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Industrial cleaning machines from Goscor Cleaning Equipment are meeting all the cleaning requirements at tile manufacturing giant, Norcros Johnson Tiles South Africa’s Olifantsfontein plant in Johannesburg. The Tennant M20 Scrubber/Sweeper, 5680 Scrubber and the S20 Sweeper from Goscor Cleaning Equipment have been operating problem free for approximately five years at the Olifantsfontein plant which has been manufacturing tiles to the highest quality standards since 1952. The M20 and 5680 are used in the tile factory to clean dust generated by the manufacturing plant while the S20 effectively removes product spillage in the tile adhesive factory. “We are very satisfied with the performance of these three machines,” states Norcros Johnson Tiles Security & Maintenance Manager, Hannes Delport. He adds that the equipment’s’ versatility and reliability made the decision to deal with Goscor Cleaning Equipment a no-brainer. “We have only ever used machines from Goscor Cleaning Equipm...

Sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco bequeathed a helping hand to relieve the plight of people in some of South Africa’s drought-stricken areas. Atlas Copco South Africa’s Managing Director, Frans van Niekerk, became aware of local radio station, Jacaranda FM’s water drive initiative in conjunction with Pureau. “Pureau happens to be our bottled water supplier and recognising the dire need of our country’s people, we decided to heed the call for support in donating water to areas that were severely affected by water deficiencies,” explains Atlas Copco South Africa and Sub-Sahara Communications Manager, Kgothatso Ntsie.   “The recent drought not only affected our farmers, but also us, the consumers, and therefore we were extremely excited to support and be a part of this project.” Ntsie adds that this particular initiative was of special significance owing to the fact that Atlas Copco has a CSI initiative called ‘Water for All’. “ Through the Wat...

Bobcat Equipment South Africa further augments its immense range of over 130 attachments with the introduction of the new Industrial Wheel Mover to the South African market. A first in South Africa, the unique and robust Bobcat Industrial Wheel Mover has been specially designed and engineered locally to ensure the safe, easy and efficient removal and perfect positioning of large wheels with diameters ranging from 36" to 90". Weighing 214kg, this workhorse boasts a lifting capacity of close to 1700 kg and is capable of safely handling tyres on any large vehicles or machinery operating in construction, mining, agriculture, forestry, and general industry. According to Bobcat Equipment’s National Sales Manager, Andre Steenkamp, a very definite need was identified in the market place for this type of attachment which prompted Bobcat to design the Wheel Mover in partnership with a specialist company. “Changing or moving a large heavy tractor tyre or even sprayer tyres is simpl...

Multi Alloys and Energy Engineered Products (EEP) are enjoying the benefits of their move to newer and larger premises while still remaining in the same Midrand-based Kyalami Business Park where the two companies have been successfully trading for some 20 years. EEP, a leading stockist and distributor of stainless steel round bar, stud bar, pipe fittings and valves first moved into Kyalami Business Park in the mid-nineties and was joined two years later by Multi Alloys, when this business was founded to focus on the specialist metals in 1997. “As the sole employee, I then operated from an office that doubled up as a filing room,” laughs Ken. Successful growth and development meant that before long the companies needed more space and they decided to rent a second warehouse. Although an immediate and practical solution to the space problem, management of a warehouse off-site complicated day-to-day operations; within five years this warehouse too became too small. “Business is about...

Goscor Lift Truck Company (GLTC) and Bobcat have combined their collective strengths under one roof with the establishment of a new fully equipped office and workshop in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, improving service levels and bringing products, parts and services closer to their customers. Nelspruit is the closest business town serving this vast region and this strategic position presented the perfect location from which both customer-centric companies can meet the requirements of their large and widely spread customer base as well as address current and expected growth in the region. The facility opened its doors on 1st October 2015 and is under the capable management of Japie Maritz supported by 6 well-trained staff members. Tinus Gibson and Jean Botha have relocated to Nelspruit to head up sales for GLTC and Bobcat respectively. GLTC, part of the Goscor Group of Companies and a specialist in forklift and warehousing solutions, determined that most materials handling companies servi...

