NEW EQUIPMENT
An aerial view of Actop Asphalt’s site in Mpumalanga
accurately depicts the compact nature of the plant. With a
total of five units to move the entire plant, this is indicative
of the ultra-mobility and easy adaptation to different sites.
Mobility African roads. “As a result, this plant extra production when compared to
A key driving factor in the buying has conformed since build — in other other plants.”
decision is the plant’s ‘ultra-mobility’. words, since design, development, “We were looking for an asphalt plant and until built. After intensive studying low complexity for installation and less
that we could install in a very short of our roads’ legislation, engineers mobilisation and assembly time, further
space of time,” says Kemp. “The changed the axels, tyres, and brakes, in highlights its mobility. The lower the
compact nature of the plant translates order to conform,” he says. number of mobilities, the lower the
into lower cost of transport when
transport costs. Du Toit explains, “To
moving from one site to the other, something that is a massive step forward illustrate, two units, or mobilities, make
as well as the lower area and cost of for mobile asphalt plants in South African up the plant. Then there’s the addition
installation,” he adds. terms, is that the plant is road legal.” of two bitumen tanks — 12m containers,
According to Kukard, the Ciber
Rudi du Toit, Actop Asphalt
which are on trailers. There’s a third 12m
2000 is about 60% below the operations manager, has already container, which is 60% fuel and 40%
average of other asphalt plants of its experienced the benefits of the diesel. That totals five units to move
class size when it comes to cost of new plant. While full production the entire plant. Mobility is key to our
transportation. “This is complemented has just started, the commissioning business — we move to where our next
by less time for mobilisation and of the plant took only seven days. project is, and the faster we do it, the
assembly on site,” says Kukard. “The Ciber iNOVA’s mobility is the less downtime, and the more we can
“The plant’s mobility is its key single most attractive feature from produce,” asserts Du Toit.
strength. It can simply be hauled an operations perspective, and the to site on two trailers, get plugged reason we chose it. We are confident EasyControl system
in, start production, and easily that we can mobilise and commission Du Toit, who was recently part of a
decommissioned and commissioned this plant in one week, versus three South African contingent that made
again onto the next site.” weeks on our other plants. Its ultra- the trip to Brazil to witness Ciber’s
mobility and easy adaptation to innovations first-hand, also makes
development phase, the Brazilian different sites translate into optimum special mention of the EasyControl
engineers worked closely with Wirtgen operations efficiency — especially system, an intuitive software that affords
in terms of the legislation for South when you consider the three weeks of total control of all the production
Schulenburg says that in its
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“Added to this,” attests Kukard, “And
The compact nature of the plant with
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