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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
NOVEMBER
2015
In challenging economic
conditions, construction
professionals can save on
operational costs without
compromising on quality, by
re-tipping their worn coredrill
barrels, saw centres and floor
grinding machine tools – as
opposed to discarding them
and purchasing new ones.
Re-tipping is the process whereby
diamond-tipped accessories such as
core barrels, grinding wedges, grinding
heads, grinding pads and blades are refurbished
with brand new diamond segments, thereby
resulting in a tool lasts and performs as well as
a new product – at a reduced cost.
Diamond Products director Brian Clark indi-
cates that re-tipping offers significant financial
advantages, as it eliminates the need to discard
steel and metal bodies, such as core bit tubing,
blade centres and blocks. “Instead, these bodies
are reused and customers only pay for minimal
labour costs and the new diamond segment,
rather than an entire tool.”
Re-tipping is also more environmental-
ly-friendly, as the steel and metal bodies do not
end up in landfills. Clark adds that Diamond Prod-
ucts boasts a team of skilled experts with over 20
years of experience in re-tipping. “This ensures
that the job is completed to the highest stan-
dards of quality, often within 24 hours, thereby
ensuring minimal downtime,” he concludes.
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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
In this tough economic environment,
these companies are looking to save
money wherever they can. They cut
costs by purchasing cheap PPE, including safety
footwear, that only meets minimum compliance
requirements. What they don’t realise is that
these can end up costing more in the long run.
Generally, the quality of this safety footwear is
inconsistent which affects durability and over-
all protection.
These inconsistencies increase the chance
of an accident occurring, which would result in
reputational damage. That’s something no one
can afford in such a competitive industry.
For Bova, safety has always been about
protecting people, their families, their commu-
nities and their dreams. It’s why they go beyond
compliance in engineering their safety footwear.
Through their uncompromising commitment to
quality, innovation and technology, they ensure
superior products, which are designed to keep
people safe.
For these reasons, Bova have set out to
educate the market on the true cost of safety
with their ‘Day In The Life’ campaign. It’s a
multi-channel campaign, made up of five docu-
mentaries. Each episode uncovers what safety
means to South Africans who work in dangerous
environments. The campaign also explores
what effect a workplace accident could have on
members of the workforce and their loved ones.
After all, many of them are the sole breadwinner
in their family.
It’s these widespread consequences that Bova
wants to highlight in their campaign. Their aim is
to shift the industry’s current mindset.
According to Devin van Zyl, CEO of
Lambson’s Hire, the secret to the Beaver
250’s effectiveness is the straight shot
conrod drive blade system. The superior
design means that the operator can see
what he is doing with the blade, allowing the
stripper to deliver aggressive force exactly where
it is required.
The Beaver 250 is ideal for commercial,
industrial and medium sized domestic proj-
ects, readily stripping glued down flooring,
commercial carpets, gummy adhesives,
vinyl tiles, solid vinyl, radial rubber tiles, sheet
rubber, indoor and outdoor sports surfaces,
roofing material and some ceramic tiled
floor surfaces.
At 91 kg, the scraper has an
increased weight ratio over similar
machines, making it productive yet simulta-
neously very manageable. Vibration damp-
ened handles and the adjustable blade height
increase operator friendliness and comfort, while
increasing turnaround time. This 240 volt push
type floor scraper runs on a 1,5 kW motor and
has 70 to 250 mm blades for varying conditions.
The design of themachinemakes blade change-
outs quick and easy while
the large wheels promote
enhanced controllability.
The Beaver 250 floor
scraper has a folding handle,
which allows for easy transporta-
tion in cars or light delivery vehicles.
The compact size of the scraper, at
525 mm wide, 1 084 mm long and
858 mm high, allows for storage even
in confined spaces.
“Lambson’s Hire are experts in
concrete surface preparation and the
Beaver 250 is the perfect addition to
our fleet, underpinning our philos-
ophy of stocking equipment that is
able to deliver immediate, cost effec-
tive results,” says Van Zyl.
TIPPING POINT
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REMOVE GLUED DOWN TILES
HARD-HITTING SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Industry leader Bova has found that many
companies in Africa don’t take safety
seriously enough. Most companies think
of personal protective equipment (PPE)
only in terms of compliance. They consider
safety equipment a grudge purchase, only
buying it to prevent prosecution in the
event of an accident.
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Reduced operational time equates to cost effectiveness when
hiring equipment and because removing glued down flooring and
ceramic tiles can be extremely time consuming, hirers need a fast
and efficient tool. The Beaver 250 stripper from Lambson’s Hire is
able to quickly and effortlessly tackle the stripping of even the most
challenging flooring surfaces.
The Beaver 250 stripper
from Lambson’s Hire
is able to quickly and
effortlessly tackle
the stripping of
even the most
challenging floor-
ing surfaces.