Capital Equipment News February 2017

MATERIALS HANDLING

The Magni Cylinder Clamp has a capacity of 11 t, opening measurements of 250 to 620 mm and clamp rotation of 344°.

KEY SPECS – CYLINDER CLAMP Capacity

11 t

Maximum opening Minimum opening Clamp rotation Cylinder rotation

620 mm 250 mm

344° ± 30°

Tilting

90°

KEY SPECS – MAGNI HTH 30.12 TELEHANDLER Model

another two days to do the actual exchange, provided the relevant part is available. In essence, this translates into a week of lost production. Production of a face shovel the size of a Komatsu PC8000, for example, is said to equate to about R25 000 per every truck load. Losing a week of production on such a machine is a lot of money down the drain. While the Magni HTH 30.12 telehandler Cylinder Clamp attachment may not be in operation every single day, the machine working at the Mpumalanga mine has been supplied with a range of other Magni HTH attachments including a Tyre Clamp, a Conveyor Belt Handler and Forks for a range of other handling applications on site. “At a time when the Cylinder Clamp is not operational, you can use the telehandler for other applications such as tyre rotation, conveyor belt handling and general materials handling duties,” says Maddern. Magni’s other special attachments include Tyre Clamps which can handle tyres from 24 inches up to 63 inches. The 16.63 tyre clamp

HTH 30.12 30 000 kg

Lifting capacity

Maximum lifting height

11,72 m

Maximum reach

6,86 m

Engine

Mercedes OM 936 LA 1 400 Nm @ 1 200 rpm

Maximum torque

Power

260 kW (350 hp)

and rigging teams to remove the 8 t cylinder off the gigantic face shovels. Using the 30 t Magni HTH 30.12 telehandler equipped with a Cylinder Clamp attachment, the same cylinders can now be removed within a mere 35 minutes. Proven concept Maddern says there has been a fair amount of enquiries following the successful commissioning of the Magni HTH 30.12 telehandler at the Mpumalanga mine. “We have had a number of enquiries recently. There is a very strong chance that we

may grow the fleet, but we have to create demand first. We have a proven concept in this sort of application and based on that we believe there will be increased rental demand for these machines,” says Maddern. Hasselbach is of the view that demand for these machines on rental basis will definitely increase, especially at mines where uptime for big pieces of equipment is so critical. For example, if a face shovel bursts its hydraulic cylinder, it would likely be out of service for at least a week as it takes two days to set up the related scaffolding and cranes and

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