Modern Quarrying Q3 2019

JBI has supplied a load weighing system fitted on the Kawasaki 85Z5 wheel loader responsible for stockpiling and loading customer trucks on site.

SCREENING LOAD WEIGHING SYSTEMS

Following the installation of a load weighing system on its front-end loader deployed for stockpiling and loading customer trucks, a Bronkhorstspruit-based silica sand producer has taken guesswork out of its production planning and loadout processes, writes Munesu Shoko . ELIMINATING GUESSWORK OUT OF PRODUCTION L ocated in Bronkhorstspruit, at the Gauteng and Mpumalanga border, the silica mine has been operational for the past three years. The operation produces high-quality silica sand supplied to the glass industry and golf courses. When recently faced with a problem of either under- or over-loading customer trucks on site, which resulted in huge losses of high-value material and unwanted downtime, the quarry approached JBI Industrial Solutions, the sole supplier of the Pfreundt range of load weighing systems in South Africa, for a fitting solution.

JBI Industrial Solutions is a young company that opened its doors last year, but is led by a team of experienced partners who have over 15 years collective experience in the industrial weighing market, with particular focus on mobile weighing solutions and machine performance analysis. JBI offers solutions to a range of industrial weighing applications, including weighing solutions and systems for mobile equipment such as front-end loaders, conveyor belts, dump trucks, forklifts and excavators. The systems are integrated with up-to-date software solutions that assist with pro- duction and productivity analysis.

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MODERN QUARRYING QUARTER 3 - 2019