African Petrochemicals- 16.1 2019

Quarterly Edition 16.1
IN THIS EDITION
ACHIEVING GREATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH THERMAL SOLAR
GAS ANALYSIS AND THE 4th INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

ZWICK FOR MOLTEN SULPHUR OR SULPHUR TAIL GAS
If you work with Molten Sulphur or Sulphur Tail gas, please take time to read more.
Design engineers at Zwick in Germany have looked at solving on-going problems being
experienced with valves on sulphur units.
Typical valve problems on large bore line sizes range from seizing of the packing to severe
seat damage when valve need to be operated after long periods of time of inactivity.
Valves should be specified as steam jacketed valves as this is a standard mandatory type of
valve requirement.
Generally a standard valve may be suitable in an ideal line were
there are never any shutdowns or upset conditions as once the
valves body temperature has reached that of the hot sulphur or
tail gas passing through it will not allow for any solidification,
however in an upset condition were the valve body cools down
with sulphur cooling also, then this will solidify in the bearing /
shaft areas which will consequently generate a seizure of these
elements.
Based on international experience, Zwick engineers recommend the use
of steam jacketed valves as these would maintain the critical areas under a
constant temperature, thus eliminating any potential seizure.
Zwick are capable of supplying valves in both wafer and double flanged style
with steam jackets, and we can also apply a steam traced trim (stem and disc).
Zwick Tri-Con series valves come with bearing protectors, which
reduce the ingress of the medium into the critical areas, which
coupled with the bearing flush purge ports constitute a true
cleansing and protection of these critical areas.
The following explanation highlights the technical differences
between the Zwick Tri-Con valve and other manufacturers of valves ranging
from double eccentric to unjacketed valves which will fail in this type of application.
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The Zwick Tri-Con series valve is a specially designed process isolation, on/off and control
valve, which has a wide range of application uses limited only by that of the actual
materials used, in fact Zwick manufacture valves for applications which range from -196ºC
up to +815ºC. Valves can be manufactured in any machinable form of alloy available on
the market for specific client requirements.
The Zwick Tri-Con series valve is a triple offset valve with true cone in cone design which
totally eliminates any rubbing of the seats, hence eliminates any wear and tear which
would generate leakages across the seat, this is technically not possible for other typical
high performance valves, which means it is limited to a double eccentric design, rubbing
sealing in the last 15-18º which will generate leakage as the time goes by.
The other standard double eccentric are not designed for these severe applications
therefore any attempt to use it for particular process applications may result in a
problematic outcome.
Self Centering disc
With it’s unique self centering temperature compensating disc, the Tri-Con series
construction guarantees the optimal position of the laminated seal against the seat.
Jamming due to thermal expansion is therefore eliminated.
The torque transmission with keys
The disc is keyed to the shaft and not pinned, providing equal torque transmission and
eliminating the danger of pins sheering off.
Ideal lamination and disc design
The strong disc with it’s elliptical supporting surface offers the best fixing of the
lamination. The zero leakage is achieved by the special machining of thre lamination.
Supporting bearing bushing
The optimal position of the bearing reduces the bending of the shaft. This guarantees
bi-directional tightness under maximum pressure.
General characteristics
• Triple eccentric design
• Metal seating
• Zero leakage
• Pressure classes
• Full bi-directional shutoff tp
API & DIN, ZERO Leakage
• Temperature range -196ºC up
to +815ºC
• Size range 2” to 72” (DN50 to
DN1800)
• Friction free opening and
closing
• Vacuum tight
• Laminated seal and seat made
of stainless steel
• Anti blow-out shaft to API 609
• Steel casting, stainless steel
and special alloys
• Fire-safe acc. To BD 6755 and
API 607 for both flow directions
• Fugitive emission control acc.
To “TA-Luft II”

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CONTENTS
Zwick for Molten Sulphur or Sulphur
Tail Gas 2
It’s all systems go with SKF System 24
Lubrication Solution 4
Skyriders Elios SkyEye Drone powers up
emergency tube-leak inspection 5
Achieving greater energy efficiency with
Thermal Solar 6
Afrox Advances Cylinder Tracking 7
Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group hosts
customers at the Rexroth HUBB 8
New Sensors and Languages for Ventis
Pro Series Gas Monitors 9
thyssenkrupp combines Standard
Engineering with Software Development
to offer a Holistic Liquid Fuel Storage
Solution 10
Creating a force for the future of
Resources and Energy 12
Vert Energy’s Leroy-Somer LSK Direct
Current (DC) Motors provide cost-
Effective Solutions for Variable Speed
Applications 14
BMG Fluid Technology - Industrial Slurry
Valves for Harsh Conditions 15
Skyriders Consults on Fall-Protection
Plan for Platinum-Smelter Project 16
NATREF fuels Document Management
improvements with Datacentrix 18
Speedy, reliable mA Loop Valve Testing 19
RTS Africa Technologies’ Procon Acoustic
Boiler Steam Leak Detection System
prevents boilers ‘going down the tubes’ 20
Gloves In A Bottle - Finally, an all-in-one
shielding and dry skin care lotion 22
thyssenkrupp celebrates its Diamond
Jubilee in Africa 24
Ultrasonic Sensors in Agricultural
Automation 25
ARCA Anti-Surge Control Valves in
Operation 25
Secunda Roadshow 26
Sasolburg Petrochemicals IPP &
Renewables Roadshow 27
Gas analysis and the 4 th Industrial
Revolution 28
Cloud makes Unified Communications a
reality for SMEs 29
Stafsjö’s Double-acting pneumatic SC
cylinder 30
WorleyParsons completes acquisition of
Jacobs ECR division 31
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IT’S ALL SYSTEMS GO WITH
SKF SYSTEM 24 LUBRICATION
SOLUTION
When one of SKF’s longstanding customers experienced numerous breakdowns and production losses due to
lubrication issues on their cyclone extractor fans, SKF, in close collaboration with its Authorised Distributor, West
Cape Bearings and Transmission (Pty) Ltd, stepped in with the perfect automatic lubricator and grease solution.
The cyclone extractor fans are used to extract sawdust from the work
areas in a wooden door and window manufacturing plant and are
safety critical units as the facility cannot operate if there is excessive
air contamination.
In addition to a number of products supplied by SKF to the customer,
including bearings, seals, and lubricators, West Cape Bearings and
Transmission carried out condition monitoring which was analysed
by SKF. “It was the data collected through the condition monitoring
that alerted the customer to serious lubrication issues,” explains Eddie
Martens, Product Manager: MaPro at SKF.
The manufacturer approached the SKF Authorised Distributor, West
Cape Bearings and Transmission, for assistance. After conducting a
mini lubrication audit, SKF found that many of the cyclone fan units
were being over greased whilst some units were not being greased
at all. This inconsistent greasing was causing, on average, two
catastrophic failures on the cyclone fans every month.
SKF recommended a trial run on its System 24 lubricator and LGHP 2
grease fitted on one cyclone fan.
According to Martens, positive results were evident within the first
month of testing which impressed the customer so highly that they
decided to convert all of their cyclone fans to automatic System 24
lubricators. Martens adds that the original test fan has now been
running for over twelve months without interruption or failure.
The fact that these advanced automatic System 24 lubricators require
minimal maintenance means extended service intervals on the fans,
maximising uptime. The elimination of manual lubrication further
boosts uptime and, importantly, enhances the safety of personnel
who are now freed up to perform other tasks. Cost savings due to less
grease being used contribute to lowest total cost of ownership for the
customer.
“SKF is committed to equipping customers with knowledge and the
knowledge that has been transferred to our customer’s maintenance
team has both improved uptime on the units and created greater
awareness of areas that need improvement,” notes Martens. This
has resulted in SKF providing training courses to the maintenance
teams as well as guidance on the establishment of the improved
lubrication store. According to Martens, the customer is also in the
process of implementing a lubrication planner to further enhance
the knowledge they have received. Furthermore, they are purchasing
special tools to improve maintenance.
“As a global bearings and lubrication system specialist, we strive to
provide customers with cutting-edge solutions that not only solve
their problems but tranform the way in which they operate,” says
Martens. “This project has prompted a collaborative partnership
between our customer, our Authorised Distributor, West Cape
Bearings and Transmission, and SKF. We are committed to providing
state-of-the-art solutions to our customers so that we remain their
preferred bearings and lubrication partners along their business
growth journeys.”
About SKF
SKF’s mission is to be the undisputed leader in the bearing business.
SKF offers solutions around the rotating shaft, including bearings,
seals, lubrication, condition monitoring and maintenance services.
SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 17,000
distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2018 were SEK 85 713
million and the number of employees was 44,428. www.skf.com
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FRONT COVER STORY
SKYRIDERS ELIOS SKYEYE DRONE POWERS
UP EMERGENCY TUBE-LEAK INSPECTION
The project was a showcase
for the rapid deployability
and flexibility of the drone.
When a major coal-fired power station
in Limpopo experienced a tube leak in
a boiler that subsequently resulted in a
burst pipe, Skyriders Access Specialists
(Pty) Ltd. was called upon to deploy its
Elios SkyEye drone technology for an
emergency inspection.
This is the first time that the confined-space
inspection technology has been deployed in
such an application, Marketing Manger Mike
Zinn reports. “The client required an urgent
visual inspection, in addition to determining
the possible collateral damage associated
with the area.”
Zinn explains that the drone was controlled
just outside of the boiler itself. “We were not
necessarily flying it blind due to the presence
of its cameras, but it did have to cover a
considerable distance.”
The drone was not only able to take highdefinition
photographs of the internal area
of the boiler in question, but was able to
pinpoint the exact location of the suspected
tube leak. “We also piloted the drone around
the adjacent walls and surrounding area in
order to verify whether or not there were any
additional issues,” Zinn explains.