Goscor Cleaning Equipment, previously known as Tennant SA, has 32 years of experience in the cleaning industry, focuses on providing complete, superior quality sales and rental industrial cleaning equipment solutions to mines and industries in the Southern African and SADC markets. The company stocks one of the largest ranges of cleaning equipment and consumables including commercial and industrial vacuums, single disc machines, scrubbers, sweeper scrubbers, beach cleaners, high pressure cleaners, vacuum trucks, road sweepers and escalator cleaners. Highly competitive, flexible daily, weekly monthly rental packages from the cleaning specialist’s Rental Division ensure optimum customer convenience across diverse cleaning applications and market sectors throughout Southern Africa including mining, construction, power generation and contract cleaning. General Manager of Goscor Cleaning Equipment, Gregory Venter, points out that equipment rental presents a highly affordable option,...

Chicago Pneumatic introduces two new light towers, the V15s, the first models in the Chicago Pneumatic range to use a heavy-duty polyethylene (PE) canopy. This new canopy coupled with the light tower’s small size, ease of transportation and fuel-efficient performance ensure that the new models meet the demands of a variety of applications. To facilitate productivity by allowing workers to operate safely in any ambient light conditions, the V15 range has two models. The CPLT V15 comes with metal halide technology, while the CPLT V15 LED features LED lighting technology and can light an area apppoximately 25 per cent larger, while proving additional fuel efficiency benefits. A Kubota EPA Tier 4 engine powers both options, and to ensure operational efficiency as well as fuel efficiency the units are equipped with a 28-gallon fuel tank. In practical terms this allows the light towers to operate for many days without the need to refuel, helping to maximise productivity and illuminatio...

HVOF (High Velocity Oxy Fuel) thermal spray coatings available from Thermaspray, are used to protect the external high strength low alloy steel surfaces of aircraft landing gear components against corrosion and wear. During landing and taxiing, an aircraft’s landing gear is subjected to a great deal of stress, side-loading and sliding wear. Any coatings applied to protect these large hydraulic units from wear resistance and corrosion must be of first-class standards to be able to withstand these stresses. Until recently, electrolytically deposited chrome plating was the standard surface treatment for landing gear components which are critical safety components on an aircafrt. According to Metallurgical Engineer at Thermaspray, Shaik Hoosain, hard chromium coatings have been the gold standard to impart resistance to component wear, impact and corrosion in aviation, transportation, industrial and consumer products for more than 70 years. “While chrome has proven to be a relatively c...

The new SKF Agri Hub for fertiliser injector discs has been specially engineered to boost farm productivity and profitability through increased performance and improved machine up-time while minimising the impact on the environment. Under mounting pressure to increase yields while keeping input costs to a minimum, farmers look to OEMs for equipment that delivers ever-greater reliability, efficiency and performance. “This can be a challenge particularly for slurry fertiliser discs which operate under extremely harsh, corrosive conditions,” states SKF Key Accounts Manager – Agriculture, Charl Engelbrecht. He explains that typically these machines incorporate conventional metallic hub assemblies to mount the cutting disc on to the slurry fertiliser injector machine. ”However, the low corrosion resistance and poor sealing performance of these conventional units often result in poor reliability and premature failure. The seasonal replacement of these units is an expensive exercise for ...

The application of Thermal Spray coatings by South Africa’s leading surface coating specialists, Thermaspray, can lead to an enhancement in performance and an extension of service life of expensive engineering parts and industrial components, leading to substantial reductions in downtime and production costs. Engineering components and parts in production processes are subject to degradation through wear, corrosion, oxidation and cavitation. Thermaspray, Managing Director, Dr. Jan Lourens, points out that as all these degradation processes are active on the surface of components, a suitably selected and correctly applied surface coating like Thermal Spray can effectively re-condition production equipment to ‘as new’. “In fact”, adds Dr. Lourens, “very often, through degradation analyses and the selection of a superior coating, a thermal spray coating makes it possible to provide virtually as good as new a component. Most importantly for the end user, this means substantial cost sav...

