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⎪ January 2015 contents ⎪
ON THE COVER
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TotalCare: flexible and affordable
pump reliability
With a series of investments amount-
ing to nearly R2-million during 2014,
Xylem in South Africa has taken its
TotalCare offering several steps further.
MechTech talks to David Havenga, the
company’s growth centre manager for
Transport, Aftermarket and Services,
about the reliability and risk aversion
benefits of adopting this new approach
to pump servicing.
For more information contact:
David Havenga,
Xylem growth centre manager
Tel: +27 11 966 9300
Features
Special report
8 Excellence in the use of steel
MechTech summarises the steel construction project winners from last year’s Steel
Awards 2014, hosted by the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC).
Power transmission, bearings, bushes and seals
10 Premium brands fundamental to equipment reliability
Bearings International is a southern African leader in the supply of premium brand
products to industry, which, argues Shuttleworth Ntsie, enable equipment reliabil-
ity to be optimised so that customers can move their businesses forward through
increased uptime and lower costs of ownership.
13 WEG W22 generators power Windsor Castle
15 Bearing developments for extended service
16 Turnkey solution for Mpumalanga sugar mill
17 GE Technology increases energy efficiency for ArcelorMittal Bremen
Computer-aided engineering
18 New high-performance 3D printers and materials
With the launch of 11 new high-performance products at Euromold 2014 in Frank-
furt during November, Stratasys, leading global provider of 3D printing and additive
manufacturing solutions, is accelerating access to advanced 3D printing capabilities.
20 P2000 X-Ray security software launched
Hydraulic and pneumatic systems: power packs, compressors and valves
22 Acquisition reflects increasing use of hydraulic lifts
Following the August 2014 acquisition of Skyjacks Tailifts by Micron Investment
Holdings, Micron’s managing director, Stan Contat, talks about the increasing use
of hydraulic tail lifts and the changing trends in the South African market.
25 Optimised hitch control for Indian ploughs
26 Low-pressure air blower range
27 Small rotary compressors enhance reliability
Structural engineering materials, metals and non-metals
28 Material engineering in practice: from cast iron to lightweight steel
In this new regular column to be presented quarterly by members of the School of
Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand,
Tony Paterson muses about the changes in the use of iron and steel, from Ironbridge
to aerospace structures.
29 MAP gases and the poultry industry
31 CryoEase: for budget sheet metal engineering
Innovative engineering
32 Phoenix hybrid sounding rocket launched
MechTech talks to UKZN’s Michael Brooks, aerospace research group leader and
research associate Jean Pitot about the launch of the Phoenix-1A hybrid sounding
rocket.
Regulars
1 Comment
4 On the cover: TotalCare: flexible and affordable pump reliability
6 Industry forum
34 Products and services
36 Nota bene