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ELECTRA MINING
AFRICA
August 2016
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special application belts the company
will have on show are FortressXP, a
heavy-duty conveyor belt that with-
stands the most arduous above-ground
belting environments, CoalFlo, a solid
woven belt for underground mining,
available in both PVC and PVG, and
Sicon, an extra-high flexibility belt that
is enclosed from the feeding point to the
discharge point.
Afrox
, the leading industrial gases
and welding equipment supplier, will
demonstrate its move to solutions tai-
lored for individual customers and will
be joined on its stand by sister company,
Linde Engineering South Africa
.
“Our product service offers have
shifted to focus on providing individ-
ual customers with bespoke solutions
for their operations,” says Dhevan
Moodley, head of Afrox’s Integrated
Customer Solutions. “Our customers
are under constant pressure to improve
their efficiencies and Afrox recognises
that to add value means understanding
their operations and processes to offer
services and products that are meaning-
ful and beneficial to their needs.”
Among the products on display at the
Afrox stand will be the AfroxPac 35i, a
closed-circuit, self-contained, oxygen
breathing apparatus designed for escape
from oxygen-deficient atmospheres.
AfroxPac 35i, which in the SA mining
sector is used on average one million
man-hours every day, uses an efficient
bi-directional re-breathing system in
which exhaled gas makes two passes
through the carbon dioxide removal/
oxygen generation canister before the
oxygen-rich gas returns to the user.
A further drawcard on the Afrox
stand will be interactive live demon-
strations by the ‘Kalahari Scientist’,
aka Jonathan Hartley. The company
says the not-to-be-missed, exciting and
interactive science demonstrations by
the ‘Kalahari Scientist’ will be a real
education in the properties of hydro-
gen and oxygen, LPG and propane and
nitrogen.
Finally, visitors to Electra Mining
will be able to see what is billed as the
world’s first safe and floating bridge pro-
totype, which was designed and tested
at the harbour mouth in Richards Bay in
2014. “The flexible and floating bridge
was put to test for two months to see if
it can endure strong storms and adjust
to the ever-changing tides,” says Tex
Neveling, owner of
SureGO
!
“What makes our bridges unique is
that they provide the ideal solution to
safely move from point A to point B, be
it through walking or driving, over shift-
ing surfaces. Our bridges prove to be a
safe passage in areas with fluctuating
currents, tides or water levels as well as
in swamp and marsh areas with sludge
and sand. SureGO! designed bridges
change position and adapt according to
the ever-changing environment, while
ensuring continuous flooring and hand
rail protection,” adds Neveling.
SureGO!’s floating bridge. The company envisages it being used in a variety of applications including min-
ing where, for example, it could be used for crossing slurry ponds and settling dams.