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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2017 6_News The latest news from across the region and further afield.
14_oppoRTuNiTy iN The shifTiNg saNDs Cavendish Maxwell’s Patrick Ditcham discusses how machinery companies can benefit from the railway construction sector.
16_TelemaTics is a sTiTch iN Time Restrata’s David Nicholls analyses how the role of telematics should include not only fleet tracking but also preventive maintenance.
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Fadi Medlej, paints and coatings specialist Axalta’s regional head, reveals how the company’s Dubai training centre is vital for its business.
22_eNTRaNce To aN icoN CMME takes a tour of the new, innovative visitor centre being built for the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital.
26_fRom liNyi wiTh love Anirban Bagchi visits SDLG’s home base in Linyi, China, to take a look
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EDITORIAL SEP TEMBER 2017
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The power of love If rock legend Jerry Lewis’ classic 80s hit is to be believed, the power of love is a curious thing. Now, not only is this true on celluloid, as was proved in the equally classic blockbuster it was part of – the Back to the Future trilogy – it also seems to hold good in real life. And, surprise, surprise, corporate and industrial life too! Take the case of Chinese construction equipment maker SDLG. If you substitute the word love for one of its attendant emotions – dedication – what you get is the zeal that the people at its home base of Linyi in east-central China show as they go about carving a niche for its products in the global market. As CMME’s visit to the SDLG factory in Linyi proves, approach anything with true zeal, dedication and love, and you are bound to leave your mark in it. In SDLG’s case that mark has been achieved in a span of 40 years since it was founded. And a tour of the company’s factory floors only reinforces the feeling that there is more to come from Linyi. Love is also palpable in the way the UAE authorities have designed the new visitor centre to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi – itself one of the most loved attractions of the UAE. A tour of the under-construction premises reveals the thought that went into the design and the attention to detail in the execution.
Elsewhere in this issue, we take a look at heavy-duty construction trucks and how their manufacturers have upped the technology quotient in their quest to gain market share for this often invisible but vital driver of production on job sites in construction and quarrying. Speaking of quarrying, Italian innovator MB Crusher reveals how its flagship mobile crushing bucket is working at a combined quarry and concrete batching plant to solve a sand shortage problem for an operator high up in the mountains of Lebanon. And high is what the temperature is coming down from as we move into September. On the cusp of the business end of the year, activity in the construction industry, and consequently in the equipment sector, is raring to come out of the doldrums and reach another high. As usual, CMME will love to measure the heights reached.
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The article by Craig Ross on fire safety issues (“Grenfell Tower: Lessons from a tragedy” August 16) was certainly timely. There were several differing factors behind the tragic fire in London in June as compared to the string of incidents in the UAE – including the Tamweel Tower fire back in 2012, Address Downtown and not to mention the blazes at the Torch. But there are certainly still some vital lessons for all to consider. There are some good fire-safety regulations in place in the UAE. But as Mr Ross rightly points out, site quality control checks are key to ensuring that this translates into best practice on the ground. Name supplied, via email
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New AppoiNtmeNt
Farhat Service center to diStribute terex craneS in Lebanon
jectS, o r p w e FFiceS, n o w e n , S hine around k o new mac o L e iveS – w t a month i t S i i n h i t w e ne w hat’S n w t a n o i the reg SALES AnD prOFITS rISE AT JLG Powered access heavyweight JLG Industries saw a rise in both sales and profits in the second quarter of
Terex Cranes has announced Farhat
the year, reporting
Service Center as an authorised
increases of
distributor for Lebanon. The Beirut-
2.9% and 6.6%
based business now provides local
respectively. JLG
equipment sales and service and parts
reported that
support for Terex’s Demag all-terrain
while sales for
cranes and rough terrain cranes.
the three months
Chicago Pneumatic powers Dubai project The power requirements of an under-construction luxury residential development adjacent to the Dubai Water Canal is being provided by 14 Chicago Pneumatic stationary generators. The order was secured by Chicago Pneumatic authorised distributor German-Gulf Enterprises, with the generators forming a crucial part of a project that will see 6,000 new homes built by 2021. The order consists of six CPSG300, five CPSG200, one CPSG105 and two CPSG60 machines. “We put forward CPSG generators in response to the tender from the project contractor, as they provide excellent durability and are built to withstand tough work-site conditions while operating at high working temperatures. These features were deemed essential by the contractor as the project needed a power supply capable
of performing continuously over a long period of time,” said Sushil Kumar, divisional manager, German-Gulf Enterprises. As part of the order, Chicago Pneumatic installed its advanced BSE7320 control panel on all of the generators, enabling users to operate the machines remotely. To facilitate faster positioning of the generators both on- and off-site, the project contractor also requested that all the larger CPSG300 machines come with optional lifting beams. Ziaur Rahman, assistant sales manager, German-Gulf Enterprises, added: “Our proposal highlighted other compelling features of the CPSG, such as its corrosionresistant canopy and rugged base for extra impact protection. In addition, we were able to share technical data from recent CPSG installations in Saudi Arabia, which proved the gensets were fit for the project.”
“We are proud to have Farhat
to June 30, the
Service Center as our distributor,”
third quarter of
said Jorg Müller, senior sales
its fiscal year,
manager for Terex Cranes. “Farhat
were $980.2m,
Service Center has many years of
operating profit
experience in the construction
increased to
industry and has earned a
$130.2m.
great reputation in Lebanon,
According to
especially regarding service.”
Oshkosh Corp,
Hisham Farhat, CEO of Farhat
JLG’s owner, the
Service Center, said: “We are very
results were better
excited about our distributorship
than expected and
with Terex Cranes, they produce
reflected higher
excellent products. We have
sales in the aerial
the same goal of making our
work platform
customers successful. That’s
(AWP) segment,
why I am confident that with this
partly offset by
relationship, Terex Cranes and
lower shipments
Farhat Service Center will together
of telehandlers.
be able to reach this goal.”
AWP sales rose
Farhat Service Center was founded
14% to $583.1m
in 2012 and is headquartered in
in the quarter as
Beirut. The company started as
revenues from
a service and parts provider for
telehandlers
Terex Cranes, which added that
stood at $202.9m,
with a strong sales team and a
down 24%.
well-trained service and support department, Farhat Service Center offers a high level of customer support that is well known across Lebanon. The company today also covers a wider region, including several countries in Asia and Africa.
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a gamechanger For the middLe eaSt conStruction Sector
Best together: ritchie Bros. and ironPlanet
S
ince Ritchie Bros. received the green light from the US Department of Justice at the end of May to complete its acquisition of online equipment auction giant IronPlanet, its customers have already began using the combined multichannel platforms to their advantage. Through one point of contact - the Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager - businesses that want to sell equipment now have more powerful solutions at their fingertips. Different needs, different ways to sell Ritchie Bros. has combined the best of both companies and now offers a one-stop, multichannel experience for its customers. Depending on the asset itself, the situation and the individual needs of the equipment owner, three main product offerings are now offered at Ritchie Bros. - each with its own unique benefits: • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers live unreserved onsite auctions, with online bidding • IronPlanet’s frequently featured online auctions with exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification • EquipmentOne / IronPlanet Daily Marketplace, daily online equipment marketplaces (will be combined later in the year)
With more than 485,000 combined asset transactions around the world in 2016 (Ritchie Bros. and IronPlanet together), Ritchie Bros. can offer businesses more valuable consultation and disposition services when equipment needs to be turned into cash. Ritchie Bros.’ Territory Managers are working closely with businesses of all sorts and sizes, consulting which solutions best fit their needs, even with clever package combinations between multiple platforms to get the best possible returns. In the words of Ritchie Bros. CEO, Ravi Saligram: “Together, we are combining decades of industry knowledge and trust – providing customers from around the world with choices and platforms to sell, buy and list equipment when, where and how they want, whether onsite or online.” Ritchie Bros. live unreserved auctions in Dubai continue to be an extremely powerful place to buy and sell equipment. The team is currently gearing up for its next live auction in Dubai, which will be held on September 19 and 20, 2017.
To learn more about the various options to sell and buy equipment, contact the Ritchie Bros. Dubai office at +971 (0)4 812 0600.
