productivity and safety. A pragmatic digital strategy starts with clarity of purpose and understanding where it will create value, supported by an over-arching, integrated 3-5 year roadmap of digital initiatives that are margin accretive. Key is understanding what that requires in terms of governance, leadership, culture, capacity, capability, and digital process maturity. Other examples where mining and metals companies seized digital opportunities include: 1. Optimising production plans and productivity rates across any operation and managing variability under any conditions. Combining detailed ore body data with digitised equipment
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different participants is often conducted on paper or even verbally. Lack of standardisation leads to limited traceability and the cost for compliance, if even possible, can be very high. What if all of these participants submitted a transcript of the transactions into a purpose-specific, distributed ledger, like Blockchain, to which only authorised participants would have access? The manufacturer would initially start the Blockchain for the asset and each participant would add the relevant blocks to it. The distributor would let the chain’s participants know that the asset was transported from point A to point B, while the operator would register the number of flight hours that the asset has undergone. Using Blockchain for this asset management scenario would give a 100% verifiable, traceable and trustworthy history of the asset’s lifecycle in realtime. Each individual participant in the chain still has the features and benefits of their own business applications to run their business.
Potential benefits for Blockchain participants:
oo Improved data quality through minimised need for manual data entry by the various participants oo A single, traceable record of serial numbers oo Complete and more accurate maintenance history
oo Increased trust between service providers, suppliers and operators oo Reduced cost for compliance oo More flight hours for the aircrafts thanks to improved reliability of the parts
Integration is key
How do we achieve these benefits in reality? There are several players that need to work together to make this happen: the technology providers like Microsoft (with Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service) must work together with the regulating authorities, such as the FAA, and the airlines and their partners as well as with software vendors. We all need to work together and be willing to share information to integrate with the Blockchain. We’re not there yet, as there are still several challenges to overcome. Things like technical performance need to be thought about as latency of transactions and computing power could stand in the way of achieving consensus within a chain. Data ownership, privacy and security must also be addressed. There are certainly a few things to consider in order to succeed with Blockchain for asset management, but there is a huge potential and possible competitive edge for those who are willing to get in on the ground floor. www.ideaengineers.co.za
performance and maintenance data, in a real-time environment, allowed scenario analysis of alternative operating plans, and the ability to refine these plans for variability. 2. Enhancing asset availability and reliability. A move to digitally enabled predictive maintenance allows for the extension of maintenance windows, reduced component and labour costs, and the minimisation of costly breakdown events. Further, once the effective maintenance practices are standardised, the introduction of robotic process automation (RPA) and schedule optimisation tools is possible. 3. U nderstanding true end-to-end capability and systems bottlenecks, and supporting loss A pragmatic elimination, is fundamental digital strategy starts to a manufacturing excelwith clarity of purpose and lence mindset.
understanding where 4. Increasing agility and responsiveness to changes will create value in market factors, such as freight rates and customers’ buying behaviour trends. This would optimise shipping and scheduling to reduce demurrage, maximise port utilisation and also enable miners to capture spot markets and price premiums via sales contracted at different points of the value chain (eg, on the water sales).
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Tech and policy challenges Artificial intelligence (AI) is the apex of today’s technology age as we push the boundaries towards Industry 4.0 and superintelligence. While there is much to be excited about, there are also critical questions that we must ask from a policy and legal perspective.
Should these companies be taxed to fund social grants? The wealthy will disproportionately reap these benefits. Since intelligence also provides power and opportunities, should access to AI become a basic human right?
Artificial “stupidity”
Like any human or system, AI is not infallible. But the adverse consequences of defective AI compound dramatically as we place more reliance on AI.
Social disruption
We will need to upskill to remain relevant in the future of world of work. A World Economic Forum study reports that creativity, emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility will be among the most valued competencies by 2020. AI will widen the wealth gap, concentrating wealth among AI companies.
We are increasingly delegating decisions that affect our lives and livelihoods to imperfect systems. We should demand transparency about how those decisions are reached when automated systems can decide who receives parole or not, and who lives or dies (think: self-driving cars accident situations, medical diagnostics, and autonomous weapons).
