Mechanical Technology — August 2013
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Industry forum
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In brief
Donaldson Company, Inc.
(NYSE: DCI), has
announced the construction of a new filter
manufacturing plant in Skarbimierz, Poland
to serve the filtration needs of its European
and Russian customers. The new plant will be
housed in a 10 000 m
2
facility with additional
capacity for future expansion.
Richard Smith has been appointed to
Booyco
Engineering’s
board of directors. Smith joined
the company as financial manager five years
ago. He has been involved in financial man-
agement for more than 30 years and also
has extensive experience in auditing. He was
previously financial director of Orbit Pumps.
A strategic alliance between gas industry lead-
er,
Air Products
South Africa, and Broad-Based
Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)
company
Reatile Gaz
, has been established to
guaranteed the consistent supply of liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) to Southern Africa, and
specifically, the Eastern Cape.
Goscor Rental Company
(GRC) will supply
retailer
Massdiscounters
with a fleet of re-
furbished forklifts for use in its Game stores
nationwide. A total of 18 forklifts have already
been delivered around the country as part of
the ongoing rollout.
Equipment supplier
Multotec
, has entered into
a technology and supply partnership agree-
ment with
Longi
(pronounced Long-Ji) Magnet
Company Co Ltd in China, the second largest
and fastest growing magnetic equipment sup-
plier in the world. The agreement will see the
full range of Longi magnetic separators entering
the African market under the new Multotec-
Longi brand.
In response to increased demand from its
customers for digital information optimised
for iPad, iPhone and android mobile devices,
Sandvik Mining
has launched its Offering
Guide, a new application combining its diverse
portfolio of innovative products and solutions
into one convenient and easy-to-use resource.
Wade Walker
has embarked on an electrical
and instrumentation sub-contract for Eskom’s
Medupi project in Limpopo for 54 coal and ash
conveyors, varying in size from 100 to 300 m
and extending over approximately 11,5 km.
This work includes cable racking, junction
boxes, instrumentation and cabling from nine
substations.
SA-based Condra Crane’s Bulgarian
subsidiary has secured orders from Rus-
sia for a further three overhead cranes,
expanding the footprint created by last
year’s initial installation in that country,
and cementing the successful partner-
ship between Russian agent Vniiptmash
and Condra’s two factories in Pazardjik
and Johannesburg.
The orders follow many years of
careful research into the Russian crane
market, and initial difficulties compet-
ing against other Bulgarian firms for the
supply of standard cranes and hoists.
“To overcome the disadvantage of com-
peting with standard hoists of Bulgarian
manufacture, we decided to focus on
special designs and high-lift hoists,
where Condra has wide experience,
advanced designs and cost containment
skills,” says Stefan Babatchev, director
of Condra Bulgaria. “In South Africa,
Condra is very difficult to beat on price
in these segments, and we decided to
carry this advantage through to the
Russian market.”
The breakthrough came with an or-
der from the Varvarinskoye gold mine in
Kazakhstan, where the main contractor
for the mine extension, South African-
based MDM engineering, was already
The Nucor-Yamato Steel Company oper-
ates two rolling mills for medium steels
and heavy profiles in Blytheville, Arkan-
sas, USA. For the 2014 modernisation
and optimisation of the NYS No. 1 roll-
ing mill, the company is installing three
Voith high-performance universal joint
shafts of type CHT 740.40 in the new
BD-1 (break down) support structure.
The universal joint shafts of the
current CH Series from Voith are based
on a design optimised using the finite
element method. The forged version
of the flange yokes is designed for ex-
treme loading conditions and provides
A leader in FTSE4Good index
Atlas Copco was again selected as a member of the FTSE4Good index, which
includes world-leading companies that score well on environmental, social and
governance practices, and was named a ‘leader’.
Atlas Copco scored 96 out of 100 in the global FTSE Group’s evaluation of
companies on issues such as: fighting corruption; promoting labour and human
rights; and environmental responsibility. In April, Atlas Copco announced that it
was included in the index, “but the FTSE Group has now let us know that Atlas
Copco has been named a ‘leader’ within the index’s Industrial Goods and Services
segment, which includes only five companies globally.
SA Crane company’s Russian success
SA-based Condra Crane’s Bulgarian sub-
sidiary has secured orders from Russia for
three overhead cranes valued at around
R20-million.
familiar with the Condra product and
ordered it as part of the contract.
“Our participation in the 2011 crane
expo also helped to impress upon the
market those aspects unique to Con-
dra; for example, the simple gearbox
construction facilitating access for
maintenance, the direct drives, and the
design for short headroom and compact
hoists,” Babatchev adds.
The new orders, valued at some
R20-million, include: one 90/20-ton
and two identical 100/20/5-ton cranes.
Orders have also been received for com-
ponents for two 10-ton and one 15-ton
crane, comprising end-carriages and
high-lift crabs to be manufactured by
Condra South Africa, and girders and
electrics to be supplied by Vniiptmash.
Universal joint shafts rolling mill modernisation
The newly developed bearing technol-
ogy of the universal joint shaft keeps the
journal cross wear-free.
optimum torque capacity. The universal
joint shafts are equipped with an inter-
nal hydraulic cylinder which makes it
possible to conveniently position the
rolls and set any length for the universal
joint shafts.
