Sep 27, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Metals & Alloys
HP recently launched its Metal Jet, which it describes as the world’s most advanced 3D printing technology for the high-volume manufacturing of production-grade metal parts. “Providing up to 50 times more productivity at a significantly lower cost than other 3D...
Mar 29, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
THE auto industry is so complex that a regional automotive pact is required before it can succeed in Africa. That’s according former politician and now consultant, Alec Erwin, speaking at the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Metals & Alloys
THE replacement of steel by aluzinc in the manufacture of Shaw Controls motor control centres (MCCs) is giving a range of benefits to the company’s customers, according to the Senior Manager Operations, Anderson Kohler. “Traditionally, we used only steel for our MCCs,...
Mar 4, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
AB-InBev has commissioned a strategic 800-metre high-pressure underground pipeline which allows its SAB Rosslyn branch to have its own filter and metering station to procure natural gas directly from Sasol Gas. Hatch was the project and construction manager, while...
Mar 1, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Motors, Drives & Transmissions, Petrochemicals, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
MUD motor bearings need to be carefully designed because they are called upon to deal with exceptional stresses and particularly harsh conditions That’s according to Roland Muttenthaler, Business Development Manager Oil and Gas at SKF, who said the lubrication of mud...
Mar 1, 2019 | Automotive, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Power Generation
LOCAL provider of portable air and power Rand-Air was recently asked to hire two diesel oil-free compressors to a local facilities management company, for use at the end-customer’s local motor vehicle manufacturing plant. The plant has become the nerve centre of the...
Feb 6, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys
THE Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) is bringing to South Africa Prof Adolf Hobbacher of the University of Applied Sciences, Wilhelmshaven, Germany and one of the world’s leading fatigue experts. Prof Hobbacher has an extensive background in engineering as...
Feb 1, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Engineering Supplies, Metals & Alloys
TWO new drills optimized for drilling aluminium automotive parts have been developed by cutting tool and tooling systems specialist Sandvik Coromant. Ideal for the machining of components in medium-to-large volumes, CoroDrill 400 and CoroDrill 430 deliver higher...
Jan 23, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, Metals & Alloys, Power Generation, Security
South Africa is experiencing almost 200 instances of cable theft per day. The scourge costs the country an estimated R10 billion per year loss in lost productivity. Although many cable thieves are apprehended, just seven percent of offenders are prosecuted because of...
