Capital Equipment News February 2022

Bonfiglioli can now offer OEMs engineered solutions to suit custom vehicle designs such as specialised planters, harvesters and forestry vehicles.

We have been tasked with supporting the OEM aftermarkets, fulfilling their warranty requirements and delivering the support needed to overcome specific technical challenges

Bonfiglioli has long been partnering with the largest global producers of machinery for the earth-moving, building, construction and agricultural sectors

With our long history and accumulated experience, we have a vast range of customised solutions and extensive expertise in the construction and mining industries

“ Bonfiglioli Trasmital has been designing and producing plane- tary gearboxes for earth moving, road surfacing, agricultural and construction machinery since 1975. With the further acquisition of O&K in 2016, the benchmark planetary drive for heavy-duty machines, our global Mobility and Wind Business Unit (BU) has become a key partner to leading mobile equipment OEMs and machine manufacturers around the world,” says Tony dos Santos, Bonfigli- oli’s local operations director. In addition, one in four of the world’s wind turbines, from mini turbines to enormous 7.0 MW wind power units are equipped

with Bonfiglioli planetary drives for both the pitch and yaw control, making the company the leading provider of these drive solutions for wind turbines in the world. “Our team of experts creates, designs and produces advanced technology solutions for a wide range of OEM equipment and customised machines,” he continues. “Planetary slew drives such as Bonfiglioli’s 700T Series and the higher torque S Series drives provide the safest, most effective solution for building robust and reliable cranes, while for earth-moving machines, Bonfiglioli 700C Series and F Series track drives are purpose designed to meet the needs of virtually any excavator,” he adds.

“With the combination of Bonfiglioli Trasmital and O&K in our mobility range, we supply drives for off-road, construction, mining, agricultural and heavy duty mobile vehicles to almost all mobile vehicle OEMs, including: John Deere, Komatsu, Caterpillar, Hitachi, JCB, Doosan, Toyota, Volvo and many others,” Dos Santos points out. “Bonfiglioli South Africa is synonymous with its industrial range of geared motors. However it has now been mandated by its headquarters in Italy to also prioritise services to the mobility and wind sectors of the market,” he continues “We can now offer OEMs engineered solutions to suit their new designs, most

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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS FEBRUARY 2022