Capital Equipment News August 2016

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

Uninterrupted supply WITH CUMMINS STANDBY POWER

G lobal beverage giant SABMiller and its affiliate ABI are ensuring uninter- rupted production and supply of their world-famous beer and soft drink brands that provide refreshment and sociability to millions of people all over the world who en- joy their products. Reliable power supply is a fundamental aspect of this, and SABMiller has installed standby power generation solu- tions supplied by Cummins at six important facilities nationwide. The SABMiller Alrode Brewery, south of Johannesburg, was supplied with four fully containerised C2500 D5A generator sets, which were supplied and commissioned onsite by Cummins. Cummins Southern Africa General Manager for Power Systems, Warrick Gibbens notes that the gensets were installed for emergency standby power. “The generators were imported with a 50 ºC radiator mounted, before being containerised in modified 12 m shipping containers and electrically assembled in collaboration with our South African engineering partners. The 6,6 kV generators boast a prime rating of 1 800 kVA, and are powered by a Cummins QSK60G8 engine,” he explains. C ommenting on the new vehicle sales statistics for the month of June 2016 – released in July for public consumption on the website of the Department of Trade & Industry – the Association pointed out that the recent weaker trend in domestic new vehicle sales had continued during the month with all segments, except heavy commercial vehicles, registering declines compared to the corre- sponding month last year. At the half way mark, the new car market re- flected a fall of 10,4% compared to the corre- sponding six months of 2015, light commer- cials were down 8,9%, medium commercials were down by 19% whilst heavy trucks and buses were down 4,4%. June 2016 aggregate new vehicle sales at 44 939 units had registered a decline of 5 311 vehicles or a fall of 10,6% compared to the 50 250 vehicles sold in June last year. Aggregate industry export sales at 30 965 for June 2016 reflected a marginal

The SABMiller Polokwane Brewery in Limpo- po was supplied with two fully containerised C1675 D5 gensets. The 11 kV gensets fea- ture a prime rating of 1 400 kVA, and were installed for standby power generation. The generators were also containerised in mod- ified 12 m shipping containers by Cummins Power Generation, in close collaboration with its South African engineering partners. Gibbens points out that the scope of work at the Prospecton Brewery in KwaZulu-Natal in- volved the supply, installation and onsite com- missioning of three C2250 D5 gensets. The generators were delivered directly to the site for installation into a purpose-built generator room. In addition to the supply of the genera- tors, Cummins also supplied and installed the sound attenuation equipment for the genera- tor room. In addition to the breweries, Cummins supplied power generation solutions to Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI) – one of the leading soft drink businesses in the international SABMiller group of companies, and one of the largest producers and distributors of the Coca-Cola Company brands in the southern hemisphere. ABI is the biggest bottler for decline of 454 vehicles or a fall of 1,4% compared to the 31 419 vehicles exported in June last year. Overall, out of the total reported Industry sales of 44 939 vehicles, an estimated 37 575 units or 83,6% represented dealer sales, 11,9% represented sales to the vehicle rental indus- try, 3,2% represented industry corporate fleet sales and 1,3% sales to government. The new car market had continued to ex- perience pressure during June 2016 and at 29 070 units reflected a decline of 3 850 cars or a fall of 11,7% compared to the 32 920 new cars sold in June last year. This was de- spite a strong contribution by the car rental industry which had accounted for 16,8% of new cars sold during the month. Domestic sales of industry new light com- mercial vehicles, bakkies and mini buses at 13 398 units during June 2016 reflected a decline of 1 433 units or a fall of 9,7% com- pared to the 14 831 light commercial vehicles sold during the corresponding month last year.

Coca-Cola South Africa, representing just under 60% of local volumes. The 6,6 kV generators boast a prime rating of 1 800 kVA. “To this end, uninterrupted power supply is essential at all times. The contract with ABI included three sites, namely, Devland in Soweto, Gauteng, ABI Pretoria in Gauteng and Phoenix in KwaZulu-Natal. The contract involved the supply and onsite commission- ing of three C1675 D5 gensets for Devland, three C1675 D5 gensets for Phoenix and two C1675 D5 gensets for Pretoria, as standby power,” Gibbens concludes. The SABMiller installations at Alrode, Pros- pecton and Polokwane included the supply and commissioning of a DMC300 Master Controller to allow for synchronisation with a dual incoming utility mains supply. The ABI Phoenix and Devland sites were equipped with a DMC1500 for synchronisation with a single incoming utility mains supply. b Sales of vehicles in the medium and heavy truck segments of the Industry at 779 units and 1 692 units, respectively, reflected a mixed picture and showed a decline, in the case of medium commercial vehicles, of 71 units or 8,4% and, in the case of heavy trucks and buses, a modest improvement of 43 vehi- cles or an increase of 2,6% compared to the corresponding month last year. Industry new vehicle exports during June 2016 had registered a modest decline of 454 vehicles or a fall of 1,4% from the 31 419 ve- hicles exported in June last year to 30 965 ve- hicle exports. The momentum of new vehicle exports should improve during the second half of 2016 as a result of an expected increase in light commercial vehicle exports to Europe. In contrast to the continuing difficult domestic trading environment, new vehicle export sales should support the industry’s vehicle production levels and South Africa’s balance of payments. In this regard, indications from exporters antic- ipated an improvement in vehicle export sales during the second half of 2016. b

NAAMSA COMMENTS ON NEW VEHICLES SALES at year’s midway mark

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