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SPH Kundalila, which ascribes part of this
success to its choice of haul equipment,
has recently added four Bell B25E 6x4
Supertrucks to its fleet.
We would only look to replace our Bell
ADTs after 20 000 hours but with the
proper preventative maintenance we
apply, this can easily be pushed to
24 000 hours.”
SPH Kundalila’s new Bell B25E
Supertrucks have been bought with
standard warrantees with Bell Equipment
doing services at 1 000 hour intervals and
SPH Kundalila’s mechanics doing the
intermediate maintenance. Engine oil
sampling is diligently done every 250
hours and sent for analysis and the same
is done every 500 hours for the oil in
differentials, drop boxes, transmissions
and final-drives.
Looking after the SPH Kundalila fleet
of Bell ADTs is Workshop Manager,
Hennie Stroebel. “We have a good
relationship with Bell Equipment, which
undertakes our servicing and repairs from
Bell Equipment’s Customer Service Centre
in Jet Park, and I must mention the name
of Ben Spannenberg, Bell’s Customer
Support Representative, who really looks
after us,” he says. “Ben sees to it that we
can rely on servicing and parts when
required.” With the gold price showing a
steady recovery, gold mining companies
are looking to lower the cost of
production and SPH Kundalila’s clients
are no different. “We work on wet rates,
which means that we watch fuel
consumption very closely,” Graeme
Campbell says. “We are happy to report
that our new Bell B25E Supertrucks return
fuel figures of between 12 and 16 litres
per hour and that to us is a clear
indication that we’re moving material at
reduced cost per ton”.
NEW LAB INSTRUMENTS
ADVERTORIAL
GENERATE FASTER SAMPLE RESULTS
Leading condition monitoring specialist WearCheck recently invested
over R1.7 million in new high-tech equipment in both the transformer
and fuel sections of its Joburg-based speciality laboratory.
T
he Kruss K11 tensiometer, an
ADU 5 distillation unit, a
SVM3001 Stabinger
viscometer as well as the
PMA 5 Pensky-Martens
closed-cup flash point tester are among
the new pieces gracing the countertops
in WearCheck’s laboratory.
These highly accurate, sophisticated
instruments – which have boosted the
lab productivity by offering new tests
and saving time on existing ones – have
also reduced the turnaround time to
generate customers’ sample results.
The ADU 5, a fully-automated
distillation unit, which is operated by a
touch screen interface, performs
distillation tests according to ASTM D86.
This is recognised as one of the most
reliable methods to determine the
boiling range characteristics of
petroleum products, and is a critical
measurement of the overall performance
and safety of fuels.
The SVM3001 – a
Stabinger viscometer – is
capable of multiple
parameter measurements in
a single analysis, eliminating
the need for many separate
tests. It can simultaneously
measure kinematic viscosity
according to ASTM D7042,
dynamic viscosity, as well as
density according to ASTM
D4052 in lubricating oils,
base oils, additives and fuel
oils. The sample is simply
injected using a syringe and
measurement is started via a
touchscreen. The automatic PMA 5
Pensky-Martens closed-cup tester
measures the flash point at the lowest
temperature at which the application of
an ignition source causes a sample’s
vapours to ignite. The ADU 5, SVM3001
and PMA 5 are upgrades to existing
equipment operated by WearCheck.
Senior laboratory technician at
WearCheck, Lizzy Chabangu,
operates the condition
monitoring company’s brand
new PMA5 Pensky Martens
closed cup flashpoint tester.
The acquisition of these instruments
has boosted service delivery by yielding
highly accurate results and reducing
turnaround time which is of benefit
to customers.
For more information, please contact
WearCheck on [email protected]
or call (031) 700-5460 or visit
www.wearcheck.co.za.
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