{"id":3272,"date":"2025-09-21T10:03:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/?page_id=3272"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:39:28","slug":"blogs-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/index.php\/news-community\/blogs-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs &amp; Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3272\" class=\"elementor elementor-3272\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1640e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1640e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4934c47 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4934c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blogs &amp; Posts<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98015a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98015a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4e5087 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4e5087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Discover insights, perspectives, and thought leadership from the team at BoilerCraft Africa. 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Excess Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) can lead to several issues, including: \u2022 Scale formation\u2022 Tube overheating\u2022 Corrosion\u2022 Increased fuel consumption Uncontrolled blowdown results in wasted energy, while insufficient blowdown accelerates damage. Steam systems require precision. At BoilerCraft Africa, we engineer complete steam performance solutions [&hellip;]<\/div>      \r\n       \r\n    <\/div>\r\n <\/div>   \r\n<\/article><!-- #post-4347 -->\r\n\r\n<article id=\"post-4273\" class=\"consted-blogwrap col-md-4  col-sm-6  col-12 post-4273 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-posts-and-blogs\">\r\n<div class=\"single-box\">\r\n \t <div class=\"part-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/kzn-top-business-featuring-boilercraft-africa\/\" class=\"image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"139\" data-src=\"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KZN_Top_Business.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 207px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 207\/139;\" \/><\/a><\/div>   <div class=\"part-txt\">\r\n               \r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-wrap\"><ul class=\"post-meta tb-cell\"><li class=\"meta date posted-on\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-05-26T15:05:08+00:00\" content=\"2026-05-26\">May 26, 2026<\/time> - <time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-26T15:14:11+00:00\">May 26, 2026<\/time><\/li><\/ul><\/div><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/kzn-top-business-featuring-boilercraft-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">KZN Top Business Featuring BoilerCraft Africa<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"content-wrap\">ENGINEERING RELIABLE INDUSTRIAL THERMAL SOLUTIONS BoilerCraft Africa (Pty) Ltd is a specialist engineering and manufacturing company focused on the design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of industrial thermal and pressure equipment. Established in 2024 and headquartered in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, the company provides reliable steam and heating solutions to a wide range of industrial sectors across South [&hellip;]<\/div>      \r\n       \r\n    <\/div>\r\n <\/div>   \r\n<\/article><!-- #post-4273 -->\r\n\r\n<article id=\"post-3488\" class=\"consted-blogwrap col-md-4  col-sm-6  col-12 post-3488 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-posts-and-blogs\">\r\n<div class=\"single-box\">\r\n \t <div class=\"part-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/honouring-the-legacy-that-shaped-my-life-martin-swanepoel\/\" class=\"image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-src=\"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250818-IMG_0198.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1365;\" \/><\/a><\/div>   <div class=\"part-txt\">\r\n               \r\n\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-wrap\"><ul class=\"post-meta tb-cell\"><li class=\"meta date posted-on\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-12-01T06:57:08+00:00\" content=\"2025-12-01\">December 1, 2025<\/time> - <time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-12-01T06:59:47+00:00\">December 1, 2025<\/time><\/li><\/ul><\/div><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boilercraft.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/honouring-the-legacy-that-shaped-my-life-martin-swanepoel\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Honouring the Legacy That Shaped My Life (Martin Swanepoel)<\/a><\/h5><div class=\"content-wrap\">The roots of my journey in the boiler industry were planted long before I ever stepped into a boiler house. In the early 1970s my late father Rod Swanepoel and my late uncles Alwyn Swanepoel and Don McJannet laid the foundation for what would become decades of proudly South African boiler manufacturing and engineering excellence. 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