Crown Publications - Products and services at a glance

BMG Hydraulics distributes a wide range of valves that withstands operation in rigorous applications, ensuring reliable and continuous performance in the most demanding industries. The company's range of valves consists of spool type directional control valves (from NG 6 to NG 32), proportional valves in directional, throttle and pressure control types, slip-in cartridge valves (from NG 16 to NG 80) and modular screw-in cartridge valves.
Control Instruments Automotive (Pty) Ltd has launched the widely-anticipated Gabriel Safari HDP shock absorber for SUVs and 4x4 vehicles. The HDP (heavy-duty performance) range, as with other Gabriel shock absorbers, is locally designed and manufactured for local off-road conditions.
A new generation of optical distance sensors designed to permit the detection of highly dynamic processes by performing unusually high frequency measurements is available from Countapulse Controls. Measurement times of two milliseconds permit dynamic processes to be measured up to five times faster than comparable products. The Leuze ODS 96B is an optical laser distance sensor which features CCD technology, facilitating dynamic product measurement processes on conveyors for positioning assignments and gripper applications. The sensor covers a measurement range from 60 to 2 000 mm.
Italian pump manufacturer Argal has announced a new range of air-operated double diaphragm chemical transfer pumps, now available in South Africa. Distributed and supported by Ecochem Pumps of Germiston, the pumps are claimed to deliver superior performance, particularly in dosing applications.
Elquip Solutions - a leading distributor of electrical, automation, mechanical and consumable products - last year announced that it can offer a range of Deep Sea Electronics UK (DSE) products to local industry. This range of world-class specialised solutions brings a value-added service to both Elquip's existing client base as well as its potential clients, including manufacturers and distributors of generators. "We are definitely not trying to compete with the suppliers of generator sets in South Africa. However, by being able to offer them a comprehensive range of components geared towards cost-effective reliability, we are able to assist them in creating increased productivity and decreased downtime for their own customers," Mike Cronin, MD of Elquip Solutions confirms.
Hi-Q Automotive has launched an exciting new initiative that aims to empower its large female customer base and take the mysteries out of car maintenance with a series of fun, informative ‘Women with Drive' evenings. The project kicked off at Hi-Q Killarney Mall in Gauteng with over 20 women enjoying a number of interactive, educational and entertaining presentations.
Multotec has received an order for the supply of high-grade spirals for Kenmare Resources' Moma mineral sands mine expansion project, in northern Mozambique. The scope of the order includes the supply of 13 banks of eight triple-start spirals, complete with compound polypropylene launders. The spirals to be supplied to the Moma project are conventional small diameter spirals with sliding splitters which will allow for higher masses of concentrate to be diverted to the gulley. In turn, this spiral has a larger gulley capacity to handle the high-grade feeds.
Requiring an integrated safety solution that seamlessly connects information and devices and offers visualisation and increased reliability capabilities in the body shop at its manufacturing plant, Kia Motor Slovakia (KMS), part of the Korean Kia Motors Company, turned to Rockwell Automation, a global leader in industrial automation. The solution offered enables KMS to quickly identify and solve failures, which has dramatically increased productivity and reduced up to 70% of its safety breakdown time.
SKF's Speedi-Sleeve solution has been introduced to provide the fast and effective refinishing of seal-worn shafts, eliminating the need to dismantle the machinery in which they are used, and without the need for costly regrinding. The device is simply pushed into position over the worn shaft to provide a brand new sealing surface, significantly reducing both maintenance costs and expensive plant downtime. Furthermore, the shaft requires no preparation or pre-treatment, making installation fast and straightforward; the only tools needed are a mallet, a pair of pliers and the fitting tool supplied with the sleeve.
Voith Turbo South Africa (VTZA) Ltd, a member of the worldwide Voith group of companies headquartered in Heidenheim, Germany and a direct subsidiary of the multinational Voith Turbo Vertriebsgesellschaft GmbH, has been serving the southern African market for over three decades. VTZA is part of the Voith Turbo Group, global leader in state-of-the art drive and braking systems that provide mechanical, hydrodynamic, electrical and electronic solutions developed and engineered specifically to save energy and reduce emissions in industry, rail, road and marine.