Capital Equipment News July 2022

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COMMENT 2 Transport start-ups: a growing industry in Sub-Saharan Africa COVER STORY 4 Liebherr TA230 makes its Southern African debut BUSES 8 Buses are back BAUMA PREVIEW 12 Casting the spotlight on innovation at bauma 2022 REBUILDS 16 Interest grows for Volvo Certified Rebuild Program in Africa TOWER CRANES 24 The benefits and applications of the self-erecting tower crane BACKHOE LOADERS 28 Backhoe loaders: centre-mount or side-shift? VIBRATING SCREENS 32 Don’t compromise on vibrating screen health CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications Acting Editor: Mark Botha capnews@crown.co.za Features writer: Munesu Shoko Advertising manager: Elmarie Stonell elmaries@crown.co.za Design: Ano Shumba Publisher: Karen Grant Deputy publisher: Wilhelm du Plessis Circulation: Karen Smith PO Box 140 Bedfordview 2008 Tel: (011) 622-4770 Fax: (011) 615-6108 www.crown.co.za Printed by Tandym Print The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor or the publisher. FEATURES 23 Improving uptime and increasing profitability in the mining sector 40 Running a fleet – not for the faint-hearted MATERIALS HANDLING NEWS 35 The new Liebherr mobile harbour crane 35 New Hyster A-series lift trucks scale to industry challenges CONSTRUCTION NEWS 36 Ammann soil compactor offers high value with efficiency 36 Liebherr Generation 8 crawler excavators conquer Corsica 37 Volvo CE delivers construction machine built using fossil-free steel mining news 38 Booyco Electronics builds capacity, skills in SA economy 38 Speciality lubricants reduce downtime for essential mining equipment 39 Sandvik customers welcome new crushing solutions THOUGHT LEADERSHIP NEWS Total circulation Q1 2022: 11 694

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