Modern Mining May 2016

COVER STORY

Barloworld Power has completed the installation and commissioning of a Cat C9 engine powering AARD Mining Equipment’s new AARD 10 ton LHD for Sibanye Gold’s Burnstone mine in Mpumalanga. AARD Mining Equipment ordered four Cat C9 engines from Barloworld Power in October 2015 and the first repowered machine has now gone underground. Cat power and Barloworld support

A ARD provides underground mechanised mining equip- ment and ancillary services to hard and soft rock mines in Af- rica and around the world. The equipment is manufactured in Gauteng, with branches servicing the mining regions of Kuru­ man, Rustenburg and Steelpoort, as well as fa- cilities in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Robust performance Peter Hes, Engineering Director at AARD Mining Equipment, is confident that the new C9 engine will perform well in harsh underground conditions, based on the robust performance of Cat engines in the field on a wide range of mining equipment. Reliability, strong service support and minimum down- time promised by Barloworld Power were compelling supporting factors. “The 10 tonne LHD requires a 220 kW

From left: Wiets Roets (Sales- person, Industrial business unit, Barloworld Power); Venash Raghunanan (Industrial Sales Manager, Barlowold Power); Peter Hes (Engineering Director, AARD Mining Equipment); Ian Palmer (Key Accounts Manager, AARD Mining); Eben van Dyk (Trackless Engineer, Burnstone mine); and Bernard Wessels (Vice President, Burnstone mine).

engine and the Cat C9 was a suitable fit,” says Hes. “The installation and commissioning of the engine was done professionally and fast, thus saving cost.” The order was placed with

Barloworld Power’s Industrial business unit, which supplies Cat engines to various indus- tries, particularly mining. Applications range from pow- ering underground machines to locomotives transporting commodities to their final destinations. As the Southern African Cat dealer for more than 80 years, Barloworld Power has established a strong reputa- tion in mining, construction, rail, agriculture, dewater- ing, crushing and screening, defence, and flameproof engines, also supplying most major OEMs. All these indus- tries demand high quality products and support.

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