Caqital Equipment News October 2018

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The Cat C7.1 engine, with a power range from 112 kW to 186 kW, has become the engine of choice for flameproof OEMs looking to power a wide variety of machines, utilising components from respected flameproof equipment manufacturers. CAT ® ENGINES POWER FLAMEPROOF MINING SOLUTIONS

M ining machines that are cost-effective to maintain. The Cat C7.1 engine features a full mechanical fuel system and engine governing technology, making it ideal for the flameproof mining machine market. “Barloworld Power has supplied Cat engines to the South African flameproofing sector since local OEMs began to develop flameproof machines back in the mid-1970s,” explains Venash Raghunanan, industrial sales manager at Barloworld Power, the southern African dealer for Cat power systems. “The industry has matured tremendously in the past 40 years,” he adds. “For example, in 2012 Barloworld Power was part of a multidisciplinary project team that successfully flameproofed a Cat C7 electronic engine for an underground coal mine. The flameproof Cat C7 engine powered a 4x4 Bateleur underground stone duster built by White River-based OEM, Bird Machines. This was only the fourth Cat electronic engine to be flameproofed worldwide.” Mechanical engines “However the use of electronic engines for flameproof applications was fairly working in hazardous environments, both on and below surface, need reliable, robust engines

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The Cat C7.1, with a power range from 112 kW to 186 kW, is the engine of choice for flameproof OEMs looking to power a wide variety of machines

Barloworld Power has supplied Cat engines to the South African flameproofing sector since local OEMs began to develop flameproof machines back in the mid-1970s

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The use of electronic engines for flameproof applications was short-lived and in recent years mechanical engines have once again become the standard

The recent demand for mechanically driven engines, particularly in the underground coal mining industry, is driven by the lower initial cost and better fuel economy

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