Safety and Control
Powerful AI could land in the wrong hands. AI can be hacked to access valuable data pools and repurposed for nefarious means. And with the military investing in autonomous weapons, an arms race has started. A related issue is control. The current direction of AI research is on machine-learning systems that can self-learn and take action without human input, intervention or oversight. This is a problem: if humans don’t have control or veto rights over increasingly intelligent and pervasive AI (or control is restricted to a few elite individuals), then we could face serious unintended worst-case scenarios far beyond science fiction and killer robots.
Regulations
Regulation responds to the ethics and concerns of
A manufacturing context Known as Industry 4.0, this manufacturing era will be focused on offering increased speed to market and better value for money. However, while previous industrial revolutions were focused on mass production, this new chapter will be more focused on flexible production, to meet the growing demand for more personalised, customised products. Some of the smart technologies that are driving digital transformation in the manufacturing and packaging industries include: • Automation – A range of new technologies are automating mundane, rules-based and repetitive tasks on the production floor and in the back office to reduce human error, increase efficiency and make operations leaner. • Cloud computing – This cost-effective and agile IT delivery model makes it possible for new industry players to compete with larger, more established enterprises. Cloud computing gives companies access to the latest IT solutions over the cloud (a metaphor for the internet) on a pay-per-demand basis. This means no upfront investment is necessary and IT resources do not have to be stored
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• The Internet of Things (IoT) – This is a cyber-physical system that comprises a network of interconnected devices, machines and other smart objects that have inbuilt sensors and the ability to share data without human involvement. When this trend becomes more established, experts “Cloud predict that manufacturers will be computing gives able to process companies access to t vast amounts of data in real-time latest IT solutions ov and translate this the cloud” into intelligent courses of action on the plant floor and other areas of business. • Advanced data analytics – As computational power ad-
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society, and our law will need to address the AI policy issues and risk areas. Given AI’s positive transformative potential, we should avoid overregulation that unduly restricts innovation. But the work should begin now. Adopting a wait-and-see approach before imposing regulation would be unwise, as even one big mistake could have dire consequences for our future. Existing laws will need to be applied to address liability for defective, unsafe, maliciously repurposed and rogue AI. The difficulty is that the legal tests often require a determination of “reasonableness” and “wrongfulness”, which are tricky to determine in a world where it is accepted that (i) no system is error-free or completely secure from unauthorised access despite best efforts, and (ii) successful AI research and development (R&D) is linked to increasing automation and reducing human control and intervention. One clear area for regulation is to circumscribe the conditions for safe AI R&D. Microsoft proposes conditions that include design robustness, transparency of operation, data privacy, accountability and preventing bias. This is a good place to start.
Meaningful response
The current laws don’t go far enough to deal with the nuances of this technology. An example is who owns, or should own, the intellectual property created by AI. Should this be the manufacturer or user of the system? This will be an essential question to answer in practice. While regulation catches up, contracts should be carefully drafted to plug legal gaps, limit liability
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and appropriately allocate risk. Companies should develop internal policies and good corporate governance structures to record AI risks and judiciously manage AI implementation. All things considered, there is no doubt that finding balanced and meaningful responses to AI issues will be among the most complex, urgent and fundamental tasks for our regulators in the coming years. www.webberwentzel.com
vances, manufacturers will be able to collect, store and analyse the data produced by the growing number of smart objects and devices on the plant floor (as well as out in the field) to better predict and fix breakdowns, increase efficiency and even understand end users’ needs better. • Additive manufacturing – 3-D printing technology is advancing at a swift pace, making it possible for manufacturers and other companies to produce solid objects from a digital data source. This enables product owners to make prototypes quickly and produce small batches while optimising resources. Because every industry and organisation is unique, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to digital transformation. However, it’s important to at least be aware of the technologies that are emerging – and the opportunities that these could offer your business. www.pyrotec.co.za
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Are your field workers connected? The field service industry has always been one of the earliest adopters of new technologies, from the original PDAs to IoT-enabled devices. Now, a new generation of technology is uniquely positioned to transform the field service industry, promising to reduce costs and dramatically improve the quality of service organisations can offer.
Tom DeVroy, Senior Product Evangelist for Enterprise Service Management at IFS, identifies three technology-led developments set to disrupt field service and discusses how flexible and modular resource planning infrastructure will help organisations reap substantial rewards. Effective field service is about proactively managing your workforce and inventory in order to meet the constantly sliding scale of customer expectations. As a result, field service organisations are constantly looking to improve on the key metrics to better serve customers: first-time fix rate (FTF), mean time to service (MTTS) and mean time to repair (MTTR).