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NewS RoUND-Up SEP TEMBER 2017
pAteNt iNfRiNgemeNt
cat under probe aFter wirtgen compLaint
Caterpillar expands backhoe line-up
FArnEk In SMArT FOrECASTS FrOM ArABIAWEATHEr Facilities management (FM) major Farnek has announced a partnership with hyper-
The US government has opened a
local weather
patent infringement investigation
forecasting
against Caterpillar after a complaint
services provider
was filed against the equipment
ArabiaWeather
giant by German road equipment
- the first FM
major Wirtgen. After examining the
company to
complaint, filed by Wirtgen’s American
partner with such
arm, members of the US International
a service. Using
Trade commission (USITC) voted to
ArabiaWeather’s
investigate certain Caterpillar road
LandWatch
milling machines and their components.
system, Farnek
Caterpillar’s new 426F2 backhoe loader offers a highly-configurable design and sports a Side Shift frame that provides customers with additional choice. Customers can select more basespecification models or a configured machine to match budget and operating needs. On offer are choices between two- or fourwheel drive, backhoe loader or excavator control
rEvEnUES rISE AT WACkEr nEUSOn Compact equipment maker Wacker Neuson has reported revenues of $507m for the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 11% over the $454.7m it reported for the same period last year. The company said that the figures are a record for quarterly revenue.
pattern, cab climate control packages and specified Product Link technology levels, among other options. Adding to the popular Cat F2 Series backhoe loader family, the new 426F2 is designed with the operator in mind, said Cat, and features an all-new cab design that provides a comfortable and operatorfriendly environment with high visibility. High pump oil flow delivers improved
hydraulic performance at the operator’s fingertips and load-sensing hydraulics enable the machine to tackle a variety of applications, ranging from loading and carrying to full-depth trenching. The 426F2 can be equipped with up to a 1.05m3 loader bucket offering a 7t tipping load at breakout point. Powering it is a 68.5kW Cat 3054C fourcylinder diesel engine with advanced cooling system.
“The products at issue in the
teams will monitor
investigation are used to mill asphalt
conditions in
and concrete pavement to create an
certain areas
even base for the construction of a
on a daily basis
new surface,” said the USITC. “The
and advise both
accused products include road milling
building owners
machines and components of a road
and management
milling machine.” Wirtgen complaint
of the best time to
alleges violation of section 337 of the
schedule work.
Tariff Act of 1930, and the company is seeking a limited exclusion order from the commission, along with cease and desist orders. Saying it is prepared for a legal battle, a Cat statement said it is reviewing Wirtgen’s claims and is committed to defending its products.
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ASGC to increase drone use and 3D scanning across project portfolio UAE construction group ASGC is increasing the deployment of drones and 3D scanning across its project portfolio, as part of a strategy to become more technologydriven. The company said that the step, another instance of the growing use of drones as machinery in the construction process, is part of advanced solutions being fronted by newlyappointed chief information officer Herbert Fuchs. The solutions include deploying smarter, highlyintegrated technologies in construction projects. More than 85% of ASGC’s projects in the UAE, including developments such as
Harbour Views, Mediclinic, Arena and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, are being monitored using drone technology, an approach that the company said will lead to better control of project progress.
The efforts will soon be enhanced by the integration of high-definition CCTV and 360-degree video-capturing technologies, which will open up new opportunities in the monitoring and analytics of various aspects in the lifespan
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COnTrOLS FOr
event to ShowcaSe vr technoLogy For automated warehouSeS
SUMITOMO ExCAvATOrS
of an ongoing project and the planning of future business. Drones are being used to conduct site surveys in the initial stages of a project and, together with stationary video capturing technology, are also being used to monitor construction progress. They also take measurements and carry out spot checks, enabling ASGC to further reduce accident risks and optimise time and cost. The company is also ramping up deployments of 3D laser scanning technology, a new addition to the construction industry that creates models of existing buildings for renovation or expansion projects.
CHInESE prOvInCE InvESTS In AD pOrTS Abu Dhabi Ports has signed an agreement with China’s Jiangsu Province for an initial investment of $300m from five Chinese companies in the Khalifa Port Free Trade Zone, creating more than 1,400 jobs to develop 23.7m sqft of the free trade zone for companies from Jiangsu Province.
Al-Futtaim Motors to service SAAED fleet
Sumitomo has Intralogistics managers at
an automated warehouse
chosen Trimble
Materials Handling Middle
in a fun way, they can also
as its preferred
East exhibition in Dubai
experience its unique benefits
technology
from September 11-13 will
first-hand.
provider in
learn how they can optimise
“virtual reality 3D
machine control
the flow of goods in an
warehouse animation will
solutions for its
automated warehouse using
become a real service for
excavators. The
virtual reality 3D technology.
customers in the future,
two compnaies
and there are different ideas
will work closely to
robot-based and data-driven
within Swisslog on how
offer the Trimble
intralogistics solutions, will
it can be deployed in the
Earthworks Grade
showcase its virtual reality 3D
intralogistics world. It can be
Control Platform
warehouse animation, which
used in sales to show buyers
for the excavators
will see supply chain heads
what their future systems
as a factory-fit
armed with HTC vive Goggles
would look like up and
machine control
experience how different
running on-site, and it can
solution with
technologies such as robotics
be used to simulate systems
options: 2D
and Industry 4.0 can work
to determine the optimal
Machine Guidance
together in fully automated
material flow or to observe
or 2D Machine
warehouses.
performance during projected
Control.
Swisslog, a supplier of
Daniel Hauser, managing
peak times. Another vision is
director for Central Europe
to provide access and track
and the Middle East at
live operations of any facility
Swisslog Warehouse &
in the world, as well as play
Distribution Solutions, said
back historical data for error
that while visitors can explore
analysis,” said Hauser.
Al-Futtaim Motors, the exclusive distributor of Toyota in the UAE, and UAE traffic safety services organisation, SAAED, have signed an agreement that will see all service and spare parts work for SAAED’s fleet of Toyota vehicles carried out by Al-Futtaim Motors. “Our relationship with SAAED has been reinforced with the signing of this agreement, which will allow Al-Futtaim Motors to continue delivering premium service and genuine spare parts to meet SAAED’s
ongoing efforts in managing traffic and road incidents in the UAE,” said Saud Abbasi, managing director of Toyota at Al-Futtaim Motors. Ibrahim Raml, CEO, SAAED, said: “This agreement cements our strategic partnership with Al-Futtaim Motors. Our Toyota fleet is equipped with the latest technologies, and a dedicated service carried out by Al-Futtaim Motors’ trained technicians is a must to ensure it is maintained as per manufacturer’s standards.”
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NewS RoUND-Up SEP TEMBER 2017
BARAkAH plANt pRoject
LaSt Steam generatorS inStaLLed in abu dhabi nucLear pLant
Terex introduces new Demag pedestal crane
Terex Cranes has expanded its Demag mobile crane line-up with the new PC 3800-1 pedestal crane, which it says improves access to job-sites previously not reachable with a standard crawler model. The PC 3800-1 boasts strong load charts, especially with main boom-only configurations, is easy to transport and helps in reducing ground preparation. Applying the PC 3800-1 can significantly reduce the amount of time needed to prepare a job-site for crane operation, it added. Typically, crawler cranes require an adequately-levelled supporting ground with slopes of less than 0.3
degrees over a large area to achieve the nominal lifting capacity, requiring extensive ground preparation prior to the lift job. In contrast, says Terex, the PC 3800-1 only needs four spots to be prepared for the outrigger supports, which do not need to be perfectly levelled as the outrigger cylinders can compensate for up to 2.1 degrees of unevenness with a 12x12m outrigger base. Existing pile foundations can also be used as outrigger supports for the PC 3800-1, making it especially beneficial on job-sites at harbour quays and refineries, as well as when installing bridges from river banks.
The Emirates nuclear
Ahn Choong Yong,
Energy Corporation
along with other EnEC,
(EnEC) has announced
nawah and Barakah
the installation of steam
One executives, were
generators and reactor
also on-site.
TErEx CrAnES
vessels at unit 4 of the
rETUrnS TO
Barakah nuclear Energy
nuclear Energy
prOFIT In Q2
plant, the last to be
programme supports
Terex Cranes has
installed at the plant.
the Abu Dhabi plan
reported a profit
A ceremony and
by contributing to a
of $14.5m for the
plant tour marked the
diversified energy mix
second quarter of
milestone, attended
and sustainable long-
this year, which is
by Jassim Mohammed
term economic growth.
4.8% of its net sales
Buatabh Al Zaabi,
The installation of the
for the quarter,
chairman of the
final reactor vessel and
against a loss of
Executive Committee
steam generators is a
$12.8m in the first
Office and member of
great achievement,” Al
quarter last year.
the Executive Council.
Mubarak said.
The results mark
His delegation was
a return to profit
hosted by EnEC board
four reactors are now
for the crane
chairman khaldoon
82% complete. When
arm of Terex
Al Mubarak and CEO
online, they will supply
Corporation, even
Mohamed Al Hammadi.
