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Should water tanks be a compulsory feature at all cold stores and warehouses?

Construction, General Interest, Materials Handling Equipment, Other Products /

At 54% the Western Cape dam levels are way down on last year. If it doesn’t improve soon there will be problems next summer. Water shortages are something that the Australian cold storage guys have experienced. Their big cold stores all have water tanks, I have seen them at both Oxford and Montague, where they find it profitable to use rain water (suitably treated) in the condensers. One of the tanks pictured below is for the sprinklers and they are not allowed to use this water for anything else, but the others catch rain water off the roof. As far as we know there are no cold stores in SA that do the same thing. With the low rainfalls we are surprised that this has not become a mandatory requirement. If there are any cold stores catching rain water we would be very interested to get more information. Please contact James Cunningham on email james@barpro.co.za  

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IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM DELF FREEZER WEAR!

Delf Freezerwear, General Interest, Maintenance, Other Products /

Delf have recently updated the care instructions for your Delf PPE. Please follow the below instructions to ensure a longer lifespan of your garments. Care and Washing Instructions for Delf garments –          When not in use, store the product in a well-ventilated area away from extremes of temperature –          Never place heavy items on top of it –          If possible, avoid excessive folding and preferably store it hanging vertically –          If the product is wet, allow it to dry fully before placing it into storage –          Washing is to be recommended – dry-cleaning with solvents is not –          Insulation may decrease with washing –          Fully machine washable at 40’ Celsius –          Do not Bleach –          Can be tumble dried – 60’ Celsius maximum –          Do not iron –          Do not dry clean –          Please ensure that all zips and velcro fastenings are closed before washing and tumble drying

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Scheduled Maintenance is the key

General Interest, Maintenance, Mobile Racking /

One of Eskom’s reasons for continued load shedding in the first half of 2015 is to remove 5000MW of generating capacity for long overdue maintenance. Because the electricity grid has been running close to capacity for some years, this maintenance has not been done resulting in the current high levels of unplanned power station outages. This is just another example of what happens when plant and equipment is not regularly maintained. At first savings are made as repair budgets are underspent, but after a year or so, unplanned down time and major repair projects turn out to be far more expensive than if maintenance had been scheduled on a regular basis. As Storax mobiles are no different from any other plant and equipment, we encourage all clients to seriously look at a Service Level Agreement for regular inspections of their Storax systems. On the bright side, Storax mobiles are not putting added strain on the grid as the power required to move two 360ton Storax bases is about the same as that required to boil a domestic kettle. If you want to know more about our Service Level Agreements, please contact our offices: [gravityform id=”5″ title=”true” description=”true”]

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