Capital Equipment News November 2020

MATERIALS HANDLING 32 New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil 32 EIE Industrial Equipment acquires Uni-Cape transport news 35 Project to support women-owned enterprises in the transport sector 35 Ctrack Freight & Transport Index returns its best quarter yet mining news 36 XCMG proves its mettle at Limpopo mine 36 SEW-Eurodrive breaks ground on new R200-million facility 37 Caterpillar introduces Next Gen 785 mining truck construction news 38 Bobcat’s R-Series B730 backhoe loader for the Middle East and Africa 38 JCB celebrates 75 th anniversary as family notches up 600 years’ service 39 Liebherr’s new R 940 Demolition replaces the R 944 C COMMENT 2 Is rental the reprieve fleet owners need? cover story 4 ETT – from Richards Bay to the world TRANSPORT 8 Scania Rental ticks all the right boxes for Global Oil CONDITION MONITORING 12 Condition monitoring: simple in principal, complex in application, essential for every fleet ATTACHMENTS 20 The attachment revolution: turning tool carriers into versatile instruments MOBILE CRANES 24 At the lifting edge COMPACT EXCAVATORS 28 Compact excavators – leading the road to electrification thought leadership 16 Why autonomous transport will happen in quarries and light mining first 18 Coronavirus – a hazardous distraction in mining and construction 40 Three ways to prevent issues with vibration analysis CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications Editor: Munesu Shoko capnews@crown.co.za Features writer: Mark Botha markb@crown.co.za 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 NEWS Total circulation Q2 2020: 6 545

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