MechChem Africa July 2018

PE RSC hub for hydraulic services

The consolidation of BMG’s workshop facilities and field services into a centralised hub in the Eastern Cape assists customers with a lack of engineering expertise, costly machinery repairs and unnecessary downtime periods, thanks to improved service, repair and delivery efficiencies, centralised technical support and easy accessibility to BMG’s comprehensive range of components.

B MG’s Regional Service Centre (RSC) in Port Elizabeth, offers critical solution services to diverse sectors, including the automotive industry, power and petrochemical plants, manufacturing, marine, agriculture and gen- eral engineering. “Through the consolidation of BMG’s workshop facilities and field services into a centralised hub in the Eastern Cape, this dedicatedRSC is able toassist customerswho are facedwith a lack of engineering expertise, costly machinery repairs and unnecessary downtime periods,” explains David Dyce, business unit manager, Fluid Technology, BMG. “Advantages for customers include improved service, repair anddeliveryefficien- cies, centralised technical support and easy accessibility to BMG’s comprehensive range of quality branded engineering components. “An important focus of this service centre is on fluid technology services that integrate quality branded components, advanced hydraulic engineering and contamination control, as well as a test and repair facility, to ensure optimum performance and extended service life of every hydraulic system.

mark yet again, this time at Northam Mine in Limpopo at the beginning of May this year. Jan Erasmus from Northam emerged as the winner of the lucky draw and became the proud owner of aChicagoPneumaticCPPG5 (5.5kVA) petrol-driven portable generator. “It is so rewarding to see the great reactions of all the winners each time we do the generator hand-over,” comments Eben van der Vyver, busi- ness development manager, Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment in South Africa. During2018, ChicagoPneumatic is giving away a CPPG generator at each of the 25 MTEs taking place around SouthAfrica including five outside the BMG follows stringent ISO-accredited procedures to ensure the integrity of every hydraulic system. Each repaired component is assessed by the company’s testing facility and certificates are issued as assurance that equipment has passed the strictest perfor- mance standards. These products include variable and fixed displacement pumps, in- dustrial andmobilevalves, lowandhigh speed motors, aswell as cylinders andaccumulators. A critical element in any hydraulic system is contamination control. BMG’s systemic approachtofluidanalysisemphasisestheben- efits of a system that is maintained through the use of high quality filtration equipment, coupled with a regular sampling and testing programme. An efficient fluid analysis service “BMG is able to assist with design, manu- facture and assembly of all hydraulic and pneumatic systems, whether it is for a work- shop improvement or a hydraulic system for an entire new plant. The highly-experienced team works in consultation with customers to ensure the most efficient solution – for example, from small multi-purpose power packs to large power packs for mining and industrial applications.”

A hydraulic power pack designed and manufactured by BMG in BMG’s RSC in Port Elizabeth. ensures improvedperformance, extended life of components and reduced maintenance costs. BMG’smobile field service teamconducts breakdownandroutinemaintenanceon-plant and carries out troubleshooting and advises on possible productivity improvements, for thehighest level of plant output and reliability. The company’s service to the hydraulics sector also includes a mobile workshop that is fitted with tools, equipment and qual- ity branded spares, to be able to efficiently perform functions such as troubleshooting, on-site repairs, installations, commissioning and system flushing. This service also incor- porates on-site fluid analysis and hose and pipe assembly. q country’s borders. Dealers fromthe regions are also invited toeachevent. VanderVyver explains:“Asourroutetomarket,dealersare a vital part of Chicago Pneumatic’s supply chain. These MTEs present an ideal net- working platform for interaction between Chicago Pneumatic, our dealers and our customers.” ConradvanStaden fromGrindingPower who joined Van der Vyver at the Limpopo exhibition, says that the MTEs most defi- nitely open up opportunities for Chicago Pneumatic dealers. “Grinding Power also attended the MTEs at Cullinan Mine and ModikwaMineheld respectively inGauteng and Limpopo earlier this year. Chicago Pneumatic is solidifying its name in the industry and achieving exceptional brand awareness with these generator giveaways andwe are proud to be part of this excellent initiative,” he concluded. q

Give-away generates warmth in Limpopo Following a string of highly successful generator giveaways at the 2018 Mining & Technical Exhibitions (MTE) in South Africa andBotswana, ChicagoPneumaticmade its

Winner Jan Erasmus, Northam (middle), with Eben vd Vyver, Chicago Pneumatic (left) and Conrad van Staden from Grinding Power, on the right.

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