25% of the UAE’s power
though net sales
korea Electric power
and save 21m tons of
in the quarter
Corporation chairman
carbon emissions.
“The UAE’s peaceful
EnEC said the plant’s
were down 15% year-on-year to $303.8m from $357.4m in Q2 2016, said John Garrison, Terex CEO. Order backlog at Terex Cranes was up 29%.
SIEMEnS ExpAnDS SErvICES AT IrAQ pOWEr pLAnT Iraq’s KAR Group has expanded its existing service agreements with Siemens to cover comprehensive operations and maintenance for two new units at its 930MW natural gasfired Khormala power plant. The multi-year agreement covers operation and maintenance of six SGT5-2000E gas turbines and six SGen5-100A generators.
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UK Royal Navy puts aircraft carrier builder Goliath crane up for sale A 1,000t-capacity crane used to build two new aircraft carriers for the UK Royal Navy at a manufacturing base in Rosyth, Scotland has completed its work and is up for sale, according to its manufacturers, the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The Goliath crane was built by Chinese manufacturer ZPMC and shipped to the build site of the carriers. It was used to build QE Class aircraft carriers HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, and is now surplus to requirements. Engineering support services company Babcock managed the project from
the beginning for the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The crane was erected in 2011 and is one of the biggest in Europe.
It completed 140 lifts, building both ships by putting together the vessels in sections known as blocks.
It has a safe working load rating of 1,000t and a maximum turning load rating of 500t. The span of the crane is 119m and height clearance under the beam is 68m. Upper and lower trollies carry a pair of 300t hoists and a single 500t unit respectively. Hoisting speed is 3m/min under load and 6m/min with an empty hook. Its maximum long travel and cross travel speed are both 24m/min. Power is from a Caterpillar diesel generator mounted on board, on the sill beam of the hinged leg. Electronic controls and drives are from Siemens and ABB.
HITACHI LAUnCHES ESCALATOr FOr rEGIOnAL MArkET Hitachi Building Systems has launched its new TX Series escalator, a space-saving and flexible model for the Middle East, India and Asia markets. It meets multiple standards in China, India, and the Middle East and also saves on space required for installation, covering a smaller area in comparison to existing products.
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Seventh inFra oman to deFine SuLtanate’S growing market Infra Oman, Oman’s biggest exhibition related to the construction and infrastructure sector, will be organised for the seventh time from October 9-11 at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre in the Sultanate. Infra Oman is supported by the country’s Ministry of Transport & Communications and the Muscat Municipality. One of the largest building and construction expos in the Middle East, Infra Oman has been continuously defining the
are determined to be part
Free Zones, Industrial
Oman is Electro Oman,
special emphasis on
industry’s development for
of Oman’s growing market.
Manufacturing, power &
Oman’s leading exhibition
sustainable solutions and
Water Technologies, Tools &
for the power, electricity
renewable energies.
For exhibition and sponsorship enquiries, please contact Marvin pinto on +96897181987 or email infra@alnimrexpo. com. visit www.infraoman. com for more details.
the last six years. It is an
The seventh edition of
annual meeting place for
the exhibition this year will
Equipment, Transportation
and lighting sector. It is
industry leaders, suppliers
have focus sections on:
& Logistics, Infrastructure
dedicated solely to energy
and buyers in Oman. Infra
Construction requirements,
projects – roads, Airports
and clearly partitioned
Oman has proved to be an
Green & Future Buildings,
and railways & ports,
to cover all aspects of
ideal starting point not only
Heavy Equipment &
Build & Supply and other
the sector – including
for local companies, but
Technologies, Hotel &
Development projects.
electricity, water, lighting
also for foreign entities that
Tourism projects, Industrial
Co-located with Infra
and HvAC – with a
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Himoinsa powers Cranes in romanian port
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overing an area of almost 40sqkm, the Port of Constanța in Romania is the largest port on the Black Sea, able to handle 100m tons of cargo per year. Each day, the port ships some 200 containers through the Danube to Central and Eastern European countries. The port’s cranes are designed and built by Spanish container handling equipment major Paceco. Two rubber tyred transtainer (RTG) cranes from the company optimise container handling in the terminals, ensuring operational safety at all times. And powering the cranes are Himoinsa generator sets. While installing the RTGs, a challenge was ensuring adequate supply of continuous power to the
cranes. The RTGs, designed to work all day, year-round, have continuous container loading and unloading cycles, with very brief stops for maintenance. Himoinsa’s task was to provide continuous power and ensure the gensets were in perfect sync with the cranes’ on-board systems. The Himoinsa team, together with Paceco, designed gensets tailored to the specific needs of the RTG application, with the generators ready for the very large peaks in power demand during crane operations. To cope with the abrupt load variations and to minimise running costs, the design incorporates engine speed control and cooling optimisation, which lower fuel consumption by 20%. To cater for the seaport market’s
increasing demand for low noise levels, the gensets are housed in a soundproofed canopy. All brackets and anchor points to the main crane chassis are designed to withstand forces exerted in transportation and when the crane is handling containers. As they are installed in moving vehicles, the fuel tanks, with sufficient capacity for a full day’s work, have air chambers to prevent the fuel from swaying, which eliminates errors on the crane sensors, as well as premature mechanical fatigue of the tank itself. As the equipment is required to cope with very abrupt load variations, an oversized alternator was included in the genset with a non-standard voltage controller, which provides the dynamic response that Paceco was looking for.
The genset’s and the crane’s control units communicate with each other, and have also been fully integrated with each crane’s on-board systems. Fernando Monje, engineering director at Paceco España, says: “Close collaboration between the engineering teams of both companies has made it possible to achieve the desired level of integration, both in mechanical, electric and electronic terms.” Given the climatic conditions of Constanța, the gensets have been equipped with heaters for the fuel tank, lubricant and coolant systems, as well as a system to prevent ice formation and condensation in the alternator – all of which enable them to work at temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius.
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“Close collaboration between the engineering teams of both companies has made it possible to achieve the desired level of integration, both in mechanical, electric and electronic terms�
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COMMENT SEP TEMBER 2017
OppOrtunity in the shifting sands
With the region mulling high-speed transport options, machinery companies and dealers stand to gain from supplying the technology and maintenance that Will go into keeping the projects running in a sandy environment, says patrick ditcham, head of machinery and business assets at cavendish maxWell
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here has been a lot of recent interest in hyperloops from the press and on social media. First, there was the announcement in November last year that the Dubai government had signed a deal with a US firm to explore the possibility of building a hyperloop transport system. The system would be built between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, cutting travel time between the two cities to 12 minutes. Secondly, there was the news on July 20 that tech entrepreneur Elon Musk had received verbal approval from the US government to build a hyperloop tunnel from Washington, DC to New York, claiming that passengers would be whisked along in a magnetically levitated pod in just 29 minutes. A few decades ago this would have been met by laughter and ridicule. However, with the success of large projects such as the world’s largest particle accelerator,
the Hadron Collider, and the fact that the average smart watch today has more computer power than any of the Apollo spacecraft that first put man into space and on the moon, people are a lot more accepting of technological advancements. People in this region may be interested to know that high-speed travel between the major cities of the GCC is nothing new. In fact, as early as 1908 the first narrow gauge railway, the Hejaz railway, was opened in Saudi Arabia and ran from the Jordan border to Medina. But this was subsequently closed in 1920 after experiencing damage from World War I. Since then, several cargo projects have been completed and the first commercial passenger service was opened between Dammam and Riyadh in 1981. This line is now in the process of being upgraded to a high-speed line, allowing speeds in excess of 200kmph to be achieved. In the UAE, other than the Dubai Metro and tram systems, there is an operational railway in Abu Dhabi running between Shah and Habshan to Ruwais, the port on the Saudi border. There are also plans to extend this network to Abu Dhabi City
15 “The good news for maintenance firms is that all this specialised machinery will also need to be regularly serviced and repaired, which should provide more work to the local area”
and eventually to the Northern Emirates. Although in many parts of the world rail travel has been a mainstay of transportation for many years, progress in this part of the world has been painfully slow because of a seemingly innocuous substance which is synonymous with this part of the world – sand. Trying to build a rail line through the desert has its own challenges, such as the variation in terrain and the extreme heat. These have mostly been overcome, but the constant shifting sand is proving to be a big problem. So far, no one has come up with a failsafe solution, which has raised significant concerns about safety and maintenance issues. Requirement for machinery These problems should come as music to the ears of rail maintenance contractors. In order to keep the lines open, enormous maintenance efforts are required, meaning large deployments of machinery. The neverending threat of train derailment caused by sand covering the tracks, moving intruder dunes shifting over tracks and parked trains getting trapped mean continual work is required to keep the tracks clear. In addition, the entire system’s serviceability can be affected by ballast contamination, asymmetric rail grinding and dust being lifted by running trains. And of course, all this maintenance work requires specialist plant and machinery. The good news for maintenance firms is that all this specialised machinery also needs to be regularly serviced and repaired, which should provide more work to the local area. This is a good opportunity for construction machinery dealers to introduce more advanced equipment and machinery into the GCC. So, what of the proposed hyperloop system? It is some years off, as the technology of propelling a magnetically levitated pod within a near-total vacuum is still only in the testing phase, although engineers in the US reached speeds of over 320kph in July with self-driving cars. Then there are the same problems that exist already in the Middle East – sand, and whether to tunnel below the dunes or construct a tube tunnel above ground, which could well face similar problems with shifting dunes. Leaving all the construction problems aside, it is very exciting to think that in the not too distant future we could be travelling between major cities throughout the region and in other countries in a matter of mere minutes!
