Modern Mining August 2022

ELECTRA MINING PREVIEW

SEW-EURODRIVE to launch an array of high-tech products Drive technology specialist SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa will unleash more technology that drives productivity and efficiency at the Electra Mining trade show.

The MOVIGEAR® mechatronic drive system will be there, comprising motor, gearbox and VSD. This is designed for flexible use across various communica tion infrastructures, making it ideal for decentralised applications in the field. Customers will be exposed to SEW’s new elec tronic drive – the MOVI-C® – which will soon be one of the key product lines to be locally assembled. “Another exciting innovation is our automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs), which we will to exhibi t at Electra Mining SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa will launch its DriveRadar ® solution at Electra Mining Africa.

A ddressing growing demand for reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa will launch its DriveRadar® solu tion for remote condition monitoring and maintenance forecasting. Also on the Electra Mining Africa launch pad is the single-stage M1 series industrial gearbox, for high speed and high-power applications – relevant to pumping duties in mining as one example. “We will be demonstrating our girth gear capabil ity, with a 3.5 metre diameter static model specially imported for the show,” says Jonathan McKey, national sales and marketing manager at SEW EURODRIVE South Africa.

Maxolution ® ›s automated guided vehicles.

Af r i ca ,” says McKey. “These are valuable assets in any auto mated process, and they are typically used for logistics and in the automotive industry.” 

A rendering of SEW-EURODRIVE’s segmented girth gears with flange and tangent plated.

Four of these girth gears have already been supplied to a large mining operation in Limpopo prov ince. Also at the SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa stand will be the company’s purpose-built gearbox solution for air-cooled condens ers (ACCs) used for driving fans in power stations.

Fast-growing pump dewatering and dredging specialist IPR (previously Integrated Pump Rental) will be show casing its product range at this year’s Electra Mining Africa. IPR to showcase its pump dewatering & dredging offering at Electra Mining

“ I PR is a young company, having been established just seven years ago, but we’re growing rapidly and have tripled our rental fleet since late 2021,” says MD, Lee Vine. “We attri bute our growth to the excellence of our service, but Electra Mining Africa has also played a role. Since we started up, we’ve been at every Electra Mining Africa held and the results – mea sured in terms of new business – have been phenomenal.” Based in Jet Park, Johannesburg, IPR operates an extensive rental fleet consisting of around 210 pumps, mostly diesel-driven, able to take on virtually any pumping task. These are comple mented by dredgers, generators, pump flotation devices, hoses and a full range of accessories. “We are keen to expand our rental footprint on the continent, although this is by no means an easy task given the ‘red tape’ involved in taking machines across borders,” says Vine. “Having a permanent presence in Zambia, however, will make it possible to provide rental solutions to customers operating both on the Zambian Copperbelt and in the neighbouring DRC.” According to Vine, visitors to IPR’s Electra Mining Africa stand

will be able to see a wide range of running diesel pumps includ ing the new Himax HH220i from Sykes, which is capable of pumping at 220 litres per second against a head of 110 m. “This is the biggest unit in our rental fleet,” notes Vine. 

An Allight Sykes XH150 trailer mounted pump being used for dewatering at the mine.

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