Vertical roller mill in containers. Turnkey. Clariant Germany has purchased the first mobile LOESCHE grinding plant, completely integrated in seven containers, for the Balikesir facility in Turkey. All electrical connections between the containers are pluggable. Düsseldorf - Clariant Germany approached LOESCHE GmbH, Düsseldorf with an exceptional request - it needed a vertical roller mill for grinding bentonite for its facility in Balikesir/Turkey. All components of the grinding system must be mobile since a future relocation is planned for the facility. LOESCHE's solution is to integrate the entire grinding plant in 7 ISO containers. All grinding plant components from the open loop control to the feed bin, the crusher, the mill with classifier, the hot gas generator, the filter, the fan and the pneumatic product transport are placed in containers. The container grinding plant is designed as a turnkey solution. All electrical connections between the containers are pluggable. No...

Atlas Copco Compressor Technique’s new UD+ compressed air single filter which replaces the previous generation two-filter solution, gives a 40% lower pressure drop and removes contamination in compressed air down to 0.01 ppm. In-line filters are commonly used in industrial applications to decontaminate the compressed air line, removing concentrations of water and dust (and oil in the case of an oil injected compressor) generally found in compressed air. The two-filter solution is currently used by over 50% of oil-injected compressor applications to achieve suitable quality compressed air, according to Atlas Copco Compressor Technique’s Industrial Air Business Line Manager Charl Ackerman. “The Atlas Copco general-purpose coalescing filter (DD) removes liquid water and oil aerosols down to 0.1 mg/m³ (0.1 ppm) and particles down to 1.0 µm from the air which must then be passed through Atlas Copco’s high efficiency coalescing filter (PD) to remove aerosols larger than 0.01 mg/m³ (0.0...

Chicago Pneumatic introduces two new light towers, the V15s, the first models in the Chicago Pneumatic range to use a heavy-duty polyethylene (PE) canopy. This new canopy coupled with the light tower’s small size, ease of transportation and fuel-efficient performance ensure that the new models meet the demands of a variety of applications. To facilitate productivity by allowing workers to operate safely in any ambient light conditions, the V15 range has two models. The CPLT V15 comes with metal halide technology, while the CPLT V15 LED features LED lighting technology and can light an area apppoximately 25 per cent larger, while proving additional fuel efficiency benefits. A Kubota EPA Tier 4 engine powers both options, and to ensure operational efficiency as well as fuel efficiency the units are equipped with a 28-gallon fuel tank. In practical terms this allows the light towers to operate for many days without the need to refuel, helping to maximise productivity and illumination...

To better support its stakeholders, Atlas Copco is dividing its current website into two; one business site dedicated to customers and one focusing on corporate stakeholders. The corporate website launched with brand-new content and a new design. The business site will follow late this year. The Group’s business units and corporate functions have very different scope and target groups. By dividing the current website into two Atlas Copco can better offer visitors the information and functionalities they primarily are looking for in a better and more structured way. The new corporate website is focusing on the society at large; jobseekers, journalists, investors, governmental and/or non-governmental organisations, as well as the general public. It also serves all customers and business partners who want to learn more about the Atlas Copco Group. The new website should further strengthen Atlas Copco’s position as an industry leader,” said Annika Berglund, Senior Vice President Corp...

Atlas Copco Construction Technique’s powerful, rugged and efficient range of world-class paver and compaction equipment delivers superior asphalt solutions that are ideally suited for southern Africa’s tough working conditions. Low operational costs as well as high quality paving and compaction results are fundamental to customers and end-users realising sustainable productivity, lowest overall cost of equipment ownership and ultimately profitability. Quality equipment that delivers powerful, reliable and efficient performance, is safe and operator friendly, requires little maintenance, has long service intervals and is easy to service are central to achieving these objectives. “The Dynapac range of asphalt pavers and rollers and Chicago Pneumatic compaction equipment deliver on all fronts,” says Neville Marthinussen, Atlas Copco Construction Technique Business Line Manager, Dynapac Road Construction Equipment. The newly launched Dynapac SD2500 PLC (Programmable Logic Control) lar...