Mechanical Technology November 2015

⎪ Special report ⎪

Customised rubber solutions improve margins

On November 4, wear lining and rubber products manufacturer, Tega South Africa, held an open day to showcase its expanded and consolidated facilities in Vulcania, Brakpan. MechTech attends and reports.

W ith roots dating back to 1978 in Calcutta, as a licensee of the Swedish company, Skega, Tega Industries limited is now the flagship company of the Tega Group of compa- nies and synonymous with customised aftermarket products in the mineral processing, mining, materials handling and industrial markets. Founded by the Mohanka family to provide ‘unique products and services for handling complex problems in materials handling and mineral processing indus- tries’, the company name was changed to Tega Industries Limited (Tega) in 2002 and it remains a family owned business with the same philosophy. Tega is cur- rently the largest non-OEM manufacturer of a number of moulded wear resistant rubber components for the mining and bulk materials handling industries, with approvals from all major global min- ing and mineral processing companies and manufacturing plants across four continents. “We are global company active in 72 countries of the world. Wherever there

With the addition of an injection-moulding machine, Tega South Africa can now offer injection moulded screen panels.

“Over 500 mills around the world are now operating using Tega mill liner technology,” says Imam. The company established a presence in South Africa in 2006 with the acqui- sition of Beruc Equipment. In 2011, it relocated local operations to its current 45 000 m² property in Vulcania. By 2012, Tega South Africa had won the contract to supply wear liners for all ships in the De Beers Marine fleet. The new plant was officially commissioned in 2013 and by 2014, with the addition of 24 new presses, local production capac- ity increased by 70%. The South African facility is ISO 9001:2008 accredited by TUV; has achieved a B-BBEE equity status of Level 4 and has recently begun to manufacture injection moulded screen panels. From the 40 people it took on from Beruc in 2006, Tega South Africa now has over 180 employees. “We specialise in a wide range of prod- ucts, with a mining focus that includes solutions from the run-of-mine side of operations, through the milling and ma- terials handling side, all the way through to extraction and flotation,” continues Imam, listing chute and hopper linings; mill liners and lifting bars; screens; and floatation cells as specialisations. “In Chile, we have recently com- pleted an entire optimisation project for a plant’s piping system, for example. We increased liner replacement intervals from two to 12 months. We are also routinely called to optimise comminution systems and to improve material flow via the complete design of the chute systems so that material can be delivered

is mining, we have representation,” says Syed Yaver Imam, director of global marketing and product management, speaking at the company’s South African open day. “We have three major manufacturing facilities in India, along with one here in South Africa, one in Santiago, Chile and one in Perth, Australia. We have sales and marketing facilities in Europe, Australia, Africa and the Americas, with a good presence in Latin America and Canada – and we have offices in Russia and Uzbekistan, which makes China the only place were we are not well represented,” he says, emphasising that the company is a solution provider rather than a manufacture and supplier of standard product.

South African production capacity from Tega’s 45 000 m² facility in Vulcania, Brakpan has been increased by 70% through the addition of 24 new presses.

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Mechanical Technology — November 2015