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ANALYSIS SEP TEMBER 2017
TelemaTics is a sTiTch in Time The ideal fleeT managemenT soluTion is noT jusT abouT Tracking use buT also, more imporTanTly, abouT prevenTive mainTenance, says david nicholls, vp of siTuaTional awareness and TelemaTics aT resTraTa
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f you manage a fleet – be it trucks or machinery – the technology you use every day, such as GPS fleet tracking, supports safety and efficiency. But could the same technology help manage a schedule of preventive maintenance that not only keeps everything going but also helps minimise costs? It’s easy to see why maintenance is so important. One major technical failure in a commercial vehicle, for instance, has a ripple effect that erodes more than your repair budget. Costs can include the potential expense of a tow to bring disabled equipment to the garage, or the amount of time the vehicle may be sitting idle at the site of the breakdown, or in the days afterwards while it’s being repaired. There are overhead costs, including a vehicle lease or payment that does not pause just because the loader or truck is not moving, and a driver cooling his heels for a while. Add to this the loss associated with a delivery postponed or a deadline missed, and the expense of doubling up – having to send another vehicle to do the job. And we haven’t even discussed the cost of the repair itself. In contrast, there are benefits gained when vehicles are tended to regularly, and it’s possible to use the same In-vehicle monitoring system (IVMS) system you implemented for safety and efficiency to help in this. A schedule of regular maintenance is a necessary expense that can preclude a much larger one. Nevertheless, many operators opt to pinch pennies on this budget item, only to rue the decision later. This is especially true in smaller fleets; where money may be tight, but it is arguably more important for these smaller operators to accept the expenditure. A study published in September last year by a prominent global heavy vehicles publication revealed that small fleet operations tend to retain their vehicles for nearly twice as long as larger outfits (five years, compared to 2.7). Considering that the likelihood of
17 A complete telematics solution is not just about tracking equipment assets. It includes engine analytics that can send out alerts of pending maintenance.
“A complete telematics solution includes engine analytics that can send you alerts of pending maintenance… The ideal fleet management solution can be customised to your application, covering your maintenance needs as well as your operational profile”
mechanical failure escalates as equipment ages, maintenance is money well spent. A well-maintained machine repays the operator a portion of that maintenance expense by racking up smaller fuel bills. Even a small return can be worthwhile, as petroleum consumption is so large a drain on the balance sheet; even in the GCC, where fuel has historically been cheaper than in other regions, it now appears to be increasing in cost. Trucking Efficiency, an interest group composed of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency and the Carbon War Room, conducted a survey of commercial vehicle carriers that included a question on regular maintenance and fuel economy. The survey shows that 75% of operators believe there is “a strong or very strong link between the two”. Maintenance that is preventive instead of reparative is almost always less expensive. Repairs are inevitable – but without regular care, they are going to be more frequent. Few professionals would argue this point. A driver’s or operator’s pre-job inspection is good at spotting visible problems, but servicing the equipment at regular intervals is better at detecting what might emerge – and what might be ruled dangerous negligence in a post-accident investigation. If there is agreement that a programme of preventive maintenance can forestall problems and maybe even pay for itself, the question is: what’s the best means of implementing such a programme? The answer is technology. For fleets, preventive maintenance is one of the business functions that telematics can simplify. GPS fleet tracking is not limited to supporting more efficient routing, recording hours of service for driver logs, and reducing fuel expenses. A complete telematics solution includes engine analytics that can send you alerts of pending maintenance. Diagnostics provide fault codes directly from the equipment to the office, so that identifying the work to be done is a streamlined process. The ideal fleet management solution can be customised to your application, covering your maintenance needs as well as your operational profile. There are solutions available that even keep track of work orders, maintenance history and parts inventory, with any necessary records. Be sure to shop around and determine which product is the best fit for you. When you do, you will find that preventive maintenance can transform from an expensive, time-consuming task to something very close to a no-brainer.
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Product focus SEP TEMBER 2017
Trained for The finish CMME visits the regional refinish training Centre of paints and Coatings leader axalta to find out how the Company works with its partners to ensure ConsistenCy and quality in its serviCes and end produCts
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olour is such an intrinsic part of our lives and so accustomed have we become to seeing the world in its multi-coloured hues that we have become blasé about it. But ask a colour technician at Axalta Coating Systems, one of the world leaders in paints and coatings, and an entire world of complicated technologies and process will unravel before you. Operating in more than 130 countries, Axalta is dedicated to the development, manufacture and sale of liquid and powder coatings. With more than 150 years in the industry, it provides a range of products for manufacturers of light and commercial vehicles, the refinish aftermarket, construction equipment and industrial applications. “Our innovative coating products and services include paint and powder, colour matching tools, application technologies, customer training, as well as support and business management systems,” says Fadi S. Medlej, Axalta’s managing director, Middle East and North Africa. The company has been serving the refinish and collision repair market within the Middle East through an established distribution network with the support of sales and technical teams since 1983. Because of the growth in Dubai and the region, it made sound business sense to expand its own footprint with a Middle East office, which the company set up late last year. And now, following up on that, Axalta has launched its regional refinish training centre at its Jebel Ali premises in Dubai, with the aim to equip its partners in the region with the essential knowledge and skills to attain the right finish when using Axalta products. Axalta’s Dubai training centre is modeled on its leading refinish training centres worldwide. It is Axalta’s 47th such centre in the world, designed to help technicians who use its products to hone their skills and optimise the use of its products, says Medlej. Ensuring consistency across its customer learning and development centres is important
19 Fadi Medlej, managing director for the Middle East and Africa, feels Axalta’s innovative coating products and paints require adequate training to apply correctly.
“All of our refinish training centres deliver a planned curriculum to ensure that our customers have comprehensive understanding of our products, brands, their applications, and expected performance. The training is a combination of classroom discussions and practical applications. Training encompasses all the steps, starting with the surface preparation to the finished panel�
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for Axalta because many of its customers are global and require a standard training programme across the region, he adds. “All of our refinish training centres deliver a planned curriculum to ensure that our customers have comprehensive understanding of our products, brands, their applications, and expected performance. The training is a combination of classroom discussions and practical applications. Training encompasses all the steps, starting with the surface preparation to the finished panel. In addition, the training centre will also support customers in trouble shooting,” explains Medlej. Taking CMME on a tour of the training centre, Patrick Fellows, Axalta’s technical centre leader for refinish systems in the Middle East, says: “In our global database of colours we have over four million formulations. Gone are the days when Henry Ford used to say ‘you can have it in any colour you like as long as its black’. Nowadays we say, what colour black?” Leading on to a cavernous warehouse in Axalta’s JAFZA premises, he shows how the place was customised to make it a world-class training facility for paints and refinishes, on par with Axalta’s offerings worldwide. “We have designed the place to have two spray booths so that we can run two training courses simultaneously,” Fellows explains,
pointing to two huge glass-walled rooms where vehicles and components are spray painted. “They have extensive glass areas so that managers and executives from our partners can come and see the training, watch our products perform and get firsthand knowledge of how their technicians are being trained to use our products. We also have a separate preparation area that the components to be painted pass through first, where we do pre-spray preparations like applying putty, remodeling dents and damages to panels and sanding.” Training on all the various aspects are provided by qualified and experienced members of his team, Fellows adds, who guide technicians from customers and clients in every step of the way. While the prepping and actual spray painting are difficult enough jobs, a small miracle is in the mixing of colours. Fellows points to the colour room where “we have all our tints and shades, which, when mixed in the correct ratio, give us the exact, correct colour required for a job”. Some of these are solvent based and some are water based, he adds, and all six of Axalta’s coating brands are in stock, including Chromax, Standox, Challenger and ColourMax. Describing the complicated mixing process, Fellows says: “When our mixing technicians
comPuterised Precision
it’s all in the mix Axalta provides an extensive
paints, solvents and other
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leisure vehicle sector and the
“That is why our training
Agriculture and Construction
centre has some of the most
Equipment (ACE) market. In early
advanced mixing machines in
2015, Axalta introduced AquaEC
the business. It is completely
6100, an electrocoat technology
computerised to ensure
which is formulated to provide
precision. The technician
corrosion protection for ACE
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and other industrial customers.
on screen about the ratios of
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PercoTop CS381, an epoxy-
for the mixture by weight. The
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precision the amount of each
PercoTop 9675 and PercoTop
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the mixture,” explains Medlej.
polyurethane ACE topcoats.
