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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Wednesday, 01 February 2017 13:09
Mining Indaba 2017
The WearCheck team will once again be at Mining Indaba this year, showcasing our traditional condition monitoring options - Oil and Fuel analysis - as well as our extensive range of Reliability Solutions services. Our technicians and diagnosticians will be at the stand daily to answer your questions about how…
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Monday, 30 January 2017 12:14
Prestigious peer review
WearCheck's diagnostic manager, John Evans, who - in his more than 25 years with the company - has had many of his articles published in many scientific journals in several countries, has diagnosed over a million samples, has conducted many training courses and is widely recognised as an inveterate expert…
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Friday, 27 January 2017 10:34
MINEX
Iran hosted the 5th annual Mines and Mining Industry Expo (MINEX), featuring the latest mining innovations for Iran and the Middle East. This year, WearCheck was present for the first time. Managing director Neil Robinson and Peter Safadi, manager of WearCheck PM Dubai were on hand to meet delegates. Neil…
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Friday, 23 December 2016 08:14
Monitor Issue 73
2016 was a busy year indeed for WearCheck...celebrating 40 years of condition monitoring excellence, reaching an important SABS milestone, attending many international and local conferences and expos and installing some high-tech new laboratory equipment. Have a look at Monitor 73 to read more about these stories, as well as WearCheck’s…
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Tuesday, 20 December 2016 09:32
Clean oil, clean fuel save money
Condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, have now extended their fuels, lubricants, air and coolants (F.L.A.C) maintenance programme to include unique bypass filters, which minimise contaminants, thereby extending the life of the oil or fuel. The filters were initially trialled at a chrome mine on three GHH machines running air-cooled motors. Once…
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Wednesday, 30 November 2016 08:09
Making headway
There have been some well-earned promotions and new appointments at WearCheck recently. Here, we introduce you to the new folk in their new positions… Our man in the Middle East (image 3) Peter Safadi recently joined the WearCheck family as the regional manager: Middle East, based at WearCheck PM in…
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