While the Elios SkyEye drone has been used for
inspection work on two previous occasions at
the same power station, this was the first time
it was called upon in an emergency situation.
Skyriders dispatched a two-person team that
was quickly on-site, and able to get the drone
into the boiler as soon as possible.
The project was a showcase for the rapid
deployability and flexibility of the drone.
Traditionally, scaffolding or other rather
time-consuming means of access would have
to be first erected prior to inspections being
carried out.
Skyriders dispatched a two-person team that was
quickly on-site, and able to get the drone into the
boiler as soon as possible.
The Elios SkyEye drone has dramatically
improved the health and safety of on-site
crews in such projects, allowing specialised
teams to enter only once the situation has
been thoroughly analysed and verified. If
need be, rope access is then used for teams
to carry out additional inspection services
such as ultrasonic wall thickness testing or
other non-destructive testing methods.
Imported from Flyability of Switzerland, the
hi-tech Elios SkyEye drone includes a full HD
camera, a thermal camera, and an onboard
LED lighting system with remotely-adjustable
intensity. Hence an array of onboard tools is
available for any lighting conditions.
The drone can be brought into usually
inaccessible places up to many hundred
metres beyond the line of sight due to
the fact that it is equipped with a wireless
communications system with a live video
feedback.
“The main issue with this project is that it was
an incredibly difficult area to access. Here
the collision-tolerance feature of the drone
meant it was able to access the affected area
quickly and reliably. The fully-qualified and
trained pilot means that the inspection work
itself is carried out rapidly and professionally,
producing real-time results for the client,”
Zinn concludes.
About Skyriders
Skyriders (Pty) Ltd, established in 1998, is
a leader in the South African rope access
industry, providing cost- and time-saving
solutions to clients in the power generation
and petrochemical industries who require
rope access aided inspection, NDT and
maintenance work to be done in difficult to
reach, high-up locations.
Skyriders Contact
Mike Zinn
Skyriders Marketing Manager
Phone: (011) 312 1418
Email: mike@ropeaccess.co.za
Web: www.ropeaccess.co.za
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ACHIEVING GREATER ENERGY
EFFICIENCY WITH THERMAL SOLAR
Our country’s climate is blessed to have some of the best
sunlight in the world. With the current energy situation
and the ever-increasing electricity costs, we are forced to
evaluate our energy consumption and implement more
efficient and cost-effective solutions.
By Nicole Viljoen, project manager at Energas Technologies.
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There are two common ways to collect
energy from the sun. One is through a
thermal solar collector, to gather the sun’s
heat and the other is a photovoltaic (PV)
solar system, which converts the sun’s energy
into electricity. In the case of solar thermal,
the conversion efficiency is much higher than
PV. Another advantage is that solar thermal
panels only cost a small fraction of what PV
panels cost per square meter. On the other
hand, PV is more expensive and less efficient
but the electricity generated from PV can be
used for more than just heating up water.
Into detail
A thermal solar system can provide
approximately 60% of the energy required
each year for heating domestic hot water
(DHW). The key element of a thermal
system is the solar thermal collector, which
absorbs solar radiation from the sunlight.
The purpose of the collector is to efficiently
convert the sunlight into heat. The heat is
transmitted to a fluid, which transports the
heat to the heat exchanger via pumps with
minimum heat loss. The exchanger transfers
the heat into the geyser. The distance
between the collector and the geyser should
be as short as possible to minimise heat loss.
There are two main types of solar thermal
collectors available. The first, an evacuatedtube
collector is made of parallel glass tubes.
Each tube contains two glass tubes, between
the two glass tubes there is a vacuum which
allows small heat loss. The absorber is
included in a tube. The second type is the flatplate
collector which comprises an insulated
box with a glass or plastic cover on the top
and a solar absorber located at the bottom.
In comparison, evacuated-tube collectors
are more expensive than flat-plate collectors.
However, they can achieve higher efficiencies.
Achieving optimum heat yield
The integration of solar thermal systems
requires precisely matched individual
components to achieve optimum heat yield
and to keep costs under control. This must be
supported by the right system engineering.
Solar water heating systems almost always
require a backup system for cloudy days and
times of increased demand and therefore most
solar water heaters require a well-insulated
storage tank or DHW cylinder. Dual mode
DHW cylinders work to heat the DHW with
separate indirect coils that are connected
directly to the solar thermal system. DHW
is also heated by a boiler via an indirect coil
arranged in the upper section of the cylinder.
The demand for hot water varies
considerably from household to household.
The number of occupants has to be taken
into account, as well as their bathing and
showering habits.
For example, if three members of a family
set off for work and school at the same time,
lots of hot water needs to be continuously
available for the shower in a short space of
time. Those who prefer a bath will also want
to have enough hot water to fill the tub. The
DHW cylinder should also be able to provide
sufficient water if hot water is drawn from
more than one outlet at the same time, in
apartment blocks for example.
Vitocell DHW cylinders fulfil these
requirements in every respect and can also
meet every aspiration where equipment
levels are concerned. In all instances, the
installation of a solar thermal system is
recommended to save energy and heat the
water without cost.
Energas’ Thermal range
Energas offers Viessmann’s Solar Thermal
range. Installers and end-users are urged
to recognise the role of hot water storage
in optimising environmentally-friendly
installations. Viessmann has introduced
two new floor-standing Vitocell 300-V DHW
cylinders, with capacities of 160 and 200
litres, and are twice as energy efficient in
terms of standby losses as the industry norm.
Both new versions of the Vitocell 300-V
replace the previous A rated models, and
both are suitable for domestic installations
with boiler outputs up to 80 kW. Higher
DHW demands can be accommodated by
combining several Vitocell 300-V cylinders
into cylinder banks with common headers.
The 300-V’s exceptional heat retention is
made possible by using a highly-effective
vacuum panel insulation as well as the very
efficient Polyurethane hard foam. Heat losses
are merely 0,7 kWh per 24 hours for the
160-litre model and 0,75 kWh per 24 hours
for the 200-litre model.
The new 300-V combines unmatched energy
efficiency with high performance. The indirect
heating coil is larger than in most common
cylinders and drawn all the way down to
the cylinder floor to heat the entire water
content. Heat-up time from 10 to 60 degrees
is just 20 minutes for the 160-litre cylinder
and 24 minutes for the 200-litre cylinder.
The low pressure-drop of the heating coil,
at only 15 millibars, is approximately 35%
lower than a typical competitor cylinder. This
negates the requirement for oversizing the
circulating pump; specifying a smaller pump
will save electricity. Maximum hot water
flow rates are 24 and 34 litres per minute
respectively.
The 300-V’s insulation package can be
removed for easy handling. Transportation
and installation are also made easy by the
300-V’s low weight and compact dimensions.
Both 300-Vs are 581 mm long and 605 mm
wide, with the smaller-capacity model
measuring 1189 mm in height and the largercapacity
model 1 409 mm.
Regardless of the size of your home, how many
people live there and how much hot water
they use, our Vitocell range will have the right
cylinder for your DHW heating system.
Energas Technologies contact:
Laetitia Jansen van Vuuren
Tel: +27 (0)11 397 6809
Email: laetitia@energas.co.za
Web: www.energas.co.za
https://www.viessmann-us.com/en/press/vitosol_fm.html
References:
https://www.viessmann.co.uk/products/domestic-hotwater-cylinders
https://www.viessmann.co.uk/press/current-topics/newvitocell-300-v
https://www.viessmann-us.com/en/press.html

AFROX ADVANCES CYLINDER TRACKING
Leading gases supplier Afrox has completed the national roll-out of its state-of-the-art digital cylinder
tracking service. Cylinder deliveries are now being replaced with an advanced software solution to
offer customers improved account management, accurate customer cylinder records, and the ability to
track individual cylinder movements and recall cylinders accurately if required.
“This fully integrated solution will hugely
benefit customers through greater reliability
and accuracy of cylinder holding details,
ensuring Afrox can handle customer
enquiries more effectively,” says AJ Keith,
Cylinder Tracking Programme Manager at
Afrox. He explains that all industrial, special
and medical gas cylinders now carry a unique
barcode, which is scanned during delivery
and return actions using a state-of-the-art
hand-held device, creating an immediate
electronic record of the transaction.
“The scans record on the cylinder tracking
system that the individual cylinder is located
at a specific customer. This system generates
absolutely accurate customer cylinder
records, something our customers have
wanted for many years,” enthuses Keith. Every
cylinder supplied by Afrox will be scanned
and automatically allocated to a customer’s
account, and conversely every cylinder
returned to or collected by Afrox will be
scanned and automatically removed from the
customer’s account. A delivery advice note is
created after all cylinders have been scanned,
which lists the barcode numbers of all tracked
gas cylinders supplied and returned.
“With this system, we can now provide our
customers with a record of all individually
tracked cylinders supplied and returned on
their rental account,” says Keith. He notes
that customers should be aware that if they
have swapped or inadvertently changed
cylinders with another Afrox customer, any
returned cylinders will be deducted from
the original customer account supplied, not
from the returning account. Customers are
therefore advised to notify Afrox of any such
“off-system” movements to enable Afrox to
correct the holdings before any potentially
incorrect billing occurs.
Keith adds that all Afrox retail outlets,
including official Afrox agents, will be scanning
cylinders supplied to and returned from
customers. The cylinder tracking system is
fully integrated and, therefore, all transactions
are updated and cylinder records adjusted
automatically, irrespective of how and where
the cylinder was supplied and returned. For
smaller customers, Afrox cylinders can be
returned to any Gas & Gear store or Afrox
agent where they will be scanned and
automatically removed from the account on
which they were originally supplied.
