Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 17
A maintenance strategy for a network of automated fluid management systems
(North-West University, 2012)
The current economic climate in South Africa requires organisations to optimise available resources – human and otherwise – to successfully sustain business operations. This is especially true for the growing SMME sector ...
Management model to optimise the use of reverse osmosis brine to backwash ultra–filtration systems at Medupi power station
(2014)
According to the Department of Water Affairs (DWAF, 2004 p.15), South Africa’s water resources are scarce and extremely limited and much of this precious resource is utilised and consumed in our industries. Treatment and ...
Recommendation on a suitable desalination process for the South African environment
(North-West University, 2010)
Supplies of potable water from traditional sources have been increasingly depleted due to increasing world population and per capita water use. In South Africa fresh water is a vital, but scarce resource, distributed ...
Document management system in owner companies during project execution
(North-West University, 2010)
Owner companies should consider all elements of Document Management during a project’s life cycle, identify shortcomings and address them successfully to ensure successful completion of projects and ultimately to also ...
Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
(North-West University, 2011)
Technology is the answer to most of our human needs but every technology is often
accompanied by other challenges which often lead to the evolvement of another technology. One of the technologies that have greatly impacted ...
Improving the turnaround maintenance of the Escravos gas plant
(North-West University, 2011)
According to Oliver (2002) the success of turnaround maintenances is measured in terms of the cost of completion, time, safety performance and the performance of the plant afterwards. The Escravos gas plant (EGP) is a gas ...
Mitigating risks associated with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) of hazardous energy in Nigeria : a tracker approach
(North-West University, 2012)
The main objective of the study was to determine the risk(s) associated with lockout/tagout of hazardous energy and propose a new LOTO procedure which tracks the implementation of LOTO to mitigate against identified risks ...
Evaluation of carbon fibre powder scrapers used in metal additive manufacturing
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom, 2019)
Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) is an Additive Manufacturing process which builds parts, layer by layer, by melting the cross-section of the part onto a powder layer. Aeroswift is a PBF machine, designed and built in South Africa. ...
Model-based fault diagnosis framework for effective predictive maintenance
(North-West University, 2010)
Predictive maintenance is a proactive maintenance strategy that is aimed at preventing the unexpected failure of equipment through condition monitoring of the health and performance of the equipment. Incessant equipment ...
A structured approach for the reduction of mean time to repair of blast furnace D, ArcelorMittal, South Africa, Vanderbijlpark
(North-West University, 2011)
Organizations are expected by their shareholders to continually deliver above
industry returns on capital invested and to remain competitive in the industry of choice through productivity, safety and quality. The maintenance ...