Capital Equipment News January 2018

PPC Slurry has taken delivery of three new Scania G410CB8x4EHZ mining tippers.

size of the Scania mining tippers. This trans- lates into reduced fuel consumption, due to the smaller size of the loader, while a major saving in the upfront capital cost is very ap- parent. Key improvements Following extensive consultations, facilitat- ed by the more than customer-supplier re- lationship which Charnie-Lee Adams-Kruger and Ruben Govender, key account managers – Mining at Scania South Africa, have forged with Niemand and his mining crew at Slurry, several improvements have been made to the new tippers recently delivered to PPC Slurry. The major improvement revolves around the bin, which was previously a major con- cern on the early Scania units delivered to Slurry. Staying true to one of its core values of providing solutions to its customers rather than a mere product, Scania South Africa, together with Slurry, consulted with several of Scania’s body builders. A host of specific design alterations on the body were made to meet both the OEM’s and Slurry’s specific needs.

The projected life of the body has been improved through addressing all stress points in the bin.

“One of the key drivers for this sale was the inter-action between all the key stake- holders, including Scania, PPC Slurry and the body builder. We invited the body builder to site to study the operating conditions at Slurry, which ultimately informed the design process of the bin. Bearing in mind that this is a mining application, there was need to choose correct partners because productivity

is the most important thing,” says Govender. “We had the coordination of all critical role players to be able to offer a custom-built solution to Slurry,” says Adams-Kruger. “We have just delivered a bespoke solution to the customer. This vehicle is specifically suited to Slurry’s operating conditions and may not necessarily be easily deployed to any other operation. This was designed with the needs

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