South Africa is the second largest economy in Africa and the mining industry has historically been a driving force for South Africa’s development. However, South African miners are cost conscious, accounting for each rand they spend. Price, productivity, machine utilisation all play a huge part in their purchasing decisions. With that in mind, XCMG offers a cost-effective, reliable and productive wheel loader, which, according to the manufacturer, has made its mark in the South African mining sector.
Tough market conditions call for a tough machine. Thus, the XCMG wheel loader adopts a globally proven powertrain system comprising Weichai or Cummins engines and ZF transmission, all of them trusted crucial components with reliable and robust performance. These components are ideally-matched and built to work in perfect harmony. This is complemented by a strong backup supply and service in regime which minimises downtime.
To meet the uptime needs of 24/7 mining operations across SA, the XCMG loader is equipped with wet brake axle and L3 or L5 tubeless tyre. Compared with dry-brake, wet brake is maintenance free and can avoid pollution from the dust of mines, more sensible for frequent brake and produces less heat and can protect wheel–end reducer and tyre. The L3 tubeless tyre is suitable for coal mining applications and the L5 is perfectly suited for chrome, iron ore and manganese ore.
The XCMG loader comes with different size buckets for different materials. You can load either light density material like coal or heavy density like chrome. Because of the sharp cutting angle design of the bucket, the XCMG wheel loader always loads at full bucket capacity. All loaders are equipped with mine spec LED lights which can produce stronger light and safe production during night shifts can be guaranteed.
The XCMG wheel loader is built with quick and easy maintenance in mind. All the service points are easily accessible. For example, the engine can be accessed from the ground, allowing for quick regular checks to reduce downtime related to maintenance and service.
A comfortable operator is a productive one. With this in mind, the XCMG cab is very comfortable, and offers good vision for better observation of working environment. More mechanical and less electronics makes the machine easy to operate. The micro pressure-boosted cab prevents dust from infiltrating inside the cab.
One company that has witnessed the reliability of the XCMG loader is SOL, a logistics company based in Northern Cape. The company is loading manganese ore onto the trains at the terminal. SOL owns 10 XCMG loaders.
“One of major factors in buying the XCMG wheel loader is the price. XCMG is better priced, yet it comes with tried and tested components. The productivity of the loader is also amazing. To give an idea, we wait for the train, instead of the train waiting for us. The loaders meet our high demand for availability and productivity,” says the operations manager at SOL.
XCMG also provides the company with excellent service and backup. “Furthermore, we are so impressed by fuel consumption – the XCMG loader is nearly 8% lower than other models we used before.”