SKF recently secured an order for 600 MUDBLOCK cassette seals after these reliable products delivered excellent results during a punishing underground mining field test over a three-month period. SKF was asked by a long-standing customer, who is a leading supplier of braking systems for off-highway, industrial and underground mining equipment …
Read More »SKF’s adjustable chocks allow easy mounting
SKF’s expanded range of adjustable chocks helps improve the technical and economic performance of rotating equipment – from engines and generators to motors and gearboxes SKF has developed a new range of adjustable chocks with higher load capacity and an increased adjustment range. The chocks can be used in many …
Read More »Using Ultrasonic NDT to Identify Wear & Corrosion
Monitoring equipment for damage and potential flaws is vital Mining equipment is under constant operational stress due to the harsh working environments present in mines and quarries and the weight of the materials involved. This can cause wear and corrosion which can become dangerous, resulting in loss of productivity and …
Read More »Smart Technology Transforms Access to Energy
Changing the face of energy consumption and innovation demands big and bold ideas. It asks that organisations, sectors, and service providers invest in solutions that change how energy is consumed, created, and managed. And the mining sector has been meeting these big and bold requests head-on. This sector, facing complex …
Read More »Groundprobe launches new geo-hazard monitoring system
GroundProbe has launched one of the industry’s most advanced doppler radars for reactive geo-hazard monitoring, the RGR-Velox. RGR-Velox (Reactive Geo-hazard Radar) is a military-precision reactive monitoring and alarming system for tailings dam breaches, large slope failures, landslides and avalanches. It detects, tracks and alarms on moving geo-hazards in real-time, keeping …
Read More »High-pressure water mist fire fighting benefits
Fires are unpredictable and can spontaneously combust and start anywhere at any time, with disastrous consequences. Imagine being stranded on a ship, in the middle of the ocean and a fire spontaneously occurs. The fire brigade would be out of reach and your only saving grace might be to jump …
Read More »Pix4D launches survey-grade 3D modeling on mobile devices with RTK accuracy
Pix4D, the industry leader in photogrammetry, announces today the commercialization and worldwide exclusive distribution of the viDoc RTK rover, enabling ground-based RTK-grade 3D scanning with iOS mobile phones and tablets through the Pix4Dcatch app. Conceived by viGram GmbH., a German company led by professional surveyors, the viDoc RTK rover is …
Read More »WearCheck’s new transformer monitoring technology gives speedy results
Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently invested several million Rand in four brand new laboratory instruments for their flourishing transformer division laboratories in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. WearCheck managing director Neil Robinson says the company’s investment in the equipment has relieved some of the current sample volume pressure and reduced …
Read More »Botswana Geoscience Institute launches Mineral Prospectivity Mapping project
Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) together with Full tensor gravity gradiometry (FTG) data company Bell Geospace have launched Mineral Prospectivity Mapping project, the project promotes access to integrated quality geoscience data which goes a long way in determining the success of operations in a region. The project was launched during the …
Read More »Botswana Diamonds in advanced planning stage of next phase of drilling on kimberlite blow
Botswana Diamonds has drilled two holes at depths of 67 m and 61 m, respectively, with one of them intersecting 4 m of kimberlite from about 54 m to 58 m depth at its Marsfontein project, in Botswana. The objective of the company’s latest drilling campaign was to test a …
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