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Van Walt goes to Kenya
Kenya December 2021 As I complete my first full year at the helm of Van Walt I had the opportunity to support our South Africa office with the installation of…
View PostWhy do Bees Build Hexagons?
Mathematician Thomas Hales explains the Honeycomb Conjecture in the context of bees. Hales proved that the hexagon tiling (hexagonal honeycomb) is the most efficient way to maximise area whilst minimising…
View PostVan Walt’s Window Sampling System in action
From the Sundarbans, the Congo and Kurdistan, to a Roman fortification at the Eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall in Northeast England, you can find our Window Sampling Systems. This is…
View PostConnection types and the Hex Quick Pin
There are straight threads and there are tapered threads, some are metric, some are imperial and some are bespoke to a particular manufacturer or organisation; the pitch of the thread…
View PostGeosub2, a 21st century Grundfos MP1 alternative
I’ve been in this game now for over 40 years and I don’t think I can remember the time when the Grundfos MP1 was not around. But then memory can…
View PostSoil Moisture Probes test Concrete
Van Walt has partnered IMKO for decades. IMKO, based near Karlsruhe in Germany was owned by the Koehler family. Kurt Koehler was always rather more interested in extracting every last…
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