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Advanced mobility A mobile workforce needs a
Engineers are mobile-driven field service strategy. In a recent study able to contact other on mobility, performance and encolleagues for assistance gagement, 60% of employees said in real-time, reducing the mobile technology makes them more productive in the workplace. need to return to base But field service organisations are for assistance now moving beyond simple mobility, looking for more intelligence and flexibility from their mobile computing platform in order to take full advantage of next generation devices. Native apps are a key part of this, allowing engineers to receive instant updates, access repair information or collaborate with product experts without leaving the job site. Instant messaging platforms such as Slack and WeChat also allowing field service engineers to keep connected, with more information and collaboration supported on their mobile device.
Combined with business intelligence to make sense of the big data being captured through IoT, service organisations can be proactive with regard to equipment performance, moving away from calendar-based scheduling and towards predictive maintenance. With sensors deployed on the factory floor, service organisations can monitor vibration analysis of bearings and predict when machine parts will start to degrade, then schedule maintenance proactively. Field service solutions should be able to find and collect patterns of data from past actions and use this information to create generic rules to highlight how processes and services can be improved in the future, delivering new insight into operational efficiency. Mobile devices are now able to run intelligent diagnostics and capture potential problems. Based on the diagnostic output, the mobile device is able to recommend a maintenance plan and the various tasks needed to be performed, before the engineer gets on site. This technology is going one step further than just predicting when faults will occur, and will prescribe which action needs to be taken in order to fully maintain that asset. Prescriptive maintenance will take into account budget, time and other constraints and provide an optimal order of actions and the work orders to fully maintain that equipment, all in a matter of seconds.
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Staying ahead of schedule
IFS partner, XMReality, is already working on pioneering an augmented reality project whereby a support technician is able to watch and guide the engineer through every step of the repair without having to leave base.
First-time fix rates are an important KPI for field service organisations, but recent Blumberg research shows that the industry average for first-time fixes was under 80%, meaning 20% of jobs require additional follow-ups. Inefficient scheduling results in a lower first time fix rate and longer time to final resolution, as unqualified engineers are often sent and the necessary equipment may be unavailable.
Using smartglasses, engineers are able to see a realtime and interactive demonstration of the repair job right in front of their eyes. These skills can be leveraged anywhere and anytime with the capability of modern mobile technology, drastically improving FTF.
Although not a new technology, schedule optimisation is a foundation on which new technologies can thrive. By combining scheduling with data from IoT devices, the next generation of schedule optimisation tools go much further and help to
Engineers are able to contact other colleagues for assistance in real-time, reducing the need to return to base for assistance.
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forecast field service demand, SLAs and potential resource needs, all in real-time.
These agile systems negate the need to fully customise legacy systems – a costly and timely process, and are enabling organisations to quickly adopt new technology, without the risk of losing out on a competitive edge.
IoT-enabled sensors can trigger actions when an event changes, and automatically re-schedule jobs around this. This combination allows field service organisations to improve FTF, MTTS and MTTR by consistently scheduling the right engineer for Blumberg the right job, at the right time.
A new breed
Traditional field service management solutions are simply too cumbersome and inflexible to enable field service organisations to reap the benefits.
Strategic planners have real-time visibility to plan tasks and schedule the workforce in an industry with many research shows that the unknown elements, from industry average for firstcustomer unpredictability to traffic, and even time fixes was under 80%, the weather. meaning 20% of jobs require This, in turn, directly empowers technicians, providing them with the right tools and information at their fingertips to better perform their job. But ultimately the most important stakeholder reaps the benefits, as the customer receives the best possible level of service.
additional follow-ups.
Traditional enterprise solutions can take months or years to implement, let alone adapt to an entirely new technology. The new breed of modular enterprise solutions are designed to remove the time and pain of modifying existing processes, and instead maximise the opportunities of new technology.
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A NEW LEASE ON LIFE Retrofitting is an excellent alternative to buying a new product and can be performed on pumps regardless of their intended use.
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ocal pump manufacturer, KSB Pumps and Valves is leading the way with its wide range of services which assist users in getting the most out of their pumps when pumping requirements change, or to prolong the life of existing pumps. According to the company’s regional sales manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, David Jones, retrofitting is equally suitable for industrial, water supply and waste water disposal applications as well as for the power supply industry. The advantages of a retrofit solution are the combination of state-of-the-art technology and expert service.
