https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Cement|Construction|Health|Industrial|Manufacturing|Mining|Paper|Petrochemicals|Power|PROJECT|Repairs|Safety|Service|Services|skyriders|Welding|Maintenance|Manufacturing |Power Generation|Solutions
Cement|Construction|Health|Industrial|Manufacturing|Mining|Paper|Petrochemicals|Power|PROJECT|Repairs|Safety|Service|Services|skyriders|Welding|Maintenance|Manufacturing |Power Generation|Solutions
cement|construction|health|industrial|manufacturing|mining|paper|petrochemicals|power|project|repairs|safety|service|services|skyriders|welding|maintenance|manufacturing-industry-term|power-generation|solutions

Skyriders intensifies presence in industry

KEY MARKETS 
Skyriders intends to continue doing more work in its key markets, which comprise the power generation, petrochemicals, mining and construction, as well as paper and pulp sectors

KEY MARKETS Skyriders intends to continue doing more work in its key markets, which comprise the power generation, petrochemicals, mining and construction, as well as paper and pulp sectors

9th August 2019

By: Mamaili Mamaila

Journalist

     

Font size: - +

Industrial rope-access company Skyriders Access Specialists continues to offer various maintenance and repair solutions to aid key sectors – such as the furnaces industry – locally and abroad while expanding its service offering.

Skyriders marketing manager Mike Zinn says the Institute for Work at Height-governed method can be applied successfully on furnace maintenance and repair work, as there are normally fewer people on-site during a shutdown.

This enhances health and safety, and also affords Skyriders and its clients a higher level of flexibility should there be a change in the original plan, he adds.

Zinn cites an example of the team not having been able to gain access using its ordinary method during inspections, owing to an access route that was blocked because of build-up.

“We were able to remove a certain section of this furnace and then abseil down into the area where we needed to continue our inspections. It was a case of rerigging our ropes and setting them up elsewhere to carry on with the work.”

Moreover, Skyriders will look to improve its recently added drone inspection method to continue offering more services that complement its rope-access solution.

Skyriders intends to continue doing more work in its key markets, which comprise the power generation, petrochemicals, mining and construction, as well as paper and pulp sectors.

“We are very optimistic about doing more inspection-related work for clients, which takes place prior to repairs. We have also done welding repairs on a range of ducting and structures. So, we are very confident in that regard,” he says.

Further, Zinn advances that the company has assisted a cement manufacturing plant in making the most of its recent shutdown period.

A five-person rope-access team was deployed for the four-day project, which was completed successfully. The company’s scope of work comprised routine inspection of induced draft ducting associated with a cooling tower at the supplier’s kiln operation in the North West.

Edited by Zandile Mavuso
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Features

Comments

Showroom

Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD
Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD

For over 30 years, Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD has been designing, manufacturing, supplying and maintaining specialist...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Universal Storage Systems (SA)
Universal Storage Systems (SA)

South African leader in Steel -Racking, -Shelving, and -Mezzanine flooring. Universal has innovated an approach which encompasses conceptualising,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.048 0.109s - 146pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now