“From a safety and quality perspective, the
new cylinder tracking system adds immense
value to our customers. We now have an
electronic system that ensures only those
cylinders that have passed their pre-fill
inspection and are within their statutory test
period can be refilled,” says Keith. He explains
further that any reported faulty cylinders
are also blocked in the system at collection
and cannot be refilled until corrective action
has been taken. Furthermore, in the unlikely
event that a batch of cylinders needs to be
recalled, the system is able to identify the
current location of each and every cylinder
in that batch by barcode and location, be it
internally or at a customer. This is the first
time any gas company in South Africa has
been able to offer a recall at this level of
detail and accuracy.
He emphasises that the introduction of the
electronic cylinder tracking system at each
customer has had minimal direct impact and
there has been no significant difference in
the time taken to complete deliveries.
“A special mention must go to the Afrox
drivers, regional transport, inventory, retail
staff and their respective supervisors, as well
as the IS, Commercial and Sales teams that
have all contributed to the successful roll-out
of one of the biggest recent changes to the
way we do business,” concludes Keith.
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BOSCH REXROTH SOUTH AFRICA GROUP HOSTS CUSTOMERS AT THE REXROTH HUBB
The Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of
Companies held its first customer day on
24 May at the Rexroth HUBB in Kempton
Park.
In a celebration of the Group’s relationships
it shares with its customers and business
partners, customers of each of the Group
companies were treated to a tour around the
16 000 m2 facility, showcasing the numerous
modern engineering and production facilities
that have been the heart of Bosch Rexroth
South Africa Group operations for the past
12 months.
Working demonstrations of the various
technologies and systems offered by the
Group, in addition to a large collection of
products and components from across
the 30+ international brands it represents
in Africa, were on show in the companies’
assembly areas.
Customers had the opportunity to see many of the Group’s technologies in action and discuss their
application directly with the Group’s knowledgeable staff.
Facilities such as the Group’s hydraulics and
pneumatics test rigs and training rooms,
and solutions such as Hytec Services Africa’s
containerised mobile hose workshops for
mines were also open to customers.
“Bosch Rexroth South Africa is an integral
part of the entire Rexroth Group,” said Bosch
Rexroth Group Executive President and
Chief Financial Officer Dr Markus Forschner.
“Our commitment to quality, innovation
and customer focus is clearly demonstrated
today. The building, the production
environment, but most importantly everyone
in this organisation, reflects our motto, We
Move, You Win. We moved into the HUBB to
set the highest standards in our industry, and
our customers benefit from multi-technology
solutions all under one roof.”
Over 250 of the Group’s valued customers
attended, and were joined by Regional
President for Africa and Group CEO Tillmann
Olsen; Dr Markus Forschner; as well as general
managers and staff from across Group’s
various regional operations across Africa.
At each of the demonstrations, customers
were able to pose and discuss their
application challenges with the Group’s
specialists across its hydraulics, pneumatics,
assembly, linear motion and automation
offerings to identify potential avenues of
performance and process optimisation.
Bosch Rexroth continues to invest in new
locations in Africa, and is currently building
up local value add activities such as the repair
of pumps, motors and hydraulic cylinders in
Botswana, Ghana, Kenya and Morocco. These
are the latest investment made by the Group
in developing its footprint in Africa, which in
Hytec Services Africa’s containerised hose workshops are a complete packaged mobile solution for
hydraulic equipment spares and components for mining machinery.
addition to South Africa, includes Namibia,
Zambia and Mozambique.
The Group’s Customer Day was followed the
day after by a Family Day, where the families
of the company’s staff were invited and
shown around the numerous facilities of the
Rexroth HUBB.
About Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group
of Companies
The Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of
Companies (previously the Hytec Group) is
Africa’s largest fluid power and automation
company. It comprises eight specialist
companies: Bosch Rexroth South Africa
(previously Hytec Holdings), Hytec South
Africa, Tectra Automation, Hytec Fluid
Technology, Hydraulic and Automation
Warehouse, Hytec Engineering, Hytec
Services Africa and HYSA, which collectively
source, market and distribute over 30
international hydraulic, pneumatic and
automation brands. The Group employs
approximately 850 people through a network
of 40 sales and service branches across sub-
Saharan Africa.
Contact:
Willem Gijzelaar, Group Marketing Manager
Bosch Rexroth South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 11 979 4630
Email: info@hytec.co.za
Website: www.hytecgroup.co.za
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NEW SENSORS AND LANGUAGES FOR VENTIS PRO SERIES
GAS MONITORS
Updates to the Ventis Pro Series make it accessible
for a broader range of users and applications.
COMTEST - local representative of Industrial Scientific, global leader in gas detection - has announced
that firmware version 2.1 for Ventis Pro Series Multi-Gas Monitors is now available and offers support
for additional sensor and language options. Ventis Pro Series monitors are
small, highly configurable instruments offering LENS Wireless and the
industry’s only Guaranteed for Life warranty.
New sensors for the Ventis Pro Series include a dual-range methane IR
sensor, a phosphine sensor, and a long-life oxygen sensor. The dual-range
methane IR sensor is ideal for use in inert atmospheres and for seal checks,
leak detection, and when high concentrations of gas would otherwise
damage a catalytic bead LEL sensor. The sensor range is 0-100% volume
methane with 0.01% resolution from 0-5% volume and 0.1% resolution
from 5-100% volume. The phosphine sensor is commonly required for
agricultural and food & beverage industry applications. The long-life
oxygen sensor is suitable for most industries and is designed to perform in
the field for three to five years.
With firmware version 2.1, Ventis Pro Series instruments are now accessible
for more global users with the addition of Italian, Dutch, Portuguese,
and Polish documentation and instrument interfaces. The Ventis Pro also
supports English, French, Spanish, and German. Contact COMTEST on
010 595 1821 or sales@comtest.co.za for more information on Industrial
Scientific’s Ventis Pro Series Gas Monitors
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thyssenkrupp COMBINES STANDARD ENGINEERING WITH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
TO OFFER A HOLISTIC LIQUID FUEL STORAGE SOLUTION
Stepping into the Engineering 4.0 space, Process Industries, a
business line within thyssenkrupp Industrials, delivers turnkey
project solutions, from pre-feasibility studies through to full
operation, for Africa’s Liquid Fuel Storage sector.
“Having looked closely at this market, we have identified good
growth potential not only in South Africa but also in countries with
rapidly growing populations like Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and
Tanzania,” says Process Industries Business Product Developer and
Futurist Louis W. Coetzee. “Rising populations drive up the demand for
water, energy, infrastructure, agriculture, etc. which require vehicles,
machines and equipment. This, in turn, prompts the development of
tank farms to store the fuel.”
Coetzee points out that, opportunities aside, Liquid Fuel Storage
is a highly competitive industry with costs such as accumulative
transportation tariffs along each leg of the supply chain, from
terminals to storage depots to fuel stations. Recognising that the
sector needs and is ready for a cost effective, efficient tank farm
solution, thyssenkrupp looked outside the box and shifted its overall
project capability focus to be able to deliver a holistic offering. “Not
only are we revisiting our standard engineering expertise to be able
to develop new products for customers but we have also adjusted
our horisontal approach to a vertical one to add holistic Front End
Loading (FEL) to our traditional EPC (Engineering, Procurement and
Construction) portfolio.”
In the pre-feasibility phase (FEL 1) and feasibility phase (FEL 2) Process
Industries delivers a tariff target based solution to ensure client
competitivesness. Future plans are to automate the basic engineering
phase (FEL 3) as well.
What the future will hold for Engineering 4.0 is difficult to foresee but
we have done our foresight development and are working towards it.
This was a relatively simple evolution given the fact that thyssenkrupp
has earned a reputation for innovative product development, cuttingedge
technology and specialist engineering. This proactive move will
enable us to create products that customers need even before they
realise that they need them.”
Coetzee emphasises that for any company to remain competitive and
Industry 4.0 relevant, basic engineering can no longer be the prime
focus; it must be the means to an end i.e. the final product that is
produced through basic engineering. “We are focussed on reducing
the engineering time and effort required to develop a product so that
we can get it deployed as quickly as possible. A perfect analogy here
is the progression from finding directions using a map book, to using
a satellite navigation device and now to using a cell phone. With each
development, the amount of effort required by the driver to look for
a road is lessened. The advent of autonomous vehicles will eventually
diminish this effort altogether, creating a completely different
business model.”
A Typical Diesel Fuel Storage Arrangement
In the EPC phase, thyssenkrupp provides services such as
instrumentation and control, structural and civils through third part
collaboration. “We are fastidious in selecting reputable partners who
are aligned with our world-class standards,” says Coetzee. He further
elaborates that for this holistic solution, instead of taking risks on
behalf of third party contractors at a cost to customers, thyssenkrupp
has adopted a horizontal consortia approach where the risk
responsibilities now lie with the particular executing contractor. “This
enables us to reduce costs for our customers.”
In order to ensure that customers receive the best possible solution,
thyssenkrupp has the ability to source detail engineering required in
the EPC stage from its centre of excellence in India. “Our ability to tap
into thyssenkrupp’s global knowledge pool also gives us an added
competitive edge in the market.”
Process Industries has considerable experience in the petrochemical
industry but the business line’s in-depth expertise in the field of liquid
fuel storage motivated the decision to develop a cost effective holistic
solution for this sector. “A key value add for us is that we are able to
implement this new-knowledge age strategy across any industry,
the only proviso being that it must lend itself to standardisation,”
highlights Coetzee.
Coetzee predicts a future that will see the rise of project engineering
where Process Industries will, together with the customer, design
a complete plant using VR (Virtual Reality). “There can be no doubt
that we are on the cusp of an exciting Engineering 4.0 future that is
poised for the taking, giving us the ability to automate the boring and
engineer the awesome!”
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CREATING A FORCE
FOR THE FUTURE
OF RESOURCES
AND ENERGY
Following the announcement
in October 2018 of
WorleyParsons’ binding offer
for Jacobs’ Energy, Chemicals
and Resources (ECR) line of
business, the combined new
entity has come together
under a new brand – Worley –
as of 29 April 2019.
