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Did you know that there are serious consequences of poor laser shaft alignment? Or that WearCheck is about to open its 11^th laboratory in the DRC?
And, are you aware how the latest laboratory technology can help your business?

All this information - and plenty more - is featured in the latest WearCheck Monitor newsletter.

You can learn about GC, ICP and HPLC technologies, and why WearCheck has invested heavily in them. There is a wealth of information on WearCheck’s comprehensive training schedule and some useful take-home advice garnered from the WearCheck stands at several recent industry expos. 

We also announce the winner of the 2014 customer survey lucky draw…

To read the latest issue of Monitor, please CLICK HERE

The 7^th annual West and Central Africa mining conference - WaCa - takes place in Accra, Ghana on 20^th and 21^st May.

WearCheck will be present once again, with staff from our South African and Ghanaian laboratories on hand to meet delegates and help with technical queries.

The development of the mining industry in West Africa inspired WearCheck to open an oil analysis laboratory in Tarkwa, Ghana in 2013. And, on par with the burgeoning Central African mining industry, WearCheck Congo’s laboratory, our 11^th, opens imminently in the D.R.C

Oil analysis and condition monitoring have been proven time and again to add to your bottom line by helping to avoid catastrophic component failure and expensive downtime.

Please come and visit WearCheck at stand no.31 at the WaCa expo. Click here for more information.

Today marks the start of the Super 15 rugby tournament and the Cricket World Cup, being held in Australia and New Zealand. 
With so much sports viewing WearCheck has made it a little easier for you to follow your team's progress with broadcasting schedules
highlighting all the matches and television times.

Click here to download SUPER 15 fixtures
Click here to download CRICKET WORLD CUP fixtures

Companies who reap the best rewards from their investment in a good oil analysis and condition monitoring programme, have also invested in training their staff to perform the necessary operations correctly, such as taking samples, reading the reports and acting on the advice of WearCheck's diagnosticians.

So, to boost your bottom line in the plant maintenance arena, why not send your staff on one of WearCheck's customer training courses?

Training courses

Oil Analysis One covers the fundamentals of lubrication and oil analysis.
This is a 2 day course and costs R4 999.

Oil Analysis Two explains everything you need to know about the WearCheck reports, helping the customer get a better understanding of their test results and how to precede. This is a 1 day course and costs R2 500.

Oil Analysis Three is in the process of being re-created. Further information to follow.

All courses include course material, refreshments, giveaways and certificates. Prices exclude VAT and are subject to change.

On-site training courses

All courses can also be presented at your premises for a minimum of seven delegates.

WearCheck also offers two more on-site courses:

WearCheck Practical (in English or Zulu), a half day course costing R600 plus VAT per delegate. This course is ideal for "oil samplers", artisans or anyone new to oil analysis.

WearCheck Customised – oil analysis for workshop technicians, a full day course costing R1450 plus VAT per delegate. This course is designed around your company requirements for an oil analysis programme.

Arrange a training course near you.
Training courses can also be arranged in any of the following areas: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Kimberley, Makopane, Middelburg, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth, Rustenburg, Steelpoort, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania (Mwanza), Zambia (Kitwe) – in fact anywhere you need a training course, we will make a plan to run it for you!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 2015 TRAINING SCHEDULE.

More details on course content can be found on our website www.wearcheck.co.za
For bookings contact Ashley Mayer on (011) 392-6322 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Come and meet the WearCheck team at the Mining Indaba conference taking place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from 7 – 9 February.

This year sees an exciting line up with Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to present a keynote address, along with Robert Friedland of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, Anita Marangoly George from the World Bank Group,  Dr Dambisa Moyo from Global Economist, Jim O’Neill, chairman of Cities Growth Commission and H.E. Minister Ngoako Ramathlodi, Minister of Mineral Resources.

We will be exhibiting with our holding company Set Point. (Stand address 1504 - 1506). Several WearCheck staff members will be on hand to meet customers at the popular Cape Town expo, including Steven Lara-Lee Lumley (technical development), Philip Schutte (reliability solutions) and Werner Buys (WearCheck Cape Town branch co-ordinator).

Lumley, who is one of WearCheck's most experienced diagnosticians, and who has diagnosed more than a million samples, will have a microscope set up at Indaba, so that visitors can look through the lens and learn a little bit about what the different samples look like "up close".

For more information please contact us at +27(0) 31 700 9580 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Standing proudly (some nervously!) at the starting line of the recent 94.7 cycle race in Johannesburg were fourteen intrepid cyclists from the various Set Point sister companies. All fourteen Set Point team members who started the race, also crossed the finish line and earned medals.

Congratulations to all the team members who put in a big effort to complete their training and grind their gears to climb the inclines on the new course, which is apparently much hillier than previously.

Thank you and well done to Greg Morse, Set Point Group Health and Safety manager, for a great job as team manager.

Some of the Set Point cyclists who completed the gruelling 94.7 cycle race in Johannesburg recently were, from left to right, Sharon Fay, Greg Morse, Karen Black, Steven Black, Marius de Wet, Stephed Francis, Wian Nortje, Eran Nortje and Pieter Nortje.

(Other cyclists who completed the race but were not in the photograph were: Adrian Budding, Deon Steenkamp, Caitlin van Eeden, Ryan Joshua and Vic Bester.)

Renewable energy from wind power has been a strong focus point for WearCheck in recent times, particularly the extension of the reliable service life of wind turbines and their components through condition monitoring.

This is in line with this year’s Windaba theme: ‘Power2thePeople – improving lives through wind energy.’

The WearCheck wind power team will be on hand at Windaba 2014 to answer queries, meet clients and to shed light on the new condition monitoring techniques for the wind industry.

Come and meet us at Stand 6, Windaba, from 3 – 5 November 2014 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Congratulations to diagnostician Rowan Maartens on diagnosing his two millionth sample for WearCheck!

Rowan joined WearCheck in 1982 as a diagnostician, and he has clocked up a record 2 000 000 samples in the three decades he has been at WearCheck.

We are very proud of you, Rowan! While we are unsure of the precise current global statistics, we are pretty certain that you must be in the top few people in the world, if not the first person in the world, with this incredible number of diagnoses to your name.

We have had many proud WearCheck moments so far this year…and they are all featured in the latest Monitor newsletter.

You can read all about our world first milestones, several loyal staff notching up an incredible 25 years’ service, new offices in two regions, millions of samples diagnosed…and even a love story! 

Of course, there are also many useful and educational technical tips – in this edition, our focus is on the wind turbine industry.

Other snippets of news feature all the expos, conferences and training courses our team members have attended and presented, both locally and globally.

And our team is expanding – meet the four newest ladies who have boosted our technical expertise in several WearCheck offices around South Africa.

P.S. Watch out for the next issue of Monitor to see who won the iPad mini in the 2014 WearCheck customer survey lucky draw.

Click here to download Monitor Issue 68.