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carried out with the utmost professionalism by highly OEM trained workmen. ey work to the strictest standards and rebuild each piece of equipment to the original speci cations as indicated by its serial number. is takes a high degree of expertise and commitment to do things right and is something that our Sandvik team has in spadesful. “is type of service is in line with our “customer for life” approach whereby we assist them to get the most out of their equipment through appropriate support and services designed to upli their operations. “For this reason, the team also undertake Sandvik Rebuild Workshop is is considerably cheaper than buying careful root cause analyses of failed components individual parts for a selective rebuild. It is also to provide customers with ndings that may quicker than conventional rebuilding. In some help them to implement improvements to instances the turnaround time on a reborn prevent damage in future,” says Joubert. machine may even be quicker than buying and Sandvik rebuild specialist, Cedric Chiloane, waiting for delivery of a new machine. says that reborn services are available for any “We think that it addresses every need usually Sandvik underground hard rock equipment. associated with buying a new machine in terms “It is advisable to speak to a Sandvik advisor to of quality, safety, reliability and increased ensure the reborn program can be undertaken availability. Considering it is signi cantly as a planned intervention,” says Chiloane. cheaper and has a far shorter lead time than a e fact that the reborn is a planned new machine, it is de nitely a good offer. In intervention with adequate lead times means comparison with conventional rebuilds where that all parts can be manufactured and sourced the machine is only as good as its weakest part, globally and delivered in kit form to Jet Park in reborns have no such limitation as they make the most cost effective manner, hence the use of all new parts all around,” concludes unbeatable price positioning. Chiloane. [email protected] www.nyumba.co.za According to Sandvik operations manager, Andre van der Heever, this is part of the reason why reborn equipment makes sense as it brings the equipment in line with new health, safety and environmental legislation. Tel: [phone] FMDZ | Fax: [phone] Sep - Oct 2017 | Page17