Denver Dreyer.
Robert Hull.
Ed Hanbidge.
While financially an acquisition, operationally
the transaction is a combination of two
highly complementary organisations that
creates a pre-eminent global provider of
professional project and asset services in
energy, chemicals and resources, offering
global sector leadership across hydrocarbons,
chemicals, and minerals and metals.
As one of the world’s largest project delivery
organisations, Worley has been a leading
global provider of professional services to the
resources and energy sectors, and the complex
process industries, covering the full project
lifecycle in the hydrocarbons, power, minerals
and metals, chemicals, and infrastructure
sectors. This now includes key strengths
from the heritage Jacobs ECR business of
complex petrochemical and chemical projects,
maintenance, modifications and operations
(MMO) for hydrocarbons projects, including
onshore and offshore production facilities and
integrated project delivery, construction and
technical services.
Andrew Wood says, “This merger is about
more than capacity and capability. It’s about
opportunity. The opportunity to become
the partner of choice for our customers,
the employer of choice for our people,
and to deliver enhanced returns for our
shareholders.”
Wood adds that the integration of the two
organisations will create a global company
of nearly 60 000 people across 50+ countries,
fully committed to helping customers meet
the world’s changing energy, chemicals and
resources needs. The combined force will
offer full life cycle services for customers
across hydrocarbons, chemicals, and minerals
and metals, with extended global delivery
centre capabilities, supported by world-class
people and systems.
Outgoing CEO of WorleyParsons RSA
Denver Dreyer, who effective immediately
is taking up the role of Senior Vice President
Mining, Minerals & Metals (MM&M) for
Europe, Middle East and Africa for Worley,
comments that the merger will increase
the organisation’s global footprint in the
minerals, metals and mining sector. South
Africa will continue to be a Global Centre
of Excellence in mining and minerals
processing, providing solutions for each
step of the mining value chain. The Worley
MM&M division for Africa will be headed up
by Robert Hull, who had been responsible
for the management of all projects delivered
locally and globally from WorleyParsons RSA.
Hull’s counterpart, Ed Hanbidge, will head
up the E&C Services (Energy & Chemicals
Services) division for southern and eastern
Africa. Hanbidge was previously MD of Jacobs
Matasis, the South African arm of Jacobs ECR.
In South Africa since 2010, Jacobs Matasis has
been a significant contributor of expertise
to the region and a major service provider
of engineering, technical, professional and
construction services to the refining, oil and
gas, and chemicals industries. The company
is known for its long-standing customer
relationships, as well as project portfolio and
alliance experience.
“The presence of these two complementary
divisions in South Africa – one focusing
on minerals and mining, the other one on
energy, oil and gas – will create a stronger,
united entity in many respects, through
combined services, delivery programmes,
resources and expertise,” says Hanbidge. “As
a unified, integrated organisation, we will
be able to serve our clients better, not just
in one particular area, but in a number of
areas. Our synergies of executing work will
be stronger. Our clients won’t have to deal
with multiple companies, but rather with one
company that can now provide much more
in terms of service, which in turn will also
deliver cost benefits to our customers.
Hull concurs. “As one of the biggest onestop-shops
in Africa for professional services
in energy, chemicals and resources, our
customers can expect greater efficiencies,
more services, and a greater diversity of
skills.” He assures that customers will be
working with the same people under an
integrated, unified banner.
“We won’t be changing our DNA of working
– our relationship-based way of working
will continue,” affirms Hanbidge. “Business
will continue as usual, but services will be
delivered in a more cost-effective way, while
bringing our customers the best of both
worlds.”
Dreyer further comments that while this is a
global merger, locally the new entity will be
focusing on issues that are relevant to South
Africa.
“This is a merger of two equals in terms
of capabilities and competencies, strong
track records of delivering projects, and
ethical codes of conducts. As a combined
organisation of substantial size and expertise,
we are strongly positioned to help our
customers in South Africa navigate some of
the complex local challenges such as the new
mining requirements, gas programme, power
programme, and the demand for clean fuels.
“Together, the new entity – Worley – is even
more equipped to solving our customers’
energy, chemical and resources needs,”
concludes Dreyer.
Worley Contact:
Denver Dreyer
Senior Vice President MM&M EMEA
E-mail: Denver.dreyer@worley.com

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VERT ENERGY’S LEROY-SOMER LSK DIRECT CURRENT
(DC) MOTORS PROVIDE COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS
FOR VARIABLE SPEED APPLICATIONS.
“Leroy-Somer has a depth of experience with AC and DC variable speed drive
systems and designs its standard motors to withstand the new demands
being imposed by frequency converters and variable speed operation,” says
Grant Robertson, managing director of Vert Energy, exclusive distributors
for Leroy-Somer in Southern Africa. “Motors are thus able to withstand
frequent speed or torque changes and reversals, running at overspeed
(up to 6 000 rpm for the standard four pole machine) and at lower speeds
with full torque, without drawbacks like overheating, loosening of stator
windings and damage to rotors or bearings.
Vert Energy’s Leroy-Somer LSK direct current
(DC) motors provide cost-effective solutions
for variable speed applications.
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“The major advantage of direct current
motors is the ease of effecting accurate
speed control and LSK’s advanced
technology enables motors to respond to
electronic controllers which place great
demands on the performance of DC motors.
Smooth running has been achieved by the
introduction of an advanced frame design,
incorporating the largest dimensioned shaft.”
LSK square laminated frame DC motors,
which have been designed by Leroy-
Somer to the latest European standards for
industrial requirements, have ratings from 2
to 750 kW. Leroy-Somer also produces nonstandard
motors, providing a range of power
from 0,06 kW to 18,5 kW.
Vert Energy’s LSK DC range includes enclosed
permanent magnet motors, enclosed wound
motors, drip-proof wound motors and dripproof,
force-cooled wound motors.
These motors can be foot, flange or foot and
flange mounted. Flanges are incorporated
into the steel stator castings, giving a robust
construction that eliminates vibrations.
Four removable plates allow direct access
to brushes for easy replacement, thus
simplifying maintenance.
Leroy Somer’s advanced design of the DC
motor incorporates cooling and ventilation
systems that reduce wear and tear on the
brush gear, by the elimination of dirty
particles.
These motors, with a Class H insulation
system, can operate at ambient temperatures
of between +5°C and +40°C and are
protected with a range of surface treatments
that withstand harsh environments.
The quality of the winding, insulation
and impregnation guarantees optimum
performance, even in arduous conditions.
Optional features include flange adapters
which enable the easy modification of
motors to all types of situations, without
the need for costly and time-consuming
adjustments. Pressure switches monitor air
flow to detect if the ventilation motor has
stopped working. Where there is little vertical
space for installing a motor, a connection kit
can be used to mount the standard forced
cooling unit in an axial position. Transparent
doors can be fitted to facilitate maintenance
procedures like brush inspection, without
having to remove inspection doors.
Leroy-Somer has developed an online
configurator to assist in the selection of
motors, brake motors or geared motors,
combined with variable speed drives. The link
to the energy savings website is http://acim.
nidec.com/motors/leroy-somer/services/
calculate-your-energy-savings
The modular concept of this range enables
a continuous production line for the entire
LS product range, thus reducing delivery
times. Lead times for adapted motors are also
significantly shortened.
Vert Energy offers a maintenance programme
which ensures optimum performance of DC
motors and significantly extends service life.
This range includes enclosed permanent
magnet motors, enclosed wound motors,
drip-proof wound motors and drip-proof,
force-cooled wound motors
For further information:
Mr Ryan Robertson, Sales and Marketing
Director, Vert Energy
Tel: 086 111 VERT (8378)
Email: ryan.robertson@vertgroup.co.za
Website: www.vertgroup.co.za

BMG FLUID TECHNOLOGY- INDUSTRIAL SLURRY VALVES FOR
HARSH CONDITIONS
BMG’s extensive range of industrial slurry valves, which has been designed to cope efficiently in harsh
conditions, includes robust butterfly and knife gate valves, as well as diaphragm and pinch valves.
“These industrial slurry valves – which meet
stringent quality and safety specifications
– are highly efficient for the control and
isolation of abrasive slurries in many
industries, including power generation,
chemical and petrochemical, cement
handling, water treatment and pulp and
paper,” says Willie Lamprecht, national
product manager, Valves, BMG. “Failure of
a valve and subsequent leaking of corrosive
media can have devastating effects on the safety
of personnel and equipment, leading to premature
system failure and costly downtime. It is critical that the correct valve is
selected for every application, for maximum safety, ongoing operation
of the plant and minimum unscheduled maintenance.
“BMG’s highly-skilled team has a thorough understanding of
the processes where valves are installed and supports every
component with a dependable solutions service, to ensure
optimum safety, efficiency and the extended service life of each
system. The selection of the correct industrial slurry valve is based
on factors that include the size and shape of particles, pressure,
temperatures and chemical content.”
Polyurethane-lined knife gate valves are available from BMG in
standard sizes between DN 50 and DN 600, with manual, pneumatic
and electric actuation. These knife gate valves have a wafer pattern
and are manufactured from cast and ductile iron, with Stainless Steel
discs. They can withstand operating temperatures of between – 20˚C
and +80 ˚C as standard, with higher temperatures on request.
Polyurethane liner abrasion-resistant butterfly valves – in a wafer
pattern or with a lugged design – are used for on-off and control
of abrasive slurries. Butterfly valves are available from BMG in
standard sizes between DN 50 and DN 400.
Locally-manufactured KLEP BMG diaphragm valves – between DN
50 and DN 350, with manual or pneumatic actuation – are designed
for abrasive slurry applications. These flanged diaphragm valves
have a body pressure of PN 10 and can withstand temperatures
between -10°C and +80°C.
Long-lasting rubber and jumbo rubber linings are suited for fullbore
diaphragm valves with a high flow capacity and an efficient
sealing capability, which shuts off any flow and prevents leakage.
