Tuesday, 21 February 2012 09:48
Super 15 viewing schedule
The 2012 Super 15 rugby tournament kicks off in just 3 days! Make sure you don’t miss your team playing by downloading the WearCheck Viewing Schedule which highlights all the matches and times taking place over the 24 week long tournament. Click here to download (1.5MB)
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 07:46
New WearCheck Kitwe laboratory opens its doors
The official opening ceremony for WearCheck’s 6th world-class oil analysis laboratory - situated in Kitwe, Zambia - took place last month, and was attended by various key players in the mining, earth moving industry and petro-industries. Guests were treated to music, a sit down lunch and a detailed tour of…
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Thursday, 12 January 2012 06:50
WearCheck - a year in review
Despite difficult global trading circumstances, WearCheck enjoyed a successful and busy year in 2011 with lots of ‘firsts’ and other highlights, including many exciting new services and tailored tests, new laboratory instruments and a presence in several new countries. Reliable, world-class oil analysis service from a highly experienced team is…
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 08:13
Thank you and best wishes for the festive season
As the end of 2011 approaches, we review a very busy and successful year, in spite of lingering global economic difficulties. We are grateful for the support from you, our valued customers, which has enabled WearCheck to expand and trade internationally in Namibia, Dubai, India and Zambia, whilst maintaining our…
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Friday, 09 December 2011 08:23
WearCheck Monitor 61
What’s news at WearCheck? 2011 has been jam-packed with exciting new developments at WearCheck, including the opening of the new lab in Chennai, India, the launch of an underground oil sampling service, a real money-saving case study for a customer in the mining industry, and the introduction of new customer…
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 09:02
Why WearCheck?
Why WearCheck? What is it that sets WearCheck apart from other oil analysis laboratories? Why would you choose to send your lubricant samples for testing and diagnosis to WearCheck, rather than another lab? Business Excellence magazine, a UK-based business journal, identifies, interviews and features leading companies around the world who…
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 13:11
WearCheck riders saddle up for 94.7 cycle race
An intrepid team of WearCheck staff, family members, and Set Point Group colleagues from around South Africa entered the popular, but daunting, 94.7 cycle race in Johannesburg last Sunday. Some of the team members gathered to show off their snazzy WearCheck-sponsored cycling kit just before the start of the race. Among…
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Thursday, 10 November 2011 09:00
WearCheck’s world-class team of diagnosticians
WearCheck’s diagnostic team, who between them boast 125 collective years of oil analysis experience, successfully completed their International Council for Machinery & Lubrication (ICML) exams last year, and are now ICML certified for Level II Machinery Lubricant Analysis. This certification is equivalent to category II of the ISO 18436-4 standard…
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Wednesday, 02 November 2011 12:09
Oil analysis prevents equipment failure for Atlantis Mining
Oil analysis by WearCheck Africa proved instrumental in avoiding machine failure on two of Middelburg mining contractor Atlantis Mining’s earthmoving units recently by detecting component wear in time. All of the Middelburg-based mining contractors’ fleet Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, Volvo and Terex equipment have been on WearCheck’s oil analysis programme for…
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011 08:30
New product: Turbine Oil Analysis
The performance of the oil in a turbine application is vital in many aspects to ensure reliable performance of your turbine. WearCheck's Turbine Oil Analysis kits have been designed to measure the core functions of the oil and give you the ability to monitor the operating condition of the oil…
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 13:03
Technical Bulletin 52: How do oils degrade
Oils have a finite lifetime – they will eventually degrade and/or become contaminated, and will need to be changed. Lubricants consist of a base stock (mineral or synthetic) and an additive package. As oil works to lubricate a piece of machinery, the additives become depleted and deactivated, which eventually renders the oil…
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 12:07
The ABC's of oil - part 3
So, we have dealt with the physical and chemical properties of oils and their performance specification but how does the stuff actually work? Depending on which book, manual or learned journal you read, a lubricant can have as many as two dozen functions. These can be reduced to four very…
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