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Tega manufactures moulded wear resistant rubber components such as lifter bars for grinding mills. “Over
500 mills around the world are now operating using Tega mill liner technology,” says Imam.
continuously and efficiently,” he says.
“In India, we have over 150 engineers
working on design aspects of plant opti-
misation. For us, the process of delivery
starts from the design and basic engi-
neering. We use simulation software and
in-house routines to model the interaction
between the flow of materials and our
lining products, to as near to real plant
operating condition as possible. This
enables our solutions to overcome prob-
lems unforeseen by the OEM installer of
the original systems,” says Tega’s global
marketing director.
“Then, once manufactured, we have
R&D and testing systems that we use
to validate our designs as well as to
improve them. By the time a design
solution arrives at a plant, the client can
be assured that it has been thoroughly
optimised and tested for the real service
conditions,” he adds.
In the current difficult economic cli-
mate, many more mines have to shave
costs to remain profitable. “Our focus on
life extension enables us to provide solu-
tions for deeper mines, while plants with
flow and reliability problems can improve
productivity through optimisations. If the
life of a liner can be extended, then the
mine benefits in more ways than one,
via lower maintenance costs and less
downtime,” he says.
“We continuously look at plants for
cost saving opportunities through our
solutions – and we can always find
them. Fortunately we are not dependant
on the capex cycle so our turnover is not
suffering from delays in implementing
greenfield projects. Our focus has always
been on plant upgrades, which are more
in demand now than ever. As long as
plants do not shut down, the demand
for our solutions will not slow,” Imam
concludes, adding that the company still
expects 20 to 30% year-on-year growth
for the foreseeable future.
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