Nearly 70 years ago, brothers Fred and Frank Vermeeren migrated to Australia from the Netherlands along with their parents and ended up settling in the small town of Keith in South Australia. About 11 years later, they founded an engineering and irrigation business that has...
For an engineering group that has only been in business since 2008, Munster Services Group have enjoyed rapid growth undertaking increasingly larger and more complex construction, maintenance, refurbishment, electrical, mechanical engineering and asset management projects in Queensland and nationwide, growth which can strongly be attributed...
“This place is five times more corrosive than the dead sea,” says Glenn Burney, BSC Product Specialist, as he describes the sea water dehydration plant where BSC is supporting its customer, a major salt producer, to set up a new chain conveyor system. “The plant was...
Road and infrastructure projects are poised to play a key role in Australia’s economic recovery post-COVID. The 2020-21 Federal Budget features significant funding for the infrastructure industry, with $7.5 billion investment in transport infrastructure around the country envisioned in the Budget. The increased demand for high-quality...
When considering safety at a mine or quarry site, protecting electrical components plays an important role in preventing potential hazards for the workers. As dust and dirt build up on electrical components, it makes the maintenance tasks a challenge in the absence of a suitable...
Crushers are the backbone of any quarry operation, so it’s imperative that they are always operating rain hail or shine. “A blocked or jammed crusher puts the drive system under immense strain, which can cause v-belts to slip and squeal until the blockage is cleared. Belt...
Nobody who is allergic to gluten wants to bite into their ‘gluten-free’ biscuit to find that it did in fact contain traces of gluten. Manufacturers go to great lengths to ensure that this cannot happen. Water washdowns are used in food and beverage processing plants to...
Food suppliers in Australia are under increased pressure and scrutiny to ensure they are compliant with food safety standards. To prepare for auditing, companies not only need to make sure their maintenance products are NSF H1 compliant, but that they have acceptable food safety identification...
For a major milk processing plant in Queensland, regular vibration analysis conducted by BSC reliability engineers over the past eight years has provided peace of mind and maximum machinery uptime. Every three months, a BSC reliability engineer visits the plant and measures vibration levels in the...
For Stefen Lausch, a mechanic working with Wagga Wagga City Council in New South Wales, no two machinery breakdowns are ever the same. The team he is a part of manages a large fleet of graders, rollers, semi-trucks, trailers, tractors and slashers used by the...
