Modern Mining February 2018

EQUIPMENT

from the smart construc- tion site, with the use of robots, to technologies for building resilient and sus- tainable infrastructure. The development of the world’s first 3D-printed excava- tor, designed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), US Department of Energy, in Tennessee, will also be presented during the tech talks. Among the exhibitors will be Bell Equipment, which will be showcasing its new range of Kobelco excavators and introducing the Dakar Rally winning KAMAZ range of heavy- duty tipper trucks at its 2 300 m² stand. “We expect both these new partners and product

8x4 truck with a payload of 25,5 tonnes. Commenting on the value of trade shows, and bauma CONEXPO AFRICA in particular, Bell Equipment Group Marketing Director, Stephen Jones, says: “There is absolutely no doubt that trade shows can be extremely ben- eficial to both the users and providers of plant. With bauma CONEXPO AFRICA providing the platform for this interaction, it is imperative that those who can make it work come out and support it.” Another company with strong ties to the mining industry which will have a strong pres- ence at the show is SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa. Comments the company’s National Sales Manager, Norman Maleka: “Our aim is to offer complete solutions, as opposed to sim- ply being a component supplier. Our expertise, experience, and extensive project track record stand us in good stead in this regard.” Describing bauma CONEXPO AFRICA as an ideal platform to target potential end users of its diverse products, in a wide range of indus- trial sectors, Maleka notes that visitors to the SEW-EURODRIVE stand will be able to see its latest products in action, including a mini con- veyor set-up and transfer station. Featuring prominently on the stand will be the company’s ECDriveS ® . This latest innova- tion comprises a modular driven roller and gear motor and boasts a 20 % higher power rating and overload capacity. An integrated encoder allows for accurate positioning, with intelli- gent centralised or decentralised motor control,

ranges to generate a considerable amount of interest as they bring quality and competitive machine solutions to our local market, and all backed by the most extensive support network in Southern Africa,” says Sales and Marketing Director of Bell Equipment Sales South Africa (BESSA), Mark Hughes. “The Kobelco range of excavators, from 5,5 t to 85 t, was added to the Bell stable in mid- 2017 and has been extremely well accepted by the Bell customer base. Japanese-based Kobelco is widely recognised as a global exca- vator specialist and through this partnership we are able to offer competitively priced and perfectly matched loading tools for our range of articulated dump trucks in the construction, quarrying, mining and forestry industries.” Additionally, the introduction of the KAMAZ trucks at the end of 2017 has given Bell a presence in the Southern Africa tipper truck market for the first time, to further expand the company’s one-stop-shop offering to cus- tomers in the region. Established in 1969, KAMAZ manufactures out of Naberezhnye Chelny in Russia and today accounts for half the trucks sold in that coun- try, as well as being represented in 80 countries around the world. The first phase of the KAMAZ introduction consists of four models, which are available in left hand or right hand drive configura- tions. The models include two 6x4 trucks with payloads of 15 and 20 tonnes, a 6x6 truck with a payload of 19,5 tonnes and an

Over 14 000 visitors from 75 countries attended the 2015 event.

“There is absolutely no doubt that trade shows can be extremely beneficial to both the users and providers of plant.”

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