Preventive maintenance in pulp and paper mills October 2020, R&C Instrumentation The thinking around machine condition monitoring has changed over the years and it is now stated that vibration is the better measurement over temperature, since it gives earlier warning.
Leak detection has never been quicker and easier September 2020, SKF South Africa SKF’s TKSU 10 ultrasonic leak detector is able to identify leakages in compressed air and vacuum systems, delivering substantial savings for end-users by reducing inspection time and minimising energy costs.
Best practices in measurement September 2020, Yokogawa South Africa Operating envelopes are changing and the impact of these changes on instrumentation must not be underestimated. Instrumentation with a design rating of a particular capacity is heavily stressed when the load is increased.
Internal inspection of machinery September 2020, SKF South Africa The TKES 10 Endoscope Series from SKF is designed for fast, easy internal inspection of machinery, delivering significant savings in terms of both time and money to customers and end-users.
Parker releases new software tool September 2020, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa IQANgo enables service technicians or machine owners to connect wirelessly to modules in their machines, allowing them to perform a broad range of actions such as system status checks and troubleshooting errors or alarms.
Condition monitoring solutions from Turck Banner September 2020, Turck Banner Southern Africa Turck Banner’s retrofit solution can be used in industrial plants that do not yet fully support Industry 4.0 sensor-based condition monitoring. Machines can easily be monitored by customised systems, with data transmitted via wireless networks if required.
Detect compressed air, steam, gas and vacuum leaks September 2020, Comtest Comtest has introduced the Fluke ii900, a handheld sonic industrial imager that enables maintenance to quickly locate air, steam, gas and vacuum leaks in compressed air systems. The straightforward, intuitive ...
Condition monitoring in the cloud August 2020, Festo South Africa Detecting irregularities at an early stage and initiating the necessary measures before a system failure are now made possible by the dashboards and IoT gateway CPX-IOT from Festo. The turnkey, preconfigured ...
The Ratchet P-Clamp reloaded August 2020 When a heavy-duty equipment manufacturer asked HellermannTyton to devise the most effective way to attach and remove cables for additional equipment, nobody imagined that a well-trodden path would lead ...
Ore sampling like never before July 2020 With the general decline in ore grades in mining, FLSmidth’s market-leading expertise in mineral sampling and laboratory automation holds increasing value to mines.
“The more you understand about ...
Closed panel electrical inspection July 2020, R&C Instrumentation When electrical distribution equipment fails, the results can be catastrophic to a company as workplace injuries and fatalities could occur. A company’s profit margin can be negatively impacted by unscheduled ...
Speedy valve testing June 2020, Comtest Control valve testing has often meant using complicated testers that require extensive training, the removal of the valve, and often one to two hours of test time on the bench. Comtest now offers Fluke’s ...
Visual inspection made easy with SKF stroboscopes June 2020, SKF South Africa A range of handheld, easy-to-use stroboscopes that enable the visual inspection of rotating equipment to be carried out in an economic and timely fashion has been unveiled by SKF.
“All rotating equipment ...
Essential monitoring solutions June 2020, Extech Safety Systems Meteor Communications’ MCE-MRC-EX is powered by MeteorCloud, a one-stop end user application for complete data visualisation, outstation device control and reporting activities.
The remote monitoring ...
Taking sampling to new heights June 2020 With the general decline in ore grades in mining, FLSmidth’s market-leading expertise in mineral sampling and laboratory automation holds increasing value to mines.
“The more you understand about ...
Wireless detection of erosion corrosion 6 July 2020, Emerson Automation Solutions While many forms of corrosion can be anticipated depending on the presence of corrosion causing factors such as H2S, water injection and oxygen in dry pipelines, erosion caused as a result of sand or ...
Measure bearing vibration and temperature June 2020, Comtest Vibration in rotating machinery is merely the back and forth movement, or oscillation, of a machine and components, such as drive motors, driven devices (pumps, compressors, etc.), and the bearings, shafts, ...
Bently Nevada’s condition monitoring and protection system 17 June 2020 Why Orbit 60? Why Now?
Bently Nevada prides itself on a history of machine protection and condition monitoring solutions. With over 60 years of innovation, over 100 000 rack monitoring systems, and ...
C-Gap replaces current methods of CSS measurement June 2020 Developed by Mintap, based in Perth, Western Australia, the Closed Side Setting (CSS) measurement device – the C-Gap – is now available through South African-based Control Systems Rustenburg. C-Gap offers ...
Wireless machine monitoring June 2020, SKF South Africa SKF has teamed up with connectivity expert LumenRadio to create a new wireless monitoring system, measuring vibration and temperature. The SKF Enlight Collect IMx-1 System combines SKF’s knowledge in ...