“If the quantity of any of the
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computer recalibrates the ratios
product Alesta IP and Alesta SD.
and displays the computations on
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screen, enabling the technician
end result, the most important
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process is the mixing of the
consistency of the final product.”
21 “You’re dealing with fractions. A fraction here or a fraction there can change the entire shade. You have to ensure you learn to mix it right and spray it right ”
and specialists get a colour enquiry, they mix the colours and solvents in a pre-determined ratio from our database. Then the colour is tested under various light conditions with our light box, which produces simulations of daylight, streetlight, sodium lamps, etc. They can then check that the colour remains the same and conforms to specifications. “We have extensive colour documentation for our different brands, with 9,000 primary colours displayed, each with several variants. You can draw any of the combinations out of the colour dashboard and take it to the vehicle being painted to check for the right match. “We use a coding system for the various colour and shade variants, which correspond to the codes supplied by manufacturers. For example, a Toyota vehicle can come with a colour code of 040, and we will have this on our database with the exact same number, so that when a vehicle with this colour needs to be painted, the technician can simply draw it out of the database.” As an important footnote, he adds that safety and sustainability are also kept in mind at the centre. “We are fully compliant with all health and safety regulations in this facility, so we do all primer application inside ventilated cabins. We also have appropriate waste disposal methods and a dedicated
waste collection area, where we make sure that waste is separated and not allowed to mix. For example, we keep solvent-based waste and water-based waste separate.” Commenting on the fine points of mixing colours, Medlej says: “You’re dealing with fractions. A fraction here or a fraction there can change the entire shade. Which is why I say, we sell paint, but for us the paint is a semi-finished product. You have to ensure you learn to mix it right and spray it right. And for that we needed this training centre. We are the only global automotive coatings maker to have a training centre of this nature in the region, where we are educating our clients and customers about how to use our products right.” While a lot of Axalta’s business in the region comes from passenger cars and light vehicles, there is a sizeable component of commercial transport and heavy vehicle fleets. For example, Axalta has signed a partnership with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) for their new blue buses, which all sport Axalta paint. “They had specific requirements that we discussed, and then we supplied paints according to those specifications. We also explained to them the advantages of our products and how they stand to benefit from using Axalta,” Medlej explains.
Axalta also caters for the industrial and construction equipment sector, where several major global manufacturers use its coatings products, and Medlej says: “Some of them want a colour that is unique to them. For example, they may want a particular shade of orange that sets their products apart and gives them a differential, because that itself is branding. We can either create new colours for them, or give them a list of our exclusive colours to choose from. “In fact, a German equipment brand which is developing a new range of products, recently came to us in the development stage to work on the appropriate paints and coatings. So we are part of the developmental stage as well for some construction and industrial equipment. We are working on specific colours for them and they are one of our largest accounts.” In the final analysis, Axalta is the No.1 brand in the world for refinish in the transportation sector and for paints in the commercial vehicles sector. And it is one of the two leading global brands in the passenger car sector. With the Middle East training centre in Dubai, the company is ensuring that it retains its edge in the market and that its customers make the best use of its products and innovations, Medlej concludes.
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SITE VISIT SEP TEMBER 2017
The constrution site of the new vistor centre of the Shiekh Zayed Grand Mosque is an organised sprawl of project’s collaborators working towards a common goal.
“From day one, when we were approached by the client, we all worked as one team at the client’s side… and it’s because of this collaboration culture that this project has been really successful. Everybody understands what each team member’s requirements are and has respected that”
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The new visiTor cenTre being builT for The sheikh Zayed grand Mosque in abu dhabi is seT To iMprove The experience for visiTors. gavin davids Takes a Tour on behalf of CMME To see how iT will add To The iconic aTTracTion
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ver since it opened for worship in 2007, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque has been one of the most visited cultural and tourism landmarks in the UAE, with thousands of visitors passing through its marbled halls every day of the year. Designed to represent the unification of the world, the mosque combines architectural influences from across Arab Islamic history to create an extravagant and wonderful display of craftsmanship and design. Large enough to accommodate more than 40,000 worshippers, the mosque is one of the largest in the world, and the main prayer hall alone can hold more than 7,000 people. Furthermore, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex also houses a library and a centre of learning and discovery, which holds educational cultural activities and visitor programmes. Because of all of this, the mosque is one of the most active cultural landmarks in the UAE. It is estimated that Eid prayers alone attract more than 41,000 worshippers. Coupled with the thousands of tourists visiting every day, managing the flow of people to and from the complex becomes a tremendously challenging task. It is precisely because of this challenge that the Ministry of Presidential Affairs (MOPA), the government authority in charge of the mosque, decided that it would be necessary to develop a new visitor centre for the mosque. This new centre will not only help manage the smooth flow of visitors through the southern side of the mosque, but will also provide a commercial and educational space for visitors. “The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was designed to receive worshippers and visitors,” says Mohamed Al Mouenni, director of the Engineering and Technical Projects Directorate in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and the head of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Technical Committee. “There was a need for a visitor centre to cater to the large number of tourists, prior to entering the mosque, to sort the visitors before they start their visit.”
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facTs and figures Project name
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Visitor Centre
overall Project Size
110,000sqm
overall Built-up Area 55,000sqm Workers on-site
Divided evenly between two levels – basement and ground floors – the new visitor centre will cover a total area of 110,000sqm, divided between the two floors. The basement level will mainly contain the visitor centre and commercial spaces, which will include a retail component. The ground level’s main use will be for landscaping and surface parking, while two glass domes that mirror the design aesthetic of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque will provide the entry and exit points to the underground centre. These two steel-framed dome structures are supported on the ground level and have been designed to flood the spaces below with daylight in appropriate areas, which will allow light-sensitive exhibitions and natural light into display areas. Underground design Talking about the design of the visitor centre, Al Mouenni says it was crucial to ensure that there was no distraction from the mosque itself. “The Sheikh Zayed Mosque is an architectural masterpiece. Therefore, the design of the visitor centre cannot compete with the importance and the architecture of the mosque. That’s why the idea came about to design the project underground, and to provide big glass portal domes, similar in shape and geometry to the ones in the mosque, where their functions shall be to be entrances and light wells to the project,” he explains. In addition to the retail, commercial and educational elements, the visitor centre will also link up with the Grand Mosque through a 500m pedestrian tunnel, which will provide visitors with an interactive experience as they walk to and from the mosque, along with giving them access to several facilities such as cafés, restaurants and retail outlets in a souk-style environment. Keeping the project underground and limiting the amount of above-ground construction is a key factor of the design, with the focus intended to be firmly on the mosque itself, adds Mohammed Majed, operations manager for Masri Engineering and Contracting, the project’s main contractors.
