WearCheck at AUW 2019 on 05 June 2019, 10.48

Thank you to everyone who visited the WearCheck stand at African Utility Week (AUW) in Cape Town recently. Many good conversations about our specialist condition monitoring services were had, with particular focus on the electrical/power generation sector. Maintaining the health of components is so...

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Instrument Doctor on 22 May 2019, 09.29

Thamsanqa “Thami’ Shongwe is WearCheck’s new in-house instrument technician. Armed with a national diploma in electrical engineering (light current), and several years of experience as an electronic technician, a production technician and a repair technician – this has stood him in good stead...

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Lube Tip 14: Thermal failure in lubricants on 20 May 2019, 18.44

Lubricants can thermally degrade for a variety of reasons and causes. Unlike oxidation, thermal failure can occur in new lubricants with healthy additive packages. However, many of the symptoms of oxidation are also symptoms of thermal degradation. One of the most common causes of thermal failure in...

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