Thursday, 14 May 2015 11:16
WaCa exhibition in Accra, Ghana
The 7th annual West and Central Africa mining conference - WaCa - takes place in Accra, Ghana on 20th and 21st May. WearCheck will be present once again, with staff from our South African and Ghanaian laboratories on hand to meet delegates and help with technical queries. The development of…
Friday, 13 February 2015 07:54
Super 15 & Cricket World Cup fixtures
Today marks the start of the Super 15 rugby tournament and the Cricket World Cup, being held in Australia and New Zealand. With so much sports viewing WearCheck has made it a little easier for you to follow your team's progress with broadcasting schedules highlighting all the matches and television…
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Monday, 09 February 2015 10:55
WearCheck Training - A great investment!
Companies who reap the best rewards from their investment in a good oil analysis and condition monitoring programme, have also invested in training their staff to perform the necessary operations correctly, such as taking samples, reading the reports and acting on the advice of WearCheck's diagnosticians. So, to boost your…
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Friday, 06 February 2015 12:18
We’re exhibiting – Mining Indaba 2015!
Come and meet the WearCheck team at the Mining Indaba conference taking place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from 7 – 9 February. This year sees an exciting line up with Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to present a keynote address, along with Robert…
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Thursday, 04 December 2014 07:03
Set Point cyclists conquer The 94.7
Standing proudly (some nervously!) at the starting line of the recent 94.7 cycle race in Johannesburg were fourteen intrepid cyclists from the various Set Point sister companies. All fourteen Set Point team members who started the race, also crossed the finish line and earned medals. Congratulations to all the team…
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Friday, 14 November 2014 11:53
Talking Turbine Testing
Maintaining turbines in optimum operating condition at minimum cost is one of the goals of a good condition monitoring programme. WearCheck has created an oil analysis regime that does just this. Not only do the turbines themselves form a substantial financial investment for industry, but so does the oil…
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014 12:01
WearCheck blows life into wind power industry
Renewable energy from wind power has been a strong focus point for WearCheck in recent times, particularly the extension of the reliable service life of wind turbines and their components through condition monitoring. This is in line with this year’s Windaba theme: ‘Power2thePeople – improving lives through wind energy.’ The…
Tuesday, 21 October 2014 11:52
2 million samples - a world first?
Congratulations to diagnostician Rowan Maartens on diagnosing his two millionth sample for WearCheck! Rowan joined WearCheck in 1982 as a diagnostician, and he has clocked up a record 2 000 000 samples in the three decades he has been at WearCheck. We are very proud of you, Rowan! While we…
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Thursday, 09 October 2014 10:45
WearCheck Monitor Issue 68
We have had many proud WearCheck moments so far this year…and they are all featured in the latest Monitor newsletter. You can read all about our world first milestones, several loyal staff notching up an incredible 25 years’ service, new offices in two regions, millions of samples diagnosed…and even a…
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Tuesday, 09 September 2014 15:01
Join us at Electra Mining 2014
Come and learn more about oil analysis and our latest condition monitoring techniques, and how our services can provide you with an outstanding return on investment! At Electra Mining 2014, WearCheck's technical and sales teams will be on hand to give advice and share a cup of coffee with you.…
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Thursday, 17 July 2014 10:03
Implementing reliability-centred maintenance (RCM)
Implementing reliability-centred maintenance (RCM)By Daan Burger, N.D. (Elect. Eng.) This article follows on from the previous which focused on the philosophy behind reliability-centred maintenance (RCM). In this issue we describe the practical steps towards implementing an RCM programme. Using RCM to develop an initial maintenance programme for new equipment as…
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Wednesday, 02 July 2014 11:40
Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM)
RCM embodies the best aspects of the four main maintenance philosophies. Maintenance philosophies and practices have been around for many years – the objective of these philosophies being the economics consideration of optimising plant availability in industry. There has been a steady evolution from breakdown maintenance to preventive maintenance to…
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