Taking proactive steps to become more energy efficient, South African water utility ERWAT is installing WEG IE3 top premium efficiency and WEG IE4 super premium efficiency motors from Zest WEG. The motors – from WEG’s popular W22 range – will assist in reducing the impact of rising electricity costs and lower the total cost of ownership.
A buoyant oil and gas sector around Africa is relying increasingly on Zest WEG’s extensive electrical
equipment range, services and expertise. Part of the global WEG group, the company has been
actively growing its oil and gas footprint, both in upstream and midstream facilities on the continent.
This has seen WEG products and solutions being applied in countries including South Africa
Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria. Zest WEG’s Lukas
Barnard highlights that more exciting projects are on the horizon as Africa hastens to meet its energy
needs.
When platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome producer Tharisa Minerals built its pioneering Vulcan ultra-fine chrome recovery and beneficiation plant near Rustenburg, it looked to
Many critical industrial and other applications can benefit from Medium Voltage (MV) Electric motors, due to their reliability and low total cost of ownership.
Leading manufacturer of custom-engineered mobile power solutions, Zest WEG has supplied a
mobile switching station to Mozambique’s national power utility EDM (Electricidade de
Moçambique).
Classified as hazardous areas, offshore oil rigs require that any equipment installed on them is designed and certified accordingly – including electric motors to drive
Over the past 12 years Zest WEG, the South African subsidiary of Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, has evolved from being primarily a sales
Shutting down a whole process plant to attend to a single electrical problem means unnecessary downtime, says Foster Yeboah at Zest WEG’s Ghana branch. An innovative solution has recently been installed in Ghana to avoid this, using WEG’s fully withdrawable board – a pioneering step for Africa’s mining sector.
Further extending Zest WEG’s local manufacture of electrical equipment for mining and other sectors, a new assembly line for low voltage (LV) motors has been established. The facility is part of Zest WEG’s corporate premises at Longlake, east of Johannesburg. According to CEO Eduardo Werninghaus, the new line enhances operational flexibility and reduces lead times to customers.
Zest WEG progressively increased its level of local manufacturing over the past decade and now boasts six manufacturing sites – four in the Gauteng region and two in Cape Town.
Most of Zest WEG’s product offering will be on display at the upcoming Electra Mining Africa 2022 exhibition with the company’s theme being how to change energy into solutions. In addition to the range of WEG IE4-rated super-premium efficiency electric motors, Zest WEG will also showcase its high-tech solutions showing how far WEG has progressed on its digital journey.
One of the largest High Intensity Grinding (HIG) mills in the southern hemisphere is being powered using an E-House solution from Zest WEG, built to the highest safety and performance standards. Zest WEG senior proposals manager Tyrone Willemse highlights the E-House solution, constructed locally with a range of components -also produced and distributed by Zest WEG, must meet the aggressive torque requirements of the application.
The efficiency of electric motors has a key role to play in reducing users’ running costs, and in helping meet South Africa’s climate change goals. But with no local regulations in place to push this agenda, there needs to be more understanding among motor users about how their bottom lines can quickly benefit from shifting to IE3, IE4 and even IE5 electric motors, according to Zest WEG.
As power outages and loadshedding continue to plague the optimal performance of industrial and mining process plants, Zest WEG is providing standby power solutions that
The project to expand a wastewater treatment plant south of Johannesburg, undertaken by water purification specialist PCI Africa, has included the installation of 65 WEG motors to ensure optimal performance, reliability and energy efficiency.