Full bore diaphragm valves also have a low pressure drop because
there is almost nothing obstructing the flow of the fluid when the
valve is fully opened. This creates little resistance to flow, which
makes these valves suitable for fluids with abrasive particles.
Also in the range, are unlined diaphragm valves, which are suitable
for water treatment and general industrial applications.
FPV pinch valves – featuring a design where the sleeve is pinched
to close mechanically or automatically by means of hand-wheel or
actuator – are ideal for the control and isolation of abrasive slurries.
Open frame pinch valves are available from BMG with a short and
long frame design, in sizes between DN 50 and DN 600.
The body is made from mild steel, but Stainless Steel is also
available for specific applications. These valves, with soft rubber
sleeves, have manual, hydraulic and pneumatic actuation and can
withstand temperatures between -20°C and +80°C.
BMG’s extensive range of components for fluid technology systems
and general industrial applications encompasses valves, hydraulic
hoses and fittings, accumulators, cylinders, heat exchangers,
pneumatics, hydraulic motors and hydraulic plumbing, as well as
pumps and reservoir accessories.
The company also offers a total process and lubrication
management solution, to meet exact market requirements.
For further information:
Willie Lamprecht, National Product Manager, BMG
Mobile: +27 72 326 4832 Tel: +27 11 620 1581
Fax: +27 86 639 5680
Email: williaml@bmgworld.net Website: www.bmgworld.net
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SKYRIDERS CONSULTS ON FALL-PROTECTION
PLAN FOR PLATINUM-SMELTER PROJECT
Skyriders Access Specialists
(Pty) Ltd. was recently
called upon to carry out
consultancy work at a
major project at a platinum
smelter. According to
South Africa’s construction
regulations, any workplace
involving a risk of a fall
must have a verified fallprotection
plan drafted
by a competent person
accredited by the Institute
for Work at Height (IWH).
Skyriders often carries out
such consultancy work as a valueadded
service for its clients.
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This plan encompasses the entire site, the
scope of work, and the different personnel
involved during that work, Skyriders
Marketing Manager Mike Zinn explains. The
client had a number of contractors on-site
for this particular project, and hence the
planning had to take work-at-height into
consideration.
“The main contractor wanted to verify
that the fall-protection plan in place was
sufficiently comprehensive, and complied
with all of the necessary health and safety
standards and regulations pertaining to
work-at-height in particular,” Zinn highlights.
Skyriders dispatched its own highlyexperienced
Safety Manager to site, who
spent a day ascertaining the scope of the
project and the client’s specific requirements.
For example, general fall-arrest principles
require workers to wear a safety harness for
any work-at-height.
The fall-protection plan encompasses
appointment letters for all contractors onsite,
a detailed risk assessment of the scope
of work, and a full record of any training
conducted and competencies verified. For
example, a worker cannot carry out any
work-at-height if they have not undertaken a
certified fall-arrest course.
In addition, medical certificates have to
be secured for all workers involved in any
work-at-height. This requirement is especially
stringent with mining operations, due to
the arduous operating environments and
the attendant hazards and risks. Also, all
equipment to be deployed on-site has to
be deemed as being fit-for-purpose, as well
as having been properly stored, tested, and
inspected.
“We also examine the access techniques
that are to be used, such as rope access,
scaffolding, man boxes, cherry pickers, or
cranes. Lastly, a rescue plan needs to be
outlined that includes an evacuation plan
and appropriate rescue techniques,” Zinn
elaborates.
Skyriders often carries out such consultancy
work as a value-added service for its
clients. Due to the rope-access specialist’s
experience and skills in this area, it is able to
sign off on fall-protection plans, for example,
which means that the client has peace of
mind that any risk in this regard has been
ameliorated.
About Skyriders
Skyriders (Pty) Ltd, established in 1998, is
a leader in the South African rope access
industry, providing cost- and time-saving
solutions to clients in the power generation
and petrochemical industries who require
rope access aided inspection, NDT and
maintenance work to be done in difficult to
reach, high-up locations.
Skyriders Contact
Mike Zinn
Skyriders Marketing Manager
Phone: (011) 312 1418
Email: mike@ropeaccess.co.za
Web: www.ropeaccess.co.za
Fall-arrest principles
require workers
to wear a safety
harness for any
work-at-height.

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NATREF FUELS
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
IMPROVEMENTS WITH
DATACENTRIX
National Petroleum
Refiners of South Africa
(NATREF) has upgraded its
document management environment,
allowing for faster access to the critical
documentation native to production
and processing businesses. The
ongoing project is being rolled out
with the assistance of high performing
and secure ICT solutions provider,
Datacentrix, a long-term
NATREF partner.
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NATREF, South Africa’s only inland crude oil
refinery, is a joint venture between Sasol and
Total South Africa. The organisation produces
fuel, including petrol, diesel, jet fuel, bitumen
and tar, which it supplies to the inland region
of South Africa.
According to Andries Visagie, operational
and governance manager at NATREF’s
Information Management Division, the
project came about when the organisation
realised the time had come for it to set up
its own Enterprise Information Management
(EIM) system (this had previously been
shared with Sasol). “We were happy with
the solution being used, but found that,
over time, there was a need for additional
support. It made sense for us to put a team
in place, not only to bolster support of the
environment, but also to upgrade it for
greater efficiencies.”
Having partnered with Datacentrix before,
the natural next step was for NATREF to
engage the solution provider to complete a
technical audit on the existing system, and
the information contained therein, to gauge
the current status, assess risks within the
environment, and use this input for decision
making.
“The outcomes of the assessment, which
encompassed a full strategy and roadmap,
provided clear recommendations to NATREF’s
IM team, included details such as the type of
infrastructure needed, sizing, and estimated
timing for data migration,” explains Visagie.
When it came to the implementation, NATREF’s
production environment encompassed critical
information within the existing system, so a
‘rip-and-replace’ approach was not possible.
With this in mind, and to minimise business
interruption, Datacentrix replicated the old
environment and used it as a platform for
testing. From a business continuity point of
view, the decision was then taken to do the
cut over after NATREF’s financial half-year
concluded in November.
“Overall there was an excellent joint effort
between Datacentrix and NATREF to make
this as painless as possible. At this point,
we’re happy to report that the system is
stable, and running across all disciplines
within the business, with a total of 600
permanent users.”
Visagie clarifies that the EIM environment
is critical across all areas of NATREF. “For
instance, when it comes to production, the
system holds important information on
standard operational procedures that need
to be accessed and adhered to at any point
in time, from start-ups to shut-downs. Within
the HR environment, it is used to store the
relevant policies and procedures. The finance
department needs access to financial records,
audit documentation, and so on.
“Essential within a processing and production
environment, our safety team has timely
access to supporting documentation such
as work and task overseeing instructions.
An example of this is when it comes to
specialised welding, in that the welder would
need access to task observations before
any physical welding can take place. All of
this documentation is quickly and easily
accessible using the new EIM solution.”
Visagie says that NATREF users are embracing
the new functionalities on offer within
document and content management. “Easeof-use,
system speed and convenience have
improved immensely for our users. We’ve also
managed to completely automate workflow
around the critical inspections conducted
on NATREF’s production equipment, which
are legally required and include mechanical
integrity checks such as x-rays and infrared
analyses.
“The new EIM system is also now fully
integrated with the other tools used
by NATREF, making for a seamless user
experience,” he adds.
“NATREF’s partnership with Datacentrix
has been extremely positive overall. Our
requirement for open and transparent
communications has certainly been met, and
we’ve found that the team of Datacentrix
experts working with us have all the skills –
from document management, infrastructure
and around the product itself – needed to
easily manage any unexpected challenges.
“For NATREF, this project was an excellent
stepping stone in improving its document
management environment, and we will
be looking at upgrading our document
archiving process next,” states Visagie.
Additional future plans at NATREF include
integration of the organisation’s enterprise
software with the EIM solution, a real area
of strength for Datacentrix, according to
Tony Daubern, EIM project manager at
the company. “Datacentrix has a wealth of
experience in the integration of EIM and
enterprise software, receiving industry
recognition for exactly this in the form of
several awards over the past few years.
“We look forward to deepening our
partnership with NATREF, and taking its EIM
setup to new heights, with a view to also
tackling its records management in time.”
About Datacentrix:
Datacentrix provides leading ICT integration
services and solutions to South African
organisations, ensuring their success and
sustainability into the digital age. The
company’s approach is to partner with its
customers, equipping them with valuable
insight and helping to align their ICT
undertakings with their business strategy.
Datacentrix offers a deeply specialised skills
component and is endorsed by the world’s
foremost technology partners. The company
is recognised for its agility, in-depth industry
knowledge, proven capability and strong
overall performance.
Datacentrix is a Level One (AAA) B-BBEE
Contributor, with 135 percent procurement
recognition. For more information, please
visit www.datacentrix.co.za.
Contact:
Nicola Read, icomm
Email: datacentrix@pr.co.za
Website: www.icomm-pr.co.za

®
SPEEDY, RELIABLE MA LOOP
VALVE TESTING
The new handheld control valve tester
simplifies testing with dedicated tests that
perform a quick health check to provide
users with good/marginal/bad results.
FLUKE 710 mA
Loop Valve Tester.
Control valve testing has meant using complicated
testers that require extensive training, the removal
of the valve, and often one-to-two hours of test time
on the bench. COMTEST is pleased to announce
the arrival of Fluke’s new 710 mA Loop Valve Tester.
The device allows technicians to source the 4-20
mA signal while it interrogates HART data to collect
critical information about the valve’s position and
status, providing quick checks of control valves while
they are in place. With built-in test procedures and an
intuitive interface, the Fluke 710 allows technicians
to quickly and easily perform valve tests, while the
valve test quick-check results provide at-a-glance
diagnostics to make faster maintenance decisions.