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“Visitors will enter the mosque from this centre. They’ll be able to go visit the mosque and then come back here for commercial issues. They’ll need a place for resting, eating and shopping. While it’s not finalised, it’s planned that the visitor centre will have an auditorium, a VIP lounge, a library, as well as offices for the centre and employees of the Grand Mosque,” he explains during a tour of the site. “Starting from the entrance of the centre, going through the underground tunnel towards the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the entire history of the mosque shall be illustrated in the 360m-long tunnel, until they arrive at the visitor centre services complex in front of the main mosque entrance,” outlines Al Mouenni,
The project’s magnitude is large enough to require the mobilisation of a large fleet of equipment both for lifting and on the ground, such as tower cranes and backhoes.
as he explains the vision behind the project. “The entire ID design of the visitor centre has been inspired from the mosque itself, starting from the white marble colour to the mosaic elements and the engraved RCP. Visitors shall see the similarity of the ID elements between the mosque and the centre all through their journey.” Construction on the project has been in progress for the last two years, with completion scheduled for later this year. With the project being built underground and consisting of huge open spaces, MOPA brought on board DeSimone Consulting Engineers to assess the structural engineering design. Although initially tasked with structural engineering design assist and peer reviewing all the structural elements, DeSimone’s scope of work grew to include the reviewing of the engineering construction documents, including the specifications. Additionally, the firm has maintained a presence on-site during the construction of the visitor centre to review the shop drawings produced by the contractor and ensure that everything goes per plan and as per the design requirements, says Ahmed M Osman, managing principal for DeSimone Consulting Engineers, also present during the site tour. “The project covers a very large area of 110,000sqm. The overall built-up area is approximately 55,000sqm – it’s considered as 55,000sqm below ground and another 55,000sqm up top. That’s 110,000sqm divided across two levels,” Osman says. “The project is comprised of a structural reinforced concrete skeleton system. The ground floor slab is a PT slab supported by concrete columns (500 columns) with drop panels that are resting on pile caps and piles. Furthermore, the basement slab is designed as a suspended structural slab, supported directly on pile caps and piles. The vertical elements, such as the columns and the walls, are constructed out of reinforced concrete.” Mohammed Majid adds that the design and construction team were careful to ensure that the project contains a lot of spaces that are just core and shell, with plenty of leeway left for clients and operators to fit out the interiors as they see fit. “They’ll be bringing in their own designs, so we needed to have big open spaces so that we could have the flexibility for fit-out and in how the space is used. There’s also one important thing to consider – the 55,000sqm has been made not to obstruct the mosque. It must be visible from every angle. These two domes are meant to direct visitors and indicate that there is something downstairs. One dome will be the entrance to the visitor centre, while the other will be for the commercial centre.”
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“The design of the visitor centre cannot compete with the importance and architecture of the mosque. That’s why the idea came about to design the project underground” Al Mouenni points out that the open area on the top of the centre has been designed as an open, landscaped space that will serve the entire community, as well as providing visitors with a space to walk around and view the mosque. Considerable collaboration With handover scheduled for the end of this year, 70% of the work on the project has been completed. This has been possible due to the considerable effort made to encourage collaboration and communication on-site between all stakeholders. “From day one, when we were approached by the client, we all worked as one team at the client’s side,” asserts Osman. “Nothing is really off the table, and it’s because of this collaboration culture that this project has been really successful. Everybody understands what each team member’s requirements are and has respected that. I think we’ve worked well together.” Having that collaboration has been vital for the project team, given some of the challenges they’ve faced over the construction period, they add. “One very important issue is that this is a big site,” says Osman. “It requires shoring, and we’re next to a lot of major services, as well as the main mosque. We must make sure that there’s shoring all around the site. Since it’s horizontal construction, we needed to finalise
Building the new vistor centre of the Shiekh Zayed Grand Mosque as an underground structure required incorporating big glass portal domes for light and dramatic effect.
all the concrete works ahead of stopping the dewatering, which is a very elaborate process.” “In this case, you’ll not be able to start finishing activities till you stop the dewatering. There are high-end finishes in this underground structure, which is rare to find in buildings or structures that are submerged (i.e, below the water table). Usually, when you’re underground, you have service roads, parking and so on. You don’t have the water affecting high-end finishes, which you have over here. You’ll rarely find that situation here in Abu Dhabi. “We’ve started all the ceiling, cladding and all wall works. We’ve kept the flooring for the end, which means that we’re taking the minimum risk before stopping the dewatering. This approach also changed a lot of sequences in the construction programme. We also had changes in the design, which was to incorporate structural design. That has also been delaying these finishes,” Majid continues, pointing out that the quality and safety of the high-end finishes was also a priority. With around 1,700 workers currently on-site and some 2,000 workers there at peak construction, another challenge was maintaining health and safety, along with managing logistics and deliveries on site. Again, this was achieved through collaboration and cooperation, say both. While the project was obviously high-priority, the team took care to involve government bodies and authorities
to ensure that progress was made in as stressfree a manner as possible. “During the two years of the execution of the project, we haven’t had many complaints regarding the logistics and access to the site,” says Majid. “At the beginning, the main access road to the south parking was in the middle of the project, but we changed that and made another road, which is where people enter through now. “Another road that we’ve made connects the south parking of the mosque to the main road. We’ve split the entrance from the site completely. We haven’t had any complaints about obstructions or anything since. It’s a very smooth logistics plan that we’ve had in place since the beginning.” The team currently works 24 hours a day on the project, with two shifts a day. While they often work seven days a week, it’s not always the case, Majid adds. “We have a team of safety and HSE managers on-site. We also have fire safety officers and their teams, to make sure that all the construction activities are safe and that the logistics are safe. Obviously, we’re dealing with a very popular area, with VIPs coming to the mosque on Fridays and on special occasions. The site is exposed, and so we have to keep HSE to the highest standards,” he says. Mohamed Al Mouenni conocludes: “This centre will one day be a destination for all tourists in the UAE.”
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From Linyi with Love
AnirbAn bAgchi visits sDLG’s sprawLinG pLants anD faciLities in its home city in china to Get a first-hanD account of the branD’s passion for its proDucts anD DeDication to quaLity
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bout an hour’s drive out of Linyi city in east central China, in a dimly-lit cavernous storage facility at Yizhou Cement plant, where the ceiling is so high and the walls so wide as to be lost to the darkness, an SDLG LG989 wheel loader is hard at work loading and unloading quarried aggregate for storage. The top-of the-range wheel loader from Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Company Ltd. – or SDLG – has a long, hard day ahead of it. Or make that a week or more. The machine will not be switched off for the next 100 hours and will work 24 hours a day, seven days a week at the plant premises. The grueling shift duration aside, it is also dealing with rough, abrasive materials and working to peak capacity, something it has to keep up until its tank runs dry and needs refueling. Such is the build quality of the machine, however, that Zheng Yong, the plant’s machinery fleet manager, says he has had no complaints from it. Or from the other 17 SDLG wheel loaders that Yizhou owns across its facilities. Such performance must be the result of a robust build process, and that is evident around 60km away in SDLG’s manufacturing facility in Linyi city, its home base from which it has grown to become one of China’s most preferred construction machinery brands in its domestic market and a flag bearer of Chinese manufacturing globally. China’s meteoric rise as an economic superpower has seen the inevitable explosion of successful home-grown construction equipment brands that have taken advantage of its construction and infrastructure spending over the decades to become among the top global brands. SDLG is one of those brands that have piggy backed on the Chinese economic miracle and then come out of the country to become one of the best-known global brands. Even in the Middle East, SDLG, is a prominent presence in the construction machinery landscape. It all started in Linyi in 1972, the year the company was established. In the 40 years since, its growth first saw it relocate to the Linyi Economic Development Zone in 2005 and then expand its premises there to the 1.3 million square metre facility it occupies today.
SDLG’s sprawling campus in its home city of Linyi, boasts several production and anciliary lines for its equipment, a huge R&D facility, and extensive testing grounds.
“being ranked as one of the biggest mechanical engineering companies in china provides great motivation to SDLg and further reinforces its vision of becoming china’s leading construction machinery company”
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Up-gRading ThE linE-Up
new sDLG GraDers for the miDDLe east
SDLG improved its motor
graders were launched in
grader offering in the
2015 and have been well-
Middle East this year with
received in the market,
the launch of the variable
says SDLG. The graders are
horsepower versions of two
well-balanced with good
of its biggest selling graders
traction and excellent blade
for the regional markets.
down force. The G9190
The new G9190 and G9220
features a blade width of
VHP (automatic variable
13 feet with a blade pull of
horsepower) motor graders
9,990kg, while the G9220 has
provide an automatic mode
a blade width of 14 feet with
for transmission, allowing
a blade pull of 10,530kg.
operators to shift seamlessly
The unique SDLG circle
between manual to automatic
drive system comes with
transmission. This gives
three support shoes and
them greater control over
non-greasing slide bushings
the grading process while
for better grading and easier
optimising fuel efficiency.
maintenance. SDLG graders
“The new VHP models
also feature an asymmetric
give the operator greater
drawbar ball stud that can be
control over the grading
rotated 180 degrees to keep
process, with the freedom
the drawbar in horizontal
to shift from manual to
level position – vital when
automatic transmission when
performing fine grading.
they choose,” says Shahir
The cab is designed to offer
El Essawy, SDLG’s business
high all-round visibility, with
manager for Hub South.
easy-to-use industry-standard
“They are also fitted with
controls, comfortable
a piston pump hydraulic
seating and air conditioning
system that always delivers
as standard. Maintenance
the optimum oil flow to
access is made easy with
the hydraulic functions,
large side and rear doors, as
regardless of engine speed.
is greasing point access for
In this way, VHP allows the
efficient daily maintenance.
operator to concentrate on
“By improving fuel-
grading with greater precision
efficiency and operator
for superior results, while
control on some of our most
the machine focuses on
popular machines, we are
being more fuel-efficient.”
demonstrating our continued
The standard versions of the G9190 and G9220 motor
commitment to those customers,” says El Essawy.
