Tag: Engineering
Optimizing assets and processes for sustainable productivity and production
INDUSTRY is under increasing pressure to increase production while reducing costs and shrinking their carbon footprint. thyssenkrupp Uhde combines over a century of experience...
CESA celebrate its Platinum Jubilee
CONSULTING Engineers South Africa (CESA), representing close to 600 member firms employing approximately 17 000 people, is celebrating 70 years of engineering excellence in...
CMA, 49 years young
THE Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) continues to represent the precast concrete industry in South Africa and drive high standards of professionalism and quality in...
Conveyor chain bearings work well after two years
A drop-size carrot sorter, with Vesconite plain bearings installed on its conveyor chains, has worked well at South Africa’s largest carrot producer for two...
Women and engineering; a powerful combination
Globally, the engineering industry has traditionally been driven by males, however, there has been a shift over the last few years. Air Products has...
The ‘nuts and bolts’ of good business: Bolt and Engineering Distributors’ ‘back to basics’...
Bolt and Engineering Distributors (B.E.D.) supplies a comprehensive range of locally produced and imported fasteners as well as quality tools, welding and cutting equipment...
Nuclear, good engineering and corruption
IF you take the West Coast road from Cape Town to Saldanha Bay, you might be slowed down by a huge trailer carrying a...
Making modern buildings safe
IT is critical for modern buildings to have the necessary fire detection and protection systems in order to comply fully with the National Building...
Tight space calls for fine crane engineering
Grabbing cranes are usually large machines with wide spans and high lifting heights. Not so the Condra grabbing crane installed in February at the...
Engineering institution cut the cord on CEO for sexist comments
CAPE TOWN - The South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE) announced in a statement that it will be parting ways with its CEO...