Modern Mining March 2018

PRODUCT News

Discount offered on abnormal loads manage over-length freight.

a win for us as well as for the customer,” a company spokesman said. Although the discounted rates apply only to specific domestic routes, Transcon Haulers’ wider route network is interna- tional, covering major centres in all SADC countries. The company claims an efficient and fully secure service, with real-time tracking on all vehicles and an optional escort ser- vice throughout the journey. Temporary storage of on-trailer loads at the company’s Johannesburg premises comes with 24-hour manned security. Storage for longer periods can be arranged by request. Transcon Haulers has in recent months improved its logistical efficiency to elimi- nate the need to wait several days for provincial transport permits, which pre- viously caused occasional delays on trans-provincial journeys from theWestern and Eastern Cape. Transport is instead despatched imme- diately while the necessary permits are organised concurrently with the first leg of the journey, and couriered to reach the vehicles in time for their arrival at the next provincial border. Transcon Haulers hopes to extend its newly discounted rates to cities other than South Africa’s main ports during the com- ing months. Transcon Haulers, tel (+27 11) 776-6000), e-mail: sales@condra.co.za “When we engineer a solution for a specific requirement or application, we automatically look at how it can be imple- mented elsewhere, which is of significant benefit to the entire mining industry as it strives to cope with the long-term problem of chute and screen wear, which impacts on productivity and maintenance costs.” Suurd argues that project houses have traditionally focused on cost, which does not always equate to the best solution. “While CrC is a much more expensive material than quenched and tempered steel, for example, it has ten to 12 times more wear resistance,” he notes. “Therefore it is a far superior product, and we have a well-established track record in both its engineering and the correct installation of optimal solutions.” Rio-Carb, tel (+27 11) 011-6111 standing relationships with existing mining clients locally and in the rest of Africa.

A haulage company specialising in heavy and long-length loads is offering dis- counted rates on specific national routes within South Africa. The offer, which targets heavy machin- ery, overhead cranes, crane test weights and awkwardly shaped loads await- ing road transport from major ports to Gauteng, comes from Transcon Haulers, a Johannesburg-based company with a varied and adaptable fleet of 22‑wheeler horse and low-bed trailer sets, extendable trailers and specialised, steerable dollies to

Loads of 20‑foot and 40-foot shipping containers and large machinery of simi- lar size are routine cargoes for Transcon. Extendable low-beds are used for very large machinery of up to 30 tons. The company’s long-length load capa- bility is impressive, with steerable dollies recently negotiating the long road route between Johannesburg and Kitwe for a cargo of twin steel crane girders measur- ing 35 m in length. The company’s current record for over-

length loads is 40 m, when various goods were carried between Cape Town and Johannesburg late last year. Transcon’s discounted o f fe r app l i e s t o c a r go waiting in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Durban for Johannesburg-bound transport. A Transcon spokesman explained that the aim of the special rates is to maximise fleet productivity by secur- ing useful loads for return journeys from these ports for trailers that would otherwise return empty. “We believe that these dis- counted rates will represent

Transcon’s horse and steerable dolly preparing a very long load for transport by road.

Rio-Carb looks for early project involvement The fact that minerals processing plants cater for a diverse array of commodi- ties means that there are equally diverse requirements in terms of wear solutions. The ore that is processed behaves differ- ently in terms of different wear materials. In order to overcome this challenge, Rio- Carb aims to become involved in projects at a much earlier stage, preferably at plant design. “This affords us the opportunity to provide input about the use of various wear materials, their correct application, and their behaviour from an operational point of view,” Rio-Carb Director Sias Suurd explains.

Older minerals processing plants have often been designed with a specific type of wear material in mind, without due con- sideration given to its wear characteristics. “The flow rate of the material in question through a chute or over a screen invari- ably alters over time as wear accelerates. The best option to deal with this long-term issue is CrC. If we are involved sufficiently early in a project, we can predict these changes and deal with them down the line,” says Suurd. “We are approaching project houses, as they do not have the same experience as we have with CrC liner plates. This means we can add a lot of value not only in terms of the design process, but in educating the project houses themselves about best prac- tice in total wear solutions.” Rio-Carb also plans to leverage its long-

Rio-Carb manufactures wear-resistant Chromium Carbide (CrC) clad liner plates for heavy materials-handling applica- tions in the mining and allied resources industries.

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