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& Product News
A
team from
Royal HaskoningDHV
was announced the winners in the water
category for the St Helens Rock Pump Station upgrade project at the recent
South African Institution of Civil Engineers Annual Awards, held in Johannesburg.
Sharing the presentation stage with Royal HaskoningDHV was Councillor Mondli
Chaliza Ugu District Municipality deputy mayor.The project involved the rehabili-
tation and upgrading of 1970’s St Helens Rock Pump Station – in its day it was a
marvellous engineering feat as it was carved out of and anchored into sheer granite
slopes of the Umzimkhulu River.The project is located nine kilometres upstream
from the town of Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu Natal south coast in SouthAfrica.
Said delighted project manager, Rowen Clark: “For 30 years the pump station
worked tirelessly providing up to 54 Mℓ/day raw water to the Bhobhoyi Water
Works supplying the greater Port Shepstone area as far as Margate, as well as
growing rural and peri-urban communities, whilst supporting the explosive tour-
ism economy of the south coast. “In 2006, the severe demand and strain on the
system, as well as lowering water levels in the Umzimkhulu River, prompted the
Ugu District Municipality to take action. After an investment of R83 M with final
completion certified in April 2012 the district now has a guaranteed supply system
of 81 Mℓ/day with pumping capacity potential of 108 Mℓ/day."
Enquiries: Hillary Erasmus.Tel. 011 798 6511 or email
.
GIGAGVAC of Santa Barbara USA, has released a new brochure outlining their
ever expanding range of contactors, which includes:
• GX series of commercial contactors 800 V/600 A
• MX series - military specified contactors 48 V up to 1 000 A
• MiniTactor - low cost sealed contactors up to 1 500V/ 50 A
• HX series - high voltage contactors 1 500 V/ 350 A
• Sensing contactors - voltage sensing for low volt disconnect and current sens-
ing for remote controlled circuit breakers
• BD series – 2 pole manual disconnect 48 V/ 600 A
• HBD series - hermetically sealed manual disconnect 1 000 V/ 400 A
Enquiries: DenverTechnical Products.Tel. 011 626-2023 or email denvertech@pixie.
co.za.
Extech appointed sole
distributor for MercuryHMI
and for Extronics
MercuryHMI
has appointed Extech as its sole author-
ised distributor for sub-Saharan Africa. Mercury HMI
is a UK based company specialising in the design and
manufacture of hazardous area products for the petro-
chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Extronics
has
also appointed Extech as its sole authorised distributor
for Southern Africa. Founded in 1992, Extronics is a
leading global designer and manufacturer of intrinsi-
cally safe and explosion-proof equipment. From their
UK headquarters, they serve customers that work in
potentially explosive environments, especially those in
the chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, oil and gas
industries. Founded in early 1970s, Extech has served
the Southern African petrochemical, oil and gas, phar-
maceutical and mining industries with equipment and
expertise for hazardous areas.
Extech
is heavily involved
with South African Flameproof Association (SAFA)
and South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) in the
development and adoption of standards and legislation.
Enquiries: Gary Friend.Tel. 011 791 6000 or email gary@
extech.co.za.
ManTech acquires AP
Electronics
ManTech
, a Mobicon company, and a distributor of elec-
tronic components, test equipment, tools, consumables
and accessories, based in Johannesburg, Durban and
Cape Town, has acquired the business of
AP Electronics
.
AP Electronics, established in 1979 in Johannesburg,
recently experienced a fire that changed the course of
its business, resulting in the sale to ManTech. The busi-
ness of AP will be fully integrated into ManTech and no
business will be done at AP in Commissioner Street,
Johannesburg.
Enquiries: Manny Moutinho. Email
.
WearCheck - a new gem in
South-East Africa
Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, recently
extended their growing African footprint from Southern
Africa to West and now South-East, into Tete Province
Mozambique, where they service the region’s burgeon-
ing precious stone and coal mining industries. This fol-
lows hard the recent launch of WearCheck’s first West
African laboratory, in Ghana.
WearCheck
Mozambique
offers a range of condition monitoring services, includ-
ing oil analysis, coolant testing and 24 hour sample
turnaround time.
Enquiries: Email
Guaranteed water security
Expanding range of contactors
Bizz Buzz
Receiving the SAICE Annual Award for Water Engineering are Rowen Clark (RHDHV),
Mondi Chalize (deputy mayor Ugu District Municipality), Pieter Kleynhans, (president of
SAICE) and Sibusiso Nselo (RHDHV).
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