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MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT 6 M&C: Africa’s world-class service provider for rotating equipment

MCA visits the Cleveland facility of Marthinusen and Coutts, a division of ACTOM, and talks to Marketing Executive, Mike Chamberlain, about the business's comprehensive on- and off-site service, repair, remanufacturing and testing offering. 9 AG Lubricants partners to enhance productivity and operational efficiency MINERALS PROCESSING AND MATERIALS HANDLING 10 Multotec Spirals improve chrome recovery from UG2 tails Multotec senior applications engineer, Sithembiso Mayisela, outlines an ongoing success story from a chrome recovery plant in the NorthWest province of SouthAfrica for the recovery of chrome from UG2 tailings from the platinum concentrator upstream.

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12 FLS partnerships in support of asset health and productivity POWERGEN, PETROCHEM AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT 14 Hybrid and renewable power solutions from WEG Africa

MCA talks to Eduardo Werninghaus, CEO at WEG Africa, about WEG's comprehensive range of integrated, customer-centric power solutions and their role in transitioning industry towards more reliable, renewable, and sustainable energy options.

16 ACTOM highlights local rail capabilities 18 Purpose-engineered modular substations WATER, WASTEWATER AND PUMPING SOLUTIONS 20 Efficient, compact geared-drive solutions for wastewater treatment 22 The next generation peristaltic hose pump 24 Advanced technologies for water reuse 25 MDX Pumps: a leap forward in mill duty pumping HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS 26 ABB innovations for energy efficiency and sustainability

Bonfiglioli offers effective, efficient and reliable solutions for wastewater treatment, with easy maintenance, adaptability, compactness and a wide torque range among the fundamental features of the company’s solutions.

The application of sensor technology to reduce operational and standby power losses of traditional current and voltage transformers means that, over the lifetime of a typical switchboard in the African environment, energy savings equate to 181 MWh over 30 years.

29 Mastering measurement for chemical storage POWER TRANSMISSION, BEARINGS, BUSHES AND SEALS 30 Graphalloy ® : the self-lubricating metal alloy for demanding environments

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Craig FitzGerald of ISO-Reliability introduces Graphalloy ® , a self-lubricating composite graphite-metal material that can operate without conventional lubrication. 32 SKF’s integrated triple-action solution 33 Hexagon Electrical expands local manufacturing and services HEATING, COOLING AND VENTILATION 34 Tough SA-built HVAC solutions for extreme environments Booyco Engineering, South Africa’s specialist in high-performance HVAC systems for mobile military, rail, mining, construction and agricultural applications, is celebrating 40 years in business. 35 Industrial fan production facility launched LOCAL MANUFACTURING AND FOOD PROCESSING 36 Sandvik Rock Processing Vibrating Screens: custom-designed, locally manufactured Riaan Steinmann of Sandvik Rock Processing takes MCA on a tour of the SouthAfrican vibrating screen manufacturing facility in Kempton Park and highlights the company’s global design and local manufacturing advantage.

Front cover: SEW-EURODRIVE Email: info@sew.co.za Website: www.sew-eurodrive.co.za

38 Weir builds production capacity for new screen ranges 39 Manufacturing must be at the centre of industrial strategy INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING 42 Conveyor innovations for better weighing accuracy and uptime

MCA talks to Jonathan Rogoff, the CEO of Tru-Trac Rollers, about the company’s innovations for rip detection, weighing accuracy, self-adjusting belt alignment and AI-based proactive maintenance.

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Peter’s comment: Manufacturing: a lever for growth and long-term resilience 4 On the cover: SEW-EURODRIVE massively upscales after-sales service: a dedicated new facility in Aeroton is under construction to deliver total reliability services. 40 Products and industry news 44 Back page: PDS: from collision warning to intelligent safety

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