Firm designs hands-free wireless system

Although video conferencing is now widely used in the mining industry, it tends to present many limitations for mining companies, says portable wireless and audio/video systems developer and manufacturer AudiSoft Technologies.

Local awareness campaign to improve explosion protection product use

A local supplier of explosion protection (Ex) instruments, SA Ex Instruments, is aiming to create awareness of the correct use of explosion-protected products in hazardous areas.

Flow meters create new markets for specialist supplier

Specialist supplier of flow-metering equipment C&F Technologies has introduced a new range of ultrasonic flow metres, which it hopes will open up new markets for the company.

New hand-held device offers increased mobility, accuracy

Mining solutions companyMicromine Africa has combined its Field Marshall software with the Trimble Recon hand-held personaldigital assistant (PDA). The device, produced by Trimble and coupled with the Micromine software, is targeted at meeting the...

Technology narrows hazard-awareness gap between workers and managers

The research that Chris Chow, now business development director at Atio Corporation, an information technology (IT) company, carried out five years ago when he was a health and safety consultant at a large South African Consulting House, has...