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Why 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 PostComing of Age
Van Walt has just celebrated its 40th birthday. It’s a milestone but one which came and went with little fanfare. Not because it’s unimportant but because we continue working to…
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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