Another landmark year for the company was 2006, when global machinery giant Volvo Construction Equipment brought SDLG under its umbrella. What has followed is a series of successful expansion sprees across the globe, and especially in the Middle East, where SDLG is among the top Chinese machinery brands today. There were initial hiccups in the partnerships, however, says Guo Shaohua, director, Brand Communications Department, speaking with CMME at SDLG’s corporate headquarters at its sprawling premises in Linyi. “Volvo did not have full confidence in SDLG’s manufacturing initially, especially for excavators. We only started making excavators in 2009, so it has only been a few years,” Shaohua says. “At first, Volvo allowed SDLG excavators to be sold only in the Middle East and Brazil, apart from the Chinese home market. But after continuous improvement, SDLG got the go-ahead from Volvo about four years ago to sell its excavators in other markets worldwide.” Those excavators are produced at a factory right next door to the corporate building, as are the wheel loaders that Yizhou Cement swears by. As Shaohua leads CMME to the factory floor for a close look at the production process, he explains: “SDLG’s manufacturing standards are benchmarked against Volvo CE’s standards – the VPS or Volvo Production System. The 2016 results have been very positive; we have shown steady improvement and are now very near to reaching the full VPS standards. So, Volvo now has greater confidence in our manufacturing.” On the floor of the 17,000sqm wheel loader assembly line, it is apparent why. The well-lit factory has a judicious mix of natural and artificial light flooding its two assembly lines, one of which is for domestic market models and the other exclusively for machines meant for overseas markets. “That’s sort of our premium assembly line,” says Shaohua, the element of pride at being able to provide the best of Chinese manufacturing to the world palpable in his tone. And pride, it seems, is what every worker on the SDLG floor takes in their work. A guide is quick to point out that almost all the innovations in the manufacturing process are developed in-house, including the automatic guided vehicles (AGV) that deliver just the appropriate variety and quantity of parts to each of the 22 work stations on the line that produce wheel loaders ranging from 1.8t in capacity to the
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COVER STORY SEP TEMBER 2017
MiddlE EaST SUCCESS
harD yarDs in sauDi hiGhway projects
Nearly 60 SDLG machines
above 150kW; for that, the
sold to the Shibh Al-Jazira
G9220 grader was perfect.”
Contracting Company
The G9220 is a well-
(SAJCO) last year are now
balanced grader with good
working on a large-scale
traction and excellent blade
road maintenance initiative
down force. The 164kW
involving 20 government-
Dalian Deutz engine, in
funded projects across
combination with the ZF
Saudi Arabia spanning seven
power shift transmission,
areas of the country.
delivers easy and reliable
Established in 1965,
operation. Three distinct
SAJCO is one of the largest
power curve settings
contractors in Saudi, with a
aid achieving smooth
fleet of over 1,500 machines.
grades on any surface.
Last year, SAJCO took delivery
SDLG bested fierce
of a 58-machine order from
competition from Chinese
SDLG, comprising 30 LG958L
and Western equipment
wheel loaders and 28 G9220
suppliers to bag the order,
motor graders, supplied by
and Essam Al-Malik, central
SDLG national dealer Al-
regional manager at
Futtaim Auto and Machinery
FAMCO, explains that the
Company (FAMCO).
reasons for this “include
Motasim Abulhasan,
our ability to deliver the
SDLG central region sales
machines to the customer’s
manager at FAMCO, says:
precise requirements, SDLG
“In the beginning, SAJCO
and FAMCO’s combined
requested two and a half
exceptional customer support
cubic metre loaders but we
and after sales service, and our
advised them to choose
short lead time for delivery.”
the LG958L because it has
Over the next 20 months,
a three cubic metre bucket,
SDLG and FAMCO will
meaning it can handle greater
together ensure support
workloads.” The LG958L
and service. “Our product
offers high traction and
support teams are visiting
breakout force, as well as
the sites every six months
fuel efficiency, more uptime
to review performance,”
and productivity, he adds.
says Paulo Cristiani, product
“As for the graders,”
“The thread that holds the entire production process together is the LPS or Lingong Production System, which leads into SDLg’s moto of ‘reliability in Action’”
support manager, SDLG.
Abulhasan continues, “SAJCO
“Some machines have already
needed a machine with a
clocked an impressive 1,000
14ft plate and a power rating
hours in under six months.”
12t ones that are helping Yizhou Cement keep its productivity high. The AGVs were developed by Qiu Feng, an automated field engineer and a member of SDLG’s research and development team, says the guide. “Feng is among the most highly regarded industrial research engineers in the Chinese construction machinery industry,” Shaohua adds. “And we are happy he is a member of the SDLG family.” Pointing out other salient features in the SDLG manufacturing process, he says the factory follows the ‘Just In Time’ production model, which ensures that just the right amount of inventory is held at any moment, reducing overheads. The wheel loader shop floor has a capacity of 300-500 units per day, depending on demand. Meanwhile, the excavator lines in an adjacent 90,000sqm floor also follow the same production design and principles in assembling the 1.6 to 50t capacity units. There are two painting lines, nine welding lines with automated robotic welding arms and three main assembly lines where the
excavators come together, Shaohua says. The assembly line is a three-part one with one each for the upper frame, one for the lower carriage and another for the main line. A maximum of 100 units can be produced each day. “The thread that holds the entire production process together is the LPS or Lingong Production System, which leads into SDLG’s moto of ‘Reliability in Action’,” explains Shaohua. “It is made up of five pillars: Team cooperation; Stable Processes; Manufacturing Quality; Just-in-time Production; and Continuous Improvement. The last one is of special importance to the 60-odd workers on the floor. They are encouraged to come up with suggestions to improve a continuously evolving process and the best ones are adopted and highlighted throughout the floor.” That the efforts of the SDLG staff and their dedication to improvement is paying off was proven recently when the China Machinery Industry Federation ranked SDLG 35th in its list of the country’s top
31 Automation is a common feature on SDLG’s production lines, with computerised, robotic arms taking care of several fine jobs such as precision welding and joining.
TURkiSh MinE
sDLG keeps bLack DiamonDs fLowinG
A 20t SDLG L968F wheel
Aydas believes is more than
loader is proving instrumental
enough to get the job done.
to the operation of a new
wheel loader is fitted with
the Yurtsever Group in the
SDLG’s VRT200 rigid-axle
foothills of the Ilgaz mountain
transmission converter and
range, 60km south of the
synchronised four-speed
Black Sea town of Kastamonu.
transmission, developed to
The machine, which was
enhance stability, traction,
supplied by Turkish SDLG
reliability and efficiency.
dealer Ascendum Makina
When this is combined
last August, is busy clearing
with the machine’s 191kW
overburden and shifting the
engine, it can drive up
50t of coal produced every
inclines of up to 28 degrees.
day at the 4,000sqm site. Site director Mehmet Aydas
100 mechanical and industrial businesses. The company was also named as the fourth largest mechanical engineering concern in a report by the body, which ranks the country’s top engineering enterprises. Since it was first published 12 years ago, the listing has established itself as one of the best-respected and authoritative guides to China’s leading industrial businesses. The SDLG range of construction equipment has been on the list since 2007. With more than 50 national patents in China and a reputation for manufacturing some of the best quality construction equipment in the nation, SDLG products have gained recognition not only in China but also worldwide. As one of the world’s largest producers of wheel loaders, the company has introduced its product line to a global customer base. In recent years, the machines have launched in Turkey, Canada and the US. Committed to becoming the world’s leading Chinese construction machinery brand, SDLG has established a global dealer network that covers more
than 80 countries. As the company looks to grow, it’s focussing on developing its range of machines and reducing emissions. SDLG is currently the leading Chinese equipment brand in terms of energy efficiency, with machines that consume about 10% less than other Chinese equivalents. “Being ranked as one of the biggest mechanical engineering companies in China provides great motivation to SDLG and further reinforces its vision of becoming China’s leading construction machinery company,” says Yu Mensheng, executive president of SDLG. “To this end, we will continue to uphold the principles and core values that underline our ‘Reliability in Action’ philosophy.” In the final analysis, the proof of the machine is in the performance, and SDLG has been able to prove its quality in the markets it is sold in, not least in the Middle East, where the brand’s value and quality propositions have become well known at several construction sites as operators here use the machines that were made with dedication and love in Linyi.
