Capital Equipment News November 2015

TRANSPORT

Steve Fillmore, vice-president, ProAll (Canada) and Steve Wager, managing director of Scania Southern Africa.

The key to the ‘Desert Fruit’ Scania being handed over.

A G410 CB6x6 Off-road Mixer truck on Scania’s stand at Bauma Conexpo Africa 2015.

rate when the components of the mix are available on site to replenish the load bins as needed. It is also capable of mixing ex- act volumes of specific strength concretes, through programmable computer software, within minutes of each other. The software enables the operator to print out an analysis of the concrete mixed that indicates volume, specification and component mixtures for reference and quality control. Also, while a traditional mixer requires thousands of litres of water for clean-out; the specialised unit requires hardly any – making it extremely environmentally friendly. Another benefit to the user is ‘fresh’ concrete that is available immediately (the cement, water and additives are mixed in six seconds). This eliminates the

With this example of the two types of mixers available, the same formula can be applied to the rest of Scania’s product range. “Our customers are experts in their fields of business; logistics, mixing, moving heavy machinery, etc, but we are experts when it comes to their mobility. It’s generally impos- sible for them to know what the best possible solution is for them, which why we analyse their needs, converse with our body-part- ners and then return to the customer with a comprehensive solution proposal,” said Taftman. “We believe that as a result of the interface between ourselves and our partner body builders we can build any vehicle for any application.” b

possibility of concrete curing while it is being transported to site.

“The truck handed over at the show was built for a customer that specifically requested off- road capabilities; but of course this is a flex- ible option,” explained Taftman, pointing out that the same mixing solution vehicle could be configured for urban applications. “This illustrates the importance of our thor- ough needs analysis,” he continued. “We endeavour to minimise our customers’ total operating costs. Operating margins are be- coming tighter and tighter so the provision of the best possible solutions to our custom- ers is very important to us.”

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