Friday, 02 June 2017 13:33
WearCheck pioneers condition monitoring app
WearCheck pioneers condition monitoring app The launch of WearCheck Mobile, our brand new interactive condition monitoring application (app), enables customers to have vital information about the condition of their components at their fingertips 24/7/365. Managing director Neil Robinson believes that WearCheck is one of only a handful of condition monitoring…
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Monday, 15 May 2017 05:12
African Utility Week
WearCheck will be at the 17th annual African Utility Week, which takes place from 16 – 18 May in Cape Town. This will be the first time that WearCheck attends this global meeting of African power and water utility professionals. Ian Gray, from WearCheck’s newly-formed transformer reliability services division, will…
Wednesday, 10 May 2017 15:51
WearCheck takes over transformer services company
WearCheck recently bought out Transformer Chemistry Services (TCS), adding an already-established transformer analysis and maintenance division to the company’s condition monitoring portfolio. Coupled with our Africa-wide network, the expertise of TCS and a general growth in the number of transformers across the continent, WearCheck is now poised to provide large-scale…
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Tuesday, 02 May 2017 09:45
Just plane condition monitoring...
Just plane condition monitoring . . . the WearCheck brand reached new heights recently where the company logo holds pride of place on the fuselage and wings of one of the aircraft of an air acrobatics team sponsored by holding company Torre Industries. Look out for the plane flying over…
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Friday, 28 April 2017 11:42
New lab instruments generate faster sample results
We recently invested in excess of R1.7 million in new high-tech equipment in both the transformer and fuel sections of our Joburg-based Speciality laboratory. The Kruss K11 tensiometer, an ADU 5 distillation unit, a SVM3001 stabinger viscometer as well as the PMA 5 Pensky-Martens closed-cup flash point tester are among…
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Tuesday, 18 April 2017 13:13
Mining Indaba
WearCheck was once again present at Mining Indaba 2017 recently, where many people came to the stand to chat about condition monitoring. This year, WearCheck shared a stand with sister company Set Point Laboratories (SPL), which is also part of holding company Torre Analytical Services. Standing by to discuss the…
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Thursday, 30 March 2017 10:09
WearCheck welcomes a very special visitor
From small beginnings as a soil-testing business based in the garage of founder Lesley Crawford and her business partner Gary Brown over 40 years ago, WearCheck has grown into one of the leading condition monitoring companies on the African continent today. Lesley, who now lives in France, made a special…
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Thursday, 23 March 2017 14:08
WearCheck Training. Africa & Beyond.
Ghana, ZimbabweWearCheck training manager Ashley Mayer conducts oil analysis courses for South African customers as well as those in exotic locations. Recently, he travelled to West Africa and Zimbabwe to offer training courses. Ashley Mayer (front row under banner, blue shirt) is seen with African Mining Services delegates…
Monday, 06 March 2017 16:11
Out and about
WearCheck staff members from various branches have clocked up some big air-miles lately, attending conferences, meetings and expos in several countries to stay abreast with the latest technology and to learn more about the evolving needs of industry. WACAThe annual West and Central African Mining Summit & Expo (WACA) takes…
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Tuesday, 28 February 2017 11:50
Loyalty Recognised
WearCheck is a family of very dedicated and loyal staff members, many of whom have clocked up several decades with the company. HR Manager Michelle Padayachee commended all long-serving staff, particularly those who reached important milestones recently. ‘Your loyalty and experience benefits both the company as well as our customers…
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Monday, 20 February 2017 13:49
Super Rugby Super Rugby Super Rugby
Rugby fan? Get your diary out! The Super Rugby season kicks off on 23 February with the Rebels taking on the Bulls at AAMI stadium in Melbourne, Australia, culminating with a battle on 5th August between the finalist teams. Recognised as the preeminent professional men's rugby union football competition, Super Rugby…
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Friday, 10 February 2017 10:30
Train for Productivity
As oil analysis and reliability solutions are increasingly complex fields which are constantly evolving with new technology, WearCheck offers a variety of training courses for several levels of staff, targeted at workers in the maintenance and management arenas. WEARCHECK 2017 OIL ANALYSIS TRAINING COURSES Efficiency, speed and reducing the need…
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