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New gas pressure regulator sets performance standards

29th August 2014

  

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Industrial gas company Afrox will showcase its Smoothflo gas pressure regulator, which it launched in the global market in 2013, at this year’s Electra Mining Africa.

The regulator delivers a multistage performance with a single-stage design and sets new standards in performance by combining valve encapsulation with piston technology, effectively replacing the diaphragm typically used in standard regulators. The advantages include reliable, constant performance and improved pressure stability across the entire working pressure range.

Afrox says Smoothflo incorporates all the elements of modern technologies and safety features demanded by the mining industry, including ISO 2503:2009 and AZ4267 certifications, Apragaz-promoted ignition approval and Firelab toxic fume approval and certification.

Reflecting the achievement, Afrox will exhibit under the theme of innovation and leading technology, showcasing its capabilities as a total solutions provider with end-to-end technical solutions that are fully integrated across a spectrum of industrial processes. Real value is added to these processes – from a financial and a productivity perspective – by sourcing consumables, equipment and gases, as well as on-site support and training, from a single supplier.

The company, which is exhibiting in Hall 6, will demonstrate the operation of the Smoothflo and other industrial processes on iPads using touch screens at its stand. A computer-based virtual welding simulator is also expected to draw interest.

Afrox will further display its extended Porta Cylinder welding and associated shielding gases offer. The new Porta range comprises PortaTIG shielding gas for tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding and PortaShield, an argon-based shielding gas for metal inert gas (MIG) welding, as well as the existing PortaPak oxygen and acetylene. These products are supplied in small, lightweight cylinders for portability and flexibility, ideally suited for use in conjunction with Afrox’s Porta range of MIG and TIG welding machines, currently also being launched in the local market.

As a leading supplier of electrical arc welding and cutting equipment in Southern Africa, with its long-standing relationships with original-equipment manufacturers ITW Miller Electric, Victor Thermal Dynamics and Pierce Profile Cutting, Afrox has beefed up its high-end mechanised solutions offer to the market, which is expected to strengthen its position in the welding industry.

“The company has the infrastructure and expertise to enable customer productivity and cost reduction and is tapping into the skills of world-class suppliers to bring in the best equipment required to enable customers to automate their welding processes.”

In addition, Afrox will be focusing on computer-numerical controlled profile cutting systems, submerged-arc welding, crawlers and semi-automated pipe welding solutions. Visitors can expect to view samples of high definition plasma cut items and samples from its pipe welding solutions on offer.

Visitors to the show will be able to view another trusted mining industry mainstay at the show – Afrox’s BlueBox and RedBox heavy duty oxyacetylene kits.

Beyond being ISO/SANS approved equipment that has been specifically packaged to perform in the rugged mining environment, these kits are part of a unique service level agreement, under which each item of equipment bears a dedicated serial number to ensure traceability and user accountability, thereby minimising equipment abuse, loss and theft. The serial number is logged onto an Afrox database to ensure timeous servicing and replacement of elements, as well as recording equipment abuse and frequency of use, the company explains.

Afrox launched its eShop in June this year, which allows customers to purchase gases, hard goods and safety products. Visitors to the show will have the opportunity to interact with Afrox staff who will take them through the process of registering for this service.

Hall 6 Stand D20

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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