Rand Instruments was established in June 1989 and was operating as Rand Instruments CC up until March of 2000 when the company was upgraded to Rand Instruments Africa (Pty) Ltd. Rand Instruments Africa (Pty) Ltd is committed to the Design, Manufacture, Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning to final acceptance stage of process Analyser systems and related equipment for the measurement of Liquids and Gasses. Since our inception, we have gone from strength to strength and have grown to a position of national standing due in no small part to our ability to finance Turnkey Analyser Projects for Analyser Systems both locally and internationally.
We are geared to provide the expertise demanded by our industry by the exacting disciplines of each of the industries in the South African and foreign markets.
At Rand Instruments, major emphasis is placed on design as a primary management activity. From small panel-mounted sample conditioning to large analyser and general instrument houses (shelters) with air conditioning or HVAC systems for use in hazardous areas. We assess the project specification and its duty requirements in liaison with the customer, and a well-planned and co-ordinated programme is initiated to ensure the project progresses smoothly with the least time and cost wastage, without sacrificing the most stringent international criteria.
In an environment such as ours, maintaining a Quality management System for manufacturing procedures conforming to the requirements of ISO 9001 Code of Practice is an essential corporate discipline..
Rand Instruments have Product Manufacturing Facilities which allows us to manufacture in-house designed products such as Filters, Pressure Regulators, Multi-directional Partial Scrubbers, Self Draining Condensate Traps (for removal of water under vacuum), Water Coolers, Phase Separators and various Flow assemblies for Temperature, pH, Conductivity and Dissolved Oxygen Sensors.
Apart from our own product offering we have agreements in place with major Analyser Suppliers to offer any other gas and Liquid products should this be a requirement of the project or preferred by the end user at no additional costs.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Repair and F.A.T. Facilities.
Rand Instruments has a fully equipped workshop enabling us to do repair work to all types of Analysers. Our Service Staff takes care of all repair work and factory acceptance testing (F.A.T) as well as commissioning on site when it is required.
Training
Hands-on training can be provided at the customer site as well as at our facilities in Springs.
Spare Parts
Spares for equipment sold are available in our stores to ensure that the necessary back-up can be provided when our customers require this.
SABS Certification
All equipment and installations are certified by SABS should this be a project requirement. We are also accredited BY SABS to do Air-conditioning conversions from general purpose to Zone 2 requirements.
Manufacturing
We have a fully equipped machine shop facility, which attends to all manufacturing of this nature and other machine work that is required from time to time. All Analyser systems and HVAC systems are manufacture at our Spring head office facilities.
Site Installation and Construction
We have a multi task Installation and Construction team that takes care of our site installation work. This is limited to Analyser installations only.
SHE POLICY
 At Rand Instruments we are committed to Safety, Health and Environmental responsibilities that are integral to the way we do business.
We are committed to achieve our aim, being a no harm status to the environment and to people. Wherever we operate we will develop implement and maintain management systems that are consistent with internationally recognised standards enabling us to:
- Identifying, asses and manage risks to employees, contractors, the environment and customer property.
- Strive to achieve leading industry practice.
- Meet and where appropriate exceed legal requirements
- Set and achieve targets that include reducing and preventing pollution.
- To develop our people to provide resources to meet our targets.
- The determination, implementation and maintenance of the necessary actions required to meet SHE objectives.
ANALYSER SYSTEM DESIGN
We are committed to in-house Design and have our own Specialist Analyser Systems Design Engineers. We are able to furnish full Engineering packages for Analyser systems. All drawings are done on our CAD programme and can be done to specific customer requirements.
DOCUMENTATION
It is standard procedure to provide documentation for every project or purchase. These include amongst others for the following:
Manufacturing Plans
Project schedules
QAQC plans
Maintenance instruction manuals (in English)
Spare Parts lists
Calibration Certificates
Material Certificates
Drawings - Electrical and Mechanical as well as P&ID and other documentation as per specific customer requirements. Our in-house CAD facilities enable us to provide documents to any normal size.
QAQC Documents/Certificates covering for our entire scope of work.
SABS Certificates and other area classification certificates for all equipment where required.
QAQC
All QAQC matters, such as site work and activities at the various facilities, are under direct control of our Managing Director. All disciplines report directly to him regarding the QAQC issues in their respective departments. This matter is of paramount importance at Rand Instruments Africa.
Typical Projects
The pictures below indicate typical variations in the work we have done in the past.
This picture directly below shows the HPE Analyser shelter at Sasol Secunda after completion. This analyser house was furnished with a Process Gas Chromatograph, a sixteen channel Gas Detector System for monitoring various points on the plant and a dual channel gas detector system to monitor the inside of the shelter for gas leaks. The shelter was fitted with an air conditioning and a forced ventilation system.
The picture above was taken at the fabrication stage of shelters for Sasol water plant.
The picture below shows an typical example of a small analyser system (utilising a canopy to house all the equipment) which was designed and manufactured for Bateman’s SA Horison Project. The system was manufactured to zone 2 requirements and featured a four channel process analyser measuring CO,CO2, H2 and Oxygen.
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