Tools & Maintenance Tag

As an effort to curb electricity consumption in heavy industries like mining, more and more mines are implementing high-efficiency motors in their processes. CBC’s Mining National Accounts Manager Michael Greelish discusses why products like TECO’s MAXe3 and TECO MAXe3 Premium high-efficiency motors make business sense for...

Raj Jadow, National Key Account Manager at Seal Innovations offers insights on preventing seal failures in slurry pumps. As a key provider of sealing solutions to heavy industries such as mining, mineral processing, oil and gas, Seal Innovations – part of Motion Asia Pacific’s businesses – has developed...

Impact of particle abrasion wear on equipment used in coal processing can be significant. For a coal mine in Queensland, the persistent abrasive forces meant the chutes in the dewatering centrifuge needed to be dismantled and re-coated internally every 12 to 15 weeks. A solution was...

CBC  National Product Manager for Lubricants, Steve Keown, and CBC National Account Manager for Mining, Michael Greelish, say the CRC industrial cleaning products align well with the general preference in the mining industry: Moving towards environmentally friendly and safe cleaning products. In its portfolio, CRC offered numerous solutions...

The CRC Penetr8 is specially formulated to penetrate up to 10.5 cenimetres of rust within 60 seconds, beatings its closest competitor by over two centimetres. By loosening rust and corrosion, the formulation helps release jammed up nuts, bolts, couplings, fittings, hinges and frozen components. David Bailey,...

Having the right tools for the job is the secret to optimum drive maintenance, according to CBC National Product Manager for Mechanical Drive Systems Steve Hittmann. His recommendation is the Gates maintenance kit, which features the Gates EZ Align® laser alignment tool and the Gates...

CRC has been a leader in introducing environmentally sustainable and toxic-free cleaning products for all industrial sectors. Solutions such as the CRC SmartWasher for sustainable parts cleaning and the CRC Bio-Degreaser food grade degreaser are only some examples of this approach by CRC. National Channel Manager, Iain Faber talks about how the...

Dasma Group has a clear safety approach to providing environmental and industrial cleaning and abrasive blasting services. As such, they work with CBC and Henkel Australia to utilise LOCTITE® products in their day-to-day repairs and resurfacing projects. Managing Director Eden DiSipio says the Dasma team are all certified...

For a coal fired power station in Queensland , the solution for excessive erosion in their pipes and boiler tubes came through CBC experts, in collaboration with Henkel LOCTITE Australia. A coating of LOCTITE’s Pneu-Wear Epoxy Compound, in conjunction with LOCTITE’s Brushable Ceramic Coating helped protect the metal surfaces from excessive...

When it comes to ensuring safety on food and beverage plants, CBC Food and Beverage Business Development Specialist Matthew Byrnes recommends pre-emptive site inspections. As an industry expert who regularly inspects food, beverage and pharmaceutical production plants, he is familiar first-hand with the risks of neglecting hose assemblies. In one such site...