Changing requirements
“Changed circumstances often require a new approach. This also applies to pumps which are used in fluid transfer systems where increased energy efficiency is required, to meet new legal requirements, to extend the service life or adapt technology to new operating data, all of which does not always necessitate a new pump,” says David.
Changed circumstances often require a new approach
“The areas of use for retrofit solutions are as diverse as the requirements to be met by the pump systems in question. As a result, retrofit solutions go together with hydraulic and mechanical modifications as well as with changes to the materials. “There are a number of benefits that can be applied to lower maintenance costs, reduce power consumption, achieve longer service life, increase system availability or even to comply with legal requirements (e.g. TA-Luft, Atex),” David adds.
Optimised systems
Good can be made even better by optimising pump systems with retrofits. Some examples of what can be done:
Hydraulic modifications:
oo Re-machining of existing impellers oo Installation of new impellers for off-design conditions oo Reduction of NPSH-required value through the installation of an inducer or suction impeller
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A KSB pump undergoes retrofitting
oo Optimisation of volute casing for off-design conditions oo Adjustment of the number of stages (on multistage pumps)
Mechanical adjustments
oo Closed bearing brackets improve the smoothness of operation and extend the bearing life oo Installation of mechanical seal systems oo Employment of cellular surface wear rings to improve efficiency, rotor dynamics and dry running properties
oo Use of optimised material
oo Super duplex stainless steel grades or nickel alloys oo Ceramic mineral castings for impellers, wear plates, cover and casing – for use with finely dispersed, highly abrasive solutions oo Non-metallic rings and bushes oo Ceramic plain bearings oo Surface coatings
“With expertise to retrofit almost any pump, specify, manufacture and optimise designs, materials, impellers, diffusers etc, and carry-out hydraulic performance tests, it makes sense to consider retrofitting rather than replacing pumps” Practical example
David explains that practical examples exist locally and abroad throughout the company’s global footprint. In some cases, simple modifications installed in residential pump stations have greatly reduced noise emissions. In others, retrofits because of changing materials or chemicals can solve premature wear or chemical corrosion, while pumps in power stations may be critical and require retrofits to prolong their lives without the need to manufacture purpose-built pumps with potentially long lead times. With expertise to retrofit almost any pump, specify, manufacture and optimise designs, materials, impellers, diffusers etc, and carry-out hydraulic performance tests, it makes sense to consider retrofitting rather than replacing pumps. “We suggest that engineers, contractors and users always weigh-up the benefits of retrofits in collaboration with us. As an OEM manufacturer, with expertise and real-life examples both local and abroad, we will be able to give them sound advice and provide services in accordance with global standards requirements,” David concludes. KSB Pumps and Valves, Annett Kriel, Tel: (011) 876 5600, Email: Annett.Kriel@ksb.com, www.ksbpumps.co.za
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First in Africa A fully automated, mill, which is the most advanced ø219 pipeline in the world, is capable of changing rolls in 30 minutes with the aid of a fully automated robotic tool changing system and is the first of its kind on the African continent. This world class mill has now been fully commissioned at Robor’s 250 000 m2 Elandsfontein site in Gauteng. The mill is complemented by extensive value add which gives project and fabrication operations the capability to handle a full range of customer requirements in the light and medium fabrication range. Robor undertakes the estimating and turnkey supply to
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STAINLESS STEEL SUBMERSIBLES Staying ahead in an industry as competitive as pump rental requires a comprehensive understanding of dewatering application requirements. It also necessitates a pump rental fleet that can meet the needs of different market sectors. Integrated Pump Rental recently bolstered its pump rental fleet with the inclusion of a range of stainless steel submersible pumps. MD, Lee Vine says this was done to specifically
cater for applications where there are increased levels of acidity in the water. Constructed from 316 stainless steel, the Faggiolati pump is engineered to operate in extremely harsh environments including handling highly corrosive water and sludges. Significantly, these high performance pumps are able to withstand acidic water even when it contains high concentrations of metals and sulphates as well as slurries containing abrasive particles and a high content of solids.
“Dewatering, whether on surface or underground, requires absolute reliability and this has become the watchword for our pump rental fleet; all pump brands have been selected for their performance capabilities as well as their robust construction,� Lee conculdes. Integrated Pump Rental, Lee Vine Tel: 072 627-6350 Email: lee@pumprental.co.za www.pumprental.co.za
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