With the tester’s built in HART
communication function,
technicians can source a 4-20
mA signal to cause the smart
control valve to move, while
simultaneously interpreting
the valve’s HART feedback
signal to determine whether
the valve is moving to the
expected position. In addition
to positional information, the
measured pressure delivered
from the valve’s internal I/P
(which moves the valve)
can be seen with the HART
communication protocol.
The 710 features preconfigured
valve tests for
reliable and repeatable testing.
The built-in routines include:
• Manually changing the mA signal and viewing the
HART position and pressure variable information.
• Full range ramping of the mA signal from 4 to 20 to
4 mA while recording the 0-100-0 percent position,
or the pressures applied that move the valve from
0-100-0 percent.
• Stepping the mA signal on the input to the valve in
steps and evaluating the valves response to the mA
input changes.
• Speed tests to determine how fast the valve can
open or close.
• Bump and partial stroke tests that help test valves
over a portion of their range so they can be tested
in a live process.
Test results are stored in the memory of the 710
where it can be uploaded to the included ValveTrack
analysis software.
ValveTrack allows users to
• Upload and plot logged valve tests taken in the
field.
• Compare previous uploaded tests to recent tests.
• View valve test history by HART Tag ID.
• Export valve test data to CSV for additional analysis
in Microsoft Excel.
Contact COMTEST on:
Tel: 010 595 1821 or Email: sales@comtest.co.za
for more information on the Fluke 710 mA Loop Valve
Tester, or for support with on-site demos, training
and education, repair services and service programs,
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RTS AFRICA TECHNOLOGIES’ PROCON ACOUSTIC BOILER STEAM LEAK DETECTION
SYSTEM PREVENTS BOILERS ‘GOING DOWN THE TUBES’
At present in
South Africa, boiler
tube leaks are something of a ‘hot’
topic, as the country’s national
power supplier continues to contend
with various complex challenges –
including that of boiler maintenance
issues caused by, amongst other
factors, boiler tube leaks.
This is not a uniquely South African issue,
as the US–based organisation, the Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI), reports
that power generation plants in the US
and Europe have, ‘on average, around
6% loss of plant availability due to boiler
tube leaks’ – a major loss factor for these
facilities.
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However, in South Africa, industrial
solutions provider RTS Africa Technologies
has an effective solution to the challenge
of boiler tube leaks. This is in the form of
a boiler tube leak detection system from UK-based principal Procon
Engineering, a global leader in the field of acoustic leak detection,
which invented the technology and introduced it to the world in 1974.
With more than 250 installations in over 20 countries worldwide,
Procon Engineering can proudly claim more experience and success
than any other company in the field.
This is according to Ian Fraser, Managing Director of the RTS Africa
Group. He explains that the benefits of the early detection of boiler
tube leaks include the following increased operating profit, personnel
safety, availability and tube life.
“In addition, early tube leak detection means unscheduled outages
can be avoided or at least reduced; as can repair costs and secondary
damage, with the attendant reduction in financial penalties and
insurance costs,” he adds.
Commenting on how the technology works, Fraser says that Procon
manufactures specialised ‘microphones’ – which bear little resemblance
to conventional audio microphones. These microphones detect the very
particular noise made by steam leaking from a boiler tube.
“The sound of a boiler tube leak has a particular frequency which
Procon microphones are selectively able to detect. In itself, this
is quite a technical feat, as the firebox of a boiler is a fairly noisy
environment,” he advises.
The microphones are installed at the end of long steel tubes which
target specific points in the boiler tube system. As high levels of
soot are usually present in boiler fireboxes, as an option, the Procon
acoustic detectors can also be fitted with an air pulse system which
clears in the soot deposited in the tubes.
The operational importance of the Procon leak detection system is
that it can detect small leaks before they become catastrophic failures.
“A leak in a boiler tube can start as small as a pinhole – and remain an
undetected problem for an extended period of time. But, eventually,
the size of this hole will grow to a point where the growing diameter
of the orifice leads to a major tube burst. When an incident such as
this happens, there can also be expensive secondary damage inside
the boiler,” Fraser points out.
A further key advantage of the Procon system lies in the number of
microphones installed in a boiler. For example, a typical power station
might have as many as 24 of these Procon acoustic devices installed
in a boiler. The output from the Procon microphones is fed into an ITcontrolled
display – each microphone being represented by a bar on
the display. This shows the sound levels from each microphone inside
the firebox. For record-keeping purposes and system analysis, it is
possible to print out the data from a Procon system.
When the leak occurs, the microphone nearest to the leak will
display an elevated bar level. What is particularly useful is that other
microphones in the area will also pick up the noise.
“Power station technicians are then able to look at the computer
display and – judging from the varying sound levels from the
microphones – predict with some precision where the leak is
occurring,” he says.
For boiler maintenance teams, this is most helpful, as even during
physical inspections of the inside of a boiler and its tubes, a pinhole size
leak can be difficult to detect visually. However, with the evidence from
the Procon system in hand, technicians are aware that there is a leak and
then can search for it until it is found in the shortest possible time.
What the Procon detection system also allows is for power station
technicians to assess the seriousness of a particular leak. Depending
on their assessment of the extent of the leak, it is possible to plan a
scheduled boiler maintenance shutdown so that the impact of the
downtime is minimised.
In South Africa, Medupi and Kusile power stations both employ
Procon tube leak detection system; and RTS Africa installed a
complete Procon system on the six boilers at Arnot power station
some years ago.
“Compared to the cost of a boiler failure in a major power station, the
cost of the Procon system is minimal,” continues Fraser, adding the
proviso that the system becomes increasingly cost-effective on larger
boilers of 200 MW capacity and more.
“The Procon system has been designed not only to serve power
stations; but also the host of boilers used in the broad spectrum
of industry,” Fraser explains. “With boilers which might service
manufacturing or production environments, prevention of major
failures will also assist in the avoidance of punitive financial penalties,
and ultimately bring about a marked improvement in the company’s
bottom line,” he concludes.

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GLOVES IN A BOTTLE
Finally, an all-in-one shielding and dry skin care lotion that effectively combats
workplace related adverse skin conditions.
The rate at which our world has been industrialised of the past
few decades through manufacturing, engineering, construction,
mining, and Petro-chemicals, to name just a few, has realised that
employees involved in these hands-on processes are increasingly
experiencing adverse work-related skin conditions such as severe
dry, cracked, red, itchy or flaky skin. Invariably, this is due to
employees, even though they are wearing the prescribed safety
apparel, coming into continuous daily contact with skin moisture
depleting irritants.
What is a moisture depleting irritant?
This is an irritant that has the ability to remove the natural
moisture, lipids and oil from the skin such as chemicals,
resins, solvents, detergents, adhesives, paint, isocyanates, dirt,
cement, grease, grime, Petro-chemicals and the list goes on…
and is almost endless.
What is Gloves In A Bottle?
Gloves In A Bottle (GIAB) is an all-in-one shielding + dry skin
care lotion that “keeps the good stuff in and the bad stuff
out.” It locks out moisture depleting irritants from penetrating
the skin whilst simultaneously locking in the skins natural
moisture, lipids and oils, and in so doing, achieves deep
rooted and long lasting nourishment through all 7 layers of
the skin. GIAB does not wash off and will endure multiple
washes, even with alcohol or chlor-Hexidine based soap
solutions. A single application will last 4 to 12 hours.
protection. The technology of these two products are polar
opposites. Artificial moisturisers flood the external surface
of the skin with artificial moisture, signaling to the body that
it has sufficient natural moisture and oils, which it does not.
GIAB locks in the natural moisture and oils and allows the body
to continue to produce that which it requires to maintain a
healthy skin, whilst preventing irritants from removing these.
Homeostasis is achieved.
Reasons for using Gloves In A Bottle in the workplace
GIAB is not a replacement for protective apparel, but it is clear
that protective apparel does not always provide adequate
protection. At an affordable cost of around 20 cents an
application, GIAB should be used as a first line of protection.
Healthy employees result in increased productivity
and GIAB reduces “down time” for employees
affected by work related skin conditions.
Available in 60ml, 240ml and 5L bottles, wall
dispenser with 1.3 liter refill bottle and
50 Gallon drums for corporates who wish
to self decant.
How does GIAB work?
When applied it attaches to the outer most layer
of skin creating a microscopic undetectable
protective barrier. The skin is still able to breathe
and perspire normally. Locking out moisture
depleting irritants whilst simultaneously
locking in the skin’s natural moisture, lipids
and oils establishes the perfect platform for a
continued healthy vital skin.
What is the difference between GIAB and a
conventional artificial moisturiser?
GIAB is scientifically proven to be 6 times more
effective than conventional artificial moisturisers.
Artificial moisturisers wash off and offer no barrier
Contact:
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thyssenkrupp CELEBRATES ITS DIAMOND JUBILEE IN AFRICA
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions South Africa is proudly celebrating sixty successful years of engineering excellence
in Africa. This milestone bears testament to the diversified industrial group’s enduring commitment to delivering
exceptional, premium quality, holistic solutions to its valued customers.
Initially operating through an agent in South Africa, the
German powerhouse cemented its African foothold in 1959 by
establishing Krupp RSA (Pty) Ltd in Johannesburg, Gauteng. An
illustrious history saw numerous mergers and name changes
as the company widened its footprint, stepping across South
Africa’s borders into neighbouring countries.
Following the merger between Thyssen and Krupp to form
thyssenkrupp AG, in 1997 the company’s South African trading
name changed to ThyssenKrupp Engineering (Pty) Ltd., (a
wholly owned subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Technologies
AG GmbH) which incorporated Uhde, Polysius and Krupp’s
Materials Handling divisions. Synergising this consolidation of
engineering expertise, the company relocated to its present
office in Sunninghill, Johannesburg.
