Mechanical Technology — August 2013
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Special bearings and drives
from SA’s solutions partner
MechTech
talks to Ross Trevelyan and
Matthew Tyler of Bearings International
about the advantages of adopting spe-
cial bearing and shaft mounting solu-
tions designed to overcome commonly
experienced problems in South African
industry: skills and tools shortages;
excessive downtime; and premature
component failure.
For more information contact:
Ross Trevelyan
Bearings manager
+27 11 899 000
+27 83 265 2772
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Special Report
8 Global specialist sets up local OCM laboratory
Intertek, a UK-listed global testing, inspection and product certification specialist,
has launched an oil condition monitoring (OCM) service into Africa from a newly
established laboratory in Isando, Gauteng. David Beard, the company’s tribology
specialist, introduced the service at an event in July.
Proactive maintenance, lubrication and contamination management
10 DFE: predicting a filter’s real efficiency
Aaron Hoeg of Hy-Pro Filtration presents the case for using the dynamic filter ef-
ficiency (DFE) test to more accurately compare how different filters will perform
when exposed to real-world conditions.
14 The case for automatic lubrication
17 Proactive lubricant management
Materials handling and logistics
18 Volumetric scanning for stockpile management
ABB South Africa, through its Measurement Products business unit, has introduced
the VM3D, a new 3D volumetric laser scanning system and service for stockpile
inventory management.
21 New line of comminution equipment
22 Supercenter opens in Delmas
24 New trends in the coal sector
Heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning
28 Modern chillers and the efficiency/reliability balance
MechTech
talks to Neil Cameron, GM of Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Africa,
the company’s local presence in the building efficiency and HVAC fields.
31 Bringing a ‘robust cost leadership strategy’ to the table
Manufacturing technology
32 Starting a small enterprise and the changing role of banks
Standard Bank has launched a full-service offering called BizLaunch, which aims
to get prospective and still-young businesses over the ‘two-year hump’ and signifi-
cantly reduce the failure rate.
MechTech
talks to Brandon Morgenrood.
35 SA needs to translate innovation into GDP
Innovative engineering
36 How the ultra-modern truck is built
The new Volvo FH has been dubbed the ‘next-generation truck’. Jonas Nordqvist,
product feature and profitability manager in the strategic planning department at
Volvo Trucks, talks about what this actually means.
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