Furthermore, the 20t class
Turkish coal mine run by
This feature is much appreciated by Aydas
says: “On this site, which sits
considering the mountainous
at about 900m above sea
landscape in which the mine
level, we have both open cast
is set. “What’s more, when
and underground mining
it comes to stopping, the
possibilities. We’re using the
hydraulic wet disk brakes
SDLG L968F wheel loader to
have proved equally effective
clear overburden from the
and reliable,” he adds.
open pit as well as to handle
During the summer, the
the coal that’s coming up
region sees temperatures of
from 50m underground,” says
over 30°C, while in the winter
Aydas. “Despite the varied
it can drop to below -25°C.
workloads and different
“We have up to five months
demands placed on the
of snow, and sometimes it
machine, it has not missed
can reach depths of over
a beat and we’re very happy
75cm, so as well as handling
with the decision to turn
production, the L968F
to SDLG. The machine and
is also tasked with snow
support we’ve had from the
clearing duties,” says Aydas.
dealer has been 100%.” The L968F, which is
“What we’ve seen since taking delivery of this
fitted with a 3.6 cubic
machine is that it clearly
metre capacity SDLG rock
has the capabilities and
bucket, boasts Z-bar linkage
reliability to keep production
offering up to 210kN of
going whatever the
breakout force, which
weather throws at us.”
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NEW RELEASES SEP TEMBER 2017
maniTou DebuTs roTaTing TelehanDlers Why get it? highest CapaCity rotating telehandlers in the world
Demag unveils aC 300-6 sixaxle aTC Why get it? Class-leading strength and reaCh with goanywhere versatility Demag’s new six-axle AC 300-6 all-terrain crane boasts a 300t classification, features an 80m main boom and is the first crane of its size in the Demag range equipped with a luffing jib. The main boom can perform jobs at heights of up to 78m or at a 74m radius without rigging a jib. It is ideal for tower crane erection, with a class-leading lifting capacity of 15t on the fully-telescoped 80m main boom. The crane is the smallest in the Demag range that can be outfitted with a luffing jib for superior reach and fly-over capabilities, bringing the maximum system length to 118m. Its luffing jib rigging system is well proven, being the same as on the AC 350-6 and AC 1000-9 cranes, and provides safe and quick rigging. The crane, boasting a 300t classification, delivers the strength, reach and versatility needed to accomplish the most demanding jobs at lower operational and transport costs than similar models in its class, says Terex Cranes, owner of the Demag brand. Packed with the latest Demag innovations like the IC-1 Plus control system and a single-engine concept
with an intelligent motor management system, the Demag AC 300-6 enhances productivity to help reduce operating costs. The IC-1 Plus control system provides real-time calculation of the lifting capacities and also allows asymmetric outrigger positioning. This enables the crane to perform jobs usually reserved for larger machines. The Demag AC 300- 6 is fitted with a single engine, with start and stop function to reduce idle times and total engine hours, contributing to the reduction of fuel costs and preserving the crane’s residual value. The AC 300-6 helps maintain a lower stock of spare parts because it uses a high number of interchangeable parts with the Demag five-axle family of all-terrain cranes. Furthermore, the 21m double folding main boom extension of the five-axle Demag cranes is compatible with the AC 300-6. The crane’s compact design features a carrier length of 15.3m and a width of 3m. The crane is easy to manoeuvre on jobsites, thanks to its active all-wheel steering. On the road, it meets axle load limits from below 12t up to 16t and can travel up to 85kmh. It also has 800kg of extra payload capacity for carrying lifting accessories. SPECIFICATIONS
demag aC 300-6 Number of axles: 6 Lift capacity: 300t Main boom: 80m Lift capacity fully-telescoped: 15t
Manitou has introduced two new rotating telehandlers, the MRT (Manitou Rotating Telehandler) 2470 and 3050, which it says are three-in-one solutions with heavy lift capacities and high reach. They are compatible with a wide range of attachments such as jibs, skips, wenches, access platforms and more. They can also be used as cranes and aerial work platforms. With a lift height of 30m, the MRT3050 has a load capacity of 5t, while the MRT2470 has a lift height of 24m and a load capacity of 7t, which makes it the highest capacity rotating telehandler in the world, according to Manitou. “This machine will suit any construction market requirement when it comes to quality, safety, price… and increased productivity,” says Laurent Bonnaure, VP, sales and marketing at Manitou in North America. Both machines are powered by the Mercedes OM934 E4-5 Tier 4 Final engine, which puts out 176bhp. The engines are paired with hydrostatic transmissions, and the new chassis design integrates all hydraulic and electric lines into the structure. Manitou says its pentagonal boom design offers greater precision and performance. All hydraulic lines on the new machines are fitted outside the boom for maintenance access, and the chains for extension and retraction are in the upper part of the boom to reduce its thickness. They also feature a new stabiliser system, which Manitou says is the longest on the market, capable of extending 6.25m.
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new TeCh opTions for CaT D6K Dozer Why get it? versatile, fuel-effiCient dozer now even more produCtive with teChnology updates The new Cat D6K dozer combines high fuel efficiency with power and precision to excel in a wide range of jobs. With its latest update, Caterpillar’s versatile bulldozer, which has an operating weight range of 13.5-14.3t, gains productivity by adding a choice of optional GRADE technology features to help operators get more quality work done in less time. The D6K replaces the current D6K2 in Caterpillar’s range, following the company’s recent model name simplification plan. Powering the new machine is a 159hp Cat C7.1 ACERT engine. Eco Modes optimise engine speed while maintaining ground speed, saving up to 18% fuel in lighter blade load applications like finish grading. The supported blade capacity is 3.26-3.81m3.
Optional Automatic Traction Control automatically reduces track slip in poor underfoot conditions, improving productivity and finish surface quality, while the optional mounting bracket on the back of the machine keeps a shovel handy for quick undercarriage cleanout. The new D6K offers a range of optional Cat Connect GRADE technologies. The smart features are integrated into the machine in the factory at the manufacturing stage, therefore requiring no additional external hardware or software. Cat GRADE with Slope Assist helps operators reach target slopes fast by automatically maintaining the dozer blade’s established angles. Caterpillar says the new technologies enable operators to finish jobs up to 39% faster with up to 68% better surface quality, while using up to 82% less operator effort. Among the D6K’s tech aids, the Cat Stable Blade monitors blade movement and automatically adjusts raise and lower in concert with the operator, to achieve a smoother grade
quicker and with less effort. Cat Slope Indicate displays machine cross slope and mainfall (fore/ aft orientation) on the primary monitor, helping operators put the machine on a desired slope and maintain that grade throughout each pass. For more complex design plans, the D6K can be outfitted with optional Cat AccuGrade, which provides a choice of lasers for 2D flatplane and slope work, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) control for complex 3D cuts and contours, and/or systems using a Universal Total Station (UTS) for fine and finish grading. SPECIFICATIONS
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KomaTsu inTros wa200-8 wheel loaDer Why get it? improved fuel effiCienCy, operator Comfort and Change-on-the-fly Coupler Japanese machinery giant Komatsu has added another model to its long line of wheel loaders with the introduction of the WA2008. Komatsu calls the new loader “versatile” and “useful in virtually any application”, and says improved features include greater fuel efficiency and operator comfort. Powered by a 4.46l, 126hp Komatsu SAA4D107E-3 Tier 4 Final engine, the WA2008 can drop fuel consumption by up to 4% in V-cycle and in load-and-carry applications. Further aiding in reducing fuel consumption is programmable auto idle shutdown. The engine is paired with a hydrostatic drivetrain with variable traction control. Putting the WA200-8 in S-mode reduces wheel spin, boosting performance in slippery conditions such as sand, wet surfaces, snow or ice. According to Komatsu, the machine features parallel lift linkage with ample breakout force and can be used for anything from pallet handling to hard digging. The wheel loader also features a change-on-the-fly coupler allowing operators to switch between attachments
and tasks quickly. Komatsu has also added a knob on the console for easy control of creep mode in first gear. The knob allows the operator to dial in travel speed from 1.6-12.8km/h and is ideal for running attachments such as brooms. Features on the interior of the WA2008’s cab include a new high-back heated seat that softens vibrations, along with an auxiliary audio jack and two 12-volt ports. Komatsu product manager Frank Nyquist calls the WA200-8 “a massive upgrade in operator comfort”. A 7-inch LCD monitor provides