Showcasing its steadfast commitment to customers along their
operational journey through service and after-sales excellence,
the company opened a Service Centre in Chloorkop on March
26th 2009. This technologically advanced facility specialises in
the complex engineering and refurbishment of OEM parts and
components, spare parts management, field services, plant
upgrades and redesigns, life-cycle services, operation and/or
maintenance contracts as well as machine audits.
In 2015 Uhde, Polysius and Materials Handling amalgamated
to form thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions South Africa which
offers a full range of bulk materials handling, engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) management services to
Sub-Sahara African mining and industry.
“thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions encompasses 60 years
of local experience and over 200 years of global expertise
which enables us to deliver innovative engineering solutions
to our customers and to cultivate lifetime partnerships as a
trusted solutions provider,” states Philipp Nellessen, CEO of
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Sub Sahara Africa.
“Our company’s success is based on a blend of factors; highly
skilled employees, energy efficient superior-quality equipment,
technology and solutions, our customer-centric focus and our
concentrated efforts to expanding our African footprint all play
a prominent role in establishing thyssenkrupp as a pioneering
engineering innovator in Africa.”
Through its expert business units, Minerals Processing, Materials
Handling and Process Industries, thyssenkrupp Industrial
Solutions keeps in step with digital transformation offering the
latest technologies and innovations to the industries including
mining, power, petrochemical, cement and agricultural.
Comminution specialist, Minerals Processing, offers customers
a wide range of crushing and grinding technology tailored to
bespoke plant process requirements. To meet Africa’s growing
demand for energy, Minerals Processing created a dedicated
Power & Energy division which delivers efficient innovations
such as turnkey biomass fired plant solutions, from boiler supply
to building the complete plant around the boiler.
The Materials Handling business unit delivers exceptional
pit-to-port solutions for efficient bulk handling solutions with
equipment such as drum reclaimers, stackers, travel cars, ash
spreaders, conveyors and ship loaders. Process Industries
comprises expertise and technology in the electrolysis,
polymers, base chemicals and fuel storage sectors as well as
modular solutions for chemical and fertilizer plants.
In line with its drive to expand its presence in Africa and to
get closer to customers, thyssenkrupp has forged offices in
Mozambique, Morocco, Tanzania and more recently in Ghana.
“thyssenkrupp is focussed on developing exceptional skills in
Africa for Africa to further grow the continent, the countries
and the local communities,” says Nellessen. “We are able to
tap into our global network to deliver to Africa our combined
technologies coupled with our extensive local knowledge and
experience.” He highlights the current modular chlorine plant
project in Tanzania as a prime example of a successful globallocal
collaboration.
thyssenkrupp’s passion for community development and
empowerment to assist in alleviating the high unemployment
and the skills shortage faced by the country, spurred the opening
of the ground-breaking Technical Training Academy in Q4 2018.
The Academy offers excellent technical training programmes
aimed at developing and upskilling exceptional candidates for
thyssenkrupp’s workshop and site team environments.
“Since its inauguration, the company has vastly developed,
expanded and diversified and this is only possible thanks to the
steadfast commitment of our highly-skilled employees to whom
I extend my sincere gratitude!” concludes Nellessen.
About us:
The Industrial Solutions business area at thyssenkrupp is a
leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of
industrial plants and systems. Based on more than 200 years of
experience we supply tailored, turnkey plants and components
for customers in the chemical, fertilizer, cement, mining
and steel industries. As a system partner to the automotive,
aerospace and naval sectors we develop highly specialized
solutions to meet the individual requirements of our customers.
More than 21,000 employees at over 100 locations form a global
network with a technology portfolio that guarantees maximum
productivity and cost-efficiency.
For more information visit: www.thyssenkrupp-industrialsolutions.com
Contact:
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
(South Africa)
Kgothatso Ntsie
Marketing & Communications
Tel: +27 11 236-1000
Fax: +27 11 236-1125
Email: kgothatso.ntsie@thyssenkrupp.com
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ULTRASONIC SENSORS IN AGRICULTURAL AUTOMATION
Back in the 1980’s, brothers Mike, Gregg and Don Tvetene
were working at their family-owned Tvetene Turf Farms in
Billings, Montana, USA. The business was faced with a critical
labour shortage at the same time that it was experiencing huge
demand for their turf. Out of necessity, the brothers conceived
of an automatic turf harvester that could cut and stack sod
using just one operator. Their biggest motivator, recalls Gregg,
was the years of hard work they had put in stacking turf by
hand on the family farm.
The brothers worked by trial and error to get an automatic stacking
harvester working smoothly. Mike focused on the electronics
while Gregg worked on the hydraulics and Don handled welding
and fabrication. At the time, mobile electronic systems were not
sophisticated enough to handle the tasks required, so Mike designed
a system that would control stacking, harvesting and drive functions.
The brothers formed a new company, Trebro Manufacturing, Inc..
Their hands-on experience, hard work, and continual testing and trials
resulted in the introduction of the “AutoStack”, the first successful
automatic stacking turf harvester, in 2000.
The AutoStack was an instant success as turf producers from around
the world were eager to take advantage of the benefits of labour
savings, increased production, and improved quality of the finished
product. Trebro and the AutoStack were also recognized with an
Industry Innovator award from the Turf Producers International and
the Montana governor’s exporting award.
The AutoStack, and now the AutoStack II, use an automated Ultra
Steer system to guide the harvester with precision while the operator
watches over all aspects of the harvesting process. Trebro explored
several different sensor technologies for the steering system before
selecting Senix ToughSonic 14 ultrasonic sensors.
Senix ultrasonic sensors are mounted on the steering arms of the
AutoStacker and AutoStacker II where they monitor the harvest line
to maintain ¼” steering accuracy. The ToughSonic 14 was selected
for it’s tough all-weather construction and its ability to communicate
rapidly with the Trebro’s electronic control system through an RS-232
interface. The Trebro AutoStack II is the ultimate high production
automatic turf harvester.
Trebro Manufacturing has now sold more than 750 automated
harvesters in 22 countries. It has employees in the U.S., Canada and
the UK, with parts warehouses in all of these locations plus Europe
and Australia. And at its heart, there are the three brothers.
Contact INSTROTECH, manufacturer and distributor of process control
instrumentation and specialized systems, for more information on the
Senix ToughSonic Sensors for Agricultural Automation on
010 5951831 sales@instrotech.co.za
ARCA ANTI-SURGE CONTROL VALVES IN OPERATION
Arca supplies its extensive range of valves to nearly all types of industry.
An important part of the product range are
valves for turbines and turbo compressors,
especially anti- surge control valves. Arca
manufactures its ECOTROL® series of valves
Type 8C / 6N / 6H and 130, from DN50 / DN2“
to DN700 / DN28“ in pressure class PN10 /
ANSI150 up to PN400 / ANSI2500.
Recently valves of a nominal width of 24“
have been delivered to several customers. In
recent years the design of these valves has
been further optimized in order to fulfil the
requirements of the customer. Be it large valves
for single-axle compressors or multistage
high pressure valves for multistage gear box
compressors, Arca have a valve for every
application, including hot-gas compressors
or cryogen plants, or even for acid gas and
oxygen.
Arca not only manufacture all types of valves
but also a wide range of pneumatic actuators
for special requirements are being made.
With extreme operating conditions the
actuators of the series 811 / 812 / 814 and
MA60 guarantee a steady control mode and,
in case of an incident, move extremely fast
into the safety position. By means of cleverly
devised component parts,
large valves can open fast
regulated and on the other
side close slow regulated, as
appropriate to customer’s
needs. A fast opening on
a large valve is possible
with an opening time
of less than < 1 sec. The
ECOTROL® valves with
component parts that
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in exzone and in all
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plants where the process
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processing.
Valve & Automation
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GAS ANALYSIS AND THE 4 th INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Compressed gas laboratories
are now able to benefit
from the connectivity and
automated big data analysis
features of the 4 th Industrial
Revolution. Afrox’s Hans
Strydom explains.
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The 4th Industrial Revolution is coming to
the compressed gas laboratory in the form
of connected analysers. Locally collected
information from any sample and any
laboratory can now be sent for comparative
analysis online via a common central
computer.
There are hundreds of applications for
gas analysis: determining the emission
levels from industrial stacks, the health of
a patients, the constituents and impurities
levels in petrochemical product, the
quality and purity of medicines from the
pharmaceutical industry, the purity and
accuracy of Afrox’s medical and industrial gas
product ranges, and many more.
Many different types of gas analysers are
used, depending on the specific sample
and the information required about the
constituents – oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen,
argon, helium, sulphur dioxide, carbon
dioxide and hydrocarbons such as methane
– as well as their physical factors such as flow
rate, pressure and temperature.
Gas analysers can now be set up to pass
or fail a product sample without the
intervention of a laboratory technician. They
can be programmed to capture samples
and record the analysis simultaneously and
with certainty. This level of automation for
industrial, medical and specialty gas filling
plants brings significant benefits in terms of
costs, efficiency, reaction times to problems,
the safety of personnel and the quality of
products.
Gas analysis at filling plants
Embedded software in the modern gas
analysers used at gas filling plants, for
example, can deal with more than 15
samples at a time taken to the lab from fill
racks and bulk tanks all over the plant to
provide consistent analysis on a repetitive
basis. Results from gas chromatographs (GCs)
can also be made available over the network
and the software to control these analysers
can reside on a networked server anywhere
in the world.
This approach can significantly increase
analyses throughput without impacting
operator friendliness and ease of use.
Remote support from the instrumentation
supplier is available and software updates,
changes, training for new personnel or
trouble-shooting can all be achieved over the
network.
Additional features include the ability to
create and edit profiles for the different
analysis types and the ability to enter test
specifications and fail criteria. Multiple
samples can be sent to multiple instruments
simultaneously and automatically to
reduce analysis time. The systems also offer
automatic purge routines between samples.
For each successful test, a Certificate of
Analysis can be directly created via a
touchscreen before being stored and/
or printed along with captured records
and analysis results. The same applies to
calibration documents and records for the
analysis instruments and for any equipment
being calibrated by the instrument. Test
histories and calibration logs can be digitally
saved and, for quick reference, the operator
screen shows when the analyser was
last used, who the operator was and the
instrument’s calibration status.
For any gas analysis requirement, Afrox
supplies gas reticulation systems, regulators,
gases and third party connectivity capacity.
Afrox connects all the pipework with
regulators to the instrument with automated
sample valves.
This enables the data required to be cost
effectively collected and analysed by the
instruments and automatically processed,
with the added functionality of automatic
decision making via artificial intelligence
from a centrally located global server.
“Laboratories are expensive operations.
Today’s connected technology enables us
to engineer gas analysis and calibration
systems to be far more automated, accurate
and reliable, which ultimately helps to
make these essential services far more cost
efficient,” Strydom concludes.
Contact:
Kyle Reddy
Email: Kyle.Reddy@afrox.linde.com

CLOUD MAKES UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS A REALITY FOR SMES
By Corrie Lynch, ICT Delivery DSM Expert:
Connectivity Services at T-Systems South Africa
Quality video conferencing, together
with the added features of presence,
document sharing, screen sharing,
and mobility capability, also known
as Unified Communication (UC), has
typically been considered the domain
of large corporates that can afford
the associated high cost. However,
smaller businesses had to ‘make do’
with inefficient, low quality and usually
insecure platforms. Fortunately, this
is changing, providing these smaller
businesses with access to enterprise
quality solutions.
Smaller, more agile businesses often need
these tools just as much, if not more, than
larger businesses, as they tend to leverage
a more mobile workforce. Without the
right tools, collaboration and effective
communication becomes difficult.
As a fall back, SMEs have resorted to using
free or cheap UC platforms, such as social
media instant messaging platforms, faceto-face
video applications, and free online
PABX and communication tools. While
cost effective, these methods aren’t always
secure, nor are they usually very reliable.
Free platforms are also unlikely to offer any
support. If a voice or video call fails, or cannot
be initiated to start off with, the business has
no form of assistance or recourse.
There has, however, been a major shift in the
market where the introduction of cloud and
the hosting of PBX services in the cloud now
also makes quality UC services affordable to
SMEs through pay-per-use cost models.
The cloud has opened the opportunity for
SMEs to make use of corporate grade UC
solutions without having to buy the solution
or subscribe to a set number of licenses.
Offered as a monthly pay-per-user fee,
businesses are able to leverage quality UC
tools, including voice, video conferencing,
secure instant messaging, file and screen
sharing, and more, scaling up and down as
they require.
SME’s are able to benefit from a system that
enables anytime, anywhere communication,
that will grow as they do. When they reach
a size where it makes sense to invest in
business suites that offer UC as an add-on,
they can decide to do so, or continue to use
the subscription-based model, integrating it
with their suite for maximum productivity.
These tools can be provisioned over the
hardware that the business already has,
or bundled together with the required
hardware, handsets and video equipment.
The services also extend to mobile users,
allowing for the same tools to be accessed
on a user’s mobile device, from any Internet
connection. This allows SMEs – or businesses
of any size, really – to make voice and video
calls over their data connection, saving on
expensive mobile tariffs.
The ability for teams to communicate and
collaborate from anywhere and at any
time boosts a business’s productivity and
encourages a collaborative team environment.
However, for UC solutions to be effective, they
need to be reliable, secure and be supported
by measurable and contracted service levels.
T-Systems in South Africa:
Thamsanqa Malinga
Communications Specialist
Email: Thami.Malinga@t-systems.co.za
Tel: +27 11 254 7400
Website: www.t-systems.com/za/en
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Stafsjo SC cylinder.
STAFSJÖ’S DOUBLE-ACTING PNEUMATIC
SC CYLINDER
Stafsjö’s standard double-acting pneumatic cylinder type SC
is manufactured by Ebro Armaturen. It is a solid construction
designed for tough knife gate applications available from 100
mm (4”) up to 320 mm (12.6”) bore diameter.
The SC cylinder has a hard anodized aluminium barrel with coated
aluminium caps, hold together by stainless steel tie rods to enable
a long-term linear operation independent of position. The SC also
includes several internal and external precision supports to further
guarantee the linear stroke. A piston rod wiper at the bottom end cap
ensures that no material enters the cylinder.
Stafsjo Assembly kit.
The supply pressure for the cylinder should be max 10 bar and the
compressed air should be dry or slightly oil misted. Temperature
range for the actuator is -30 to +100 °C.
The SC cylinder is CE marked and also approved for use in EX areas
according directive 2014/34/EU Group II category 2G/2D (zone 1 or
21).
Assembly kit included for Stafsjö’s knife gate valves
Stainless steel adapter (1) and gate clevis (2) kits are supplied
assembled on the SC cylinder to make it easy to install on Stafsjö’s
different knife gate valves.
Stafsjo interface,
Namur interface for direct assembly of solenoid valves
Integrated Namur interface according VDI/VDE 3845 (3) on the top
cover enable direct assembly of solenoid valves which reduce piping
efforts to minimum.
Prepared for magnetic limit switches up to SC200
The SC is supplied as standard with a magnetic ring on the piston
and an integrated T groove (4) in the cylinder barrel up to SC200 for
installation of magnetic limit switches according to ISO 15552.
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Valve & Automation is the agent for Stafsjö products, please
contact:
Desmond Delport
Tel: 011 397 2833 or 0861 103 103
Website: www,valve.co.za
Stafsjo intergrated T groove.

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WORLEYPARSONS COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF
JACOBS ECR DIVISION
On 22 October 2018, WorleyParsons Limited (“WorleyParsons”) (“Company”) entered
into a binding agreement to acquire Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.’s (“Jacobs”) Energy,
Chemicals and Resources division (“Jacobs ECR”).
WorleyParsons today announced it had paid the consideration to
complete the US$3.2 billion (A$4.55 billion) acquisition of Jacobs
ECR and the acquisition was completed on Friday 26 April 2019 New
York time.
The new merged business is a pre-eminent global provider of
professional project and asset services in energy, chemicals and
resources employing 57,600 people across 51 countries.
WorleyParsons’ CEO Andrew Wood said: “This merger is about more
than capacity and capability. It’s about opportunity. The opportunity
to become the partner of choice for our customers, the employer
of choice for our people and to deliver enhanced returns for our
shareholders.”
The operating structure announced in February of four business
units, Advisian, Energy and Chemical Services, Mining, Minerals
& Metals Services and Major Projects and Integrated Solutions, is
effective from completion. The transition process for combining
the businesses into a cohesive, merged new company is underway
following a period of extensive planning.
Cost synergies of approximately A$130m at a cost of A$160m are
anticipated to be delivered within two years. Further benefits will be
achieved from optimization and revenue synergies.
WorleyParsons has adopted ‘Worley’ as its new brand. The Company
name will be changed to Worley Limited, subject to the approval of
members at the AGM in October 2019.
The annual Investor Day will be hosted on 5 June 2019 where we
will provide a more detailed update on the new company.
About WorleyParsons:
WorleyParsons delivers projects, provides expertise in engineering,
procurement and construction and offers a wide range of consulting
and advisory services. We cover the full lifecycle, from creating
new assets to sustaining and enhancing operating assets, in the
power, hydrocarbons, mineral, metals, chemicals and infrastructure
sectors. Our resources and energy are focused on responding to and
meeting the needs of our customers over the long term and thereby
creating value for our shareholders. WorleyParsons is listed on the
Australian Securities Exchange [ASX:WOR].
For more information, contact:
Mark Trueman, Director Planning & Investor Relations
Tel: +61 2 8456 7256
Email: investor.relations@worleyparsons.com
or Mark Gell
Tel: +61 419 440 533
Email: mgell@reputationedge.com.au.
THE PETROCHEMICAL ROADSHOWS
The African Petrochemical Roadshow offers a diagonal slice of the
industry, showcasing and highlighting multiple products, services
and expertise available to the Petrochemical Industry, General
Engineering, Mining and Power Generation sectors.
• Secunda Petrochemicals IPP & Renewables Roadshow
• Sasolburg Petrochemicals IPP & Renewables Roadshow
• Durban Petrochemicals IPP & Renewables Roadshow
• The Mossel Bay Petrochemical Roadshow
Each stand per roadshow includes:
• LOGO ON OUR DIGITAL TICKET,
DISTRIBUTED ON OUR NEWSLETTERS
(Listed as an exhibitor). Added on
our Roadshow page, signature and
all our social media platforms (The
digital ticket is shared daily on our
social media pages)
• 2 x EDITORIALS (Published on the
African Petrochemicals website and
also shared on all our social media
platforms)
• 3x2 EXHIBITION STAND
• 2 TABLES
• CHAIRS
• 2 TABLECLOTHS
VISITOR ENTRY IS
FREE OF CHARGE
• SINGLE PHASE POWER OUTLET
• A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE of all
the visitors that attend the respective
show
• SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE
• AFTER EVENT EXPOSURE- The
pictures will be published in the
African Petrochemicals publication
The Engineering, Procurement &
Construction (EPC) Roadshow
The show is an ideal business to business networking
opportunity.
• Specifically hosted for the Engineering Procurement
Construction and the Engineering Consultants in and
around JHB. Project Houses supply turnkey solutions
for a successful construction & procurement processes.
• The EPC Roadshow offers unique networking
opportunities between suppliers, EPC & Engineering
Consultants, keeping you as a supplier informed and
updated with current and upcoming projects.
• The show is practical and cost effective
Visit our website for the
Roadshow dates and venue’s
www.africanpetrochemicals.co.za
Join us on social media
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