Maintenance and Repairs Tag

Onsite drilling and cutting are regular practices for site engineers and maintenance, repair, and operations specialists, and the need for the effective power tools is essential. The Alpha VersaDrive is the world's first modular quick-change cutting and drilling system designed for use on various tool...

Interested in improving productivity, and reducing time and labour spend on steel removal? Luckily, cutting with aggressive and slow grinding applications is now a thing of the past. 3M has succeeded in developing microreplication technology, implemented in the latest model from their Cubitron™ Abrasives Series. This...

Thermal comfort is not just a matter of temperature. There are a range of environmental and personal factors that determine a worker’s level of thermal comfort, according to BSC Product Manager David Malthouse, who is well-versed on the contributing factors to thermal comfort within an industrial workspace. To read the full article, please click here. ...

According to BSC Product Manager Michael Rowe, the LOCTITE® MRO kit provides industrial businesses with an essential range of LOCTITE® products devised to prevent downtime, save time, improve safety, and reduce costs. “It’s not dissimilar to a tackle box in size but its rugged and lockable,...

The engineers at 3M were the first to develop precision-shaped grain technology with the 3M Cubitron 982C series model, and now they’ve reinvented it by re-engineering their original precision-shaped grain to create a fibre disc that cuts 33% faster than the original grade disc, according to Nathan Bamford, Application Engineer from 3M’s Abrasive Systems Division. “Conventional ceramic abrasive grains tend to...

Common rust removers are often highly acidic and can damage material on contact, points out Steve Keown, BSC Product Manager for Lubricants, Degreasers and Solvents. CRC made a global acquisition of the EVAPO-RUST brand in April 2021 after evaluating it as a synergistic fit to CRC’s existing corrosion protection portfolio. It...

With recall concerns on the rise amongst manufacturers, Queensland-based company Candan Industries has taken steps to expand their INOX food-grade lubricant range in an effort to greatly reduce the risk of accidental contamination. As a national distributor of INOX products, BSC is working in conjunction with managers and representatives to...

Grid couplings must withstand heavy shock loads and vibrations on a mining application. Even the most robust equipment can be affected without the proper amount of flexibility, which is why Steve Hittmann recommends the Falk Steelflex T-design range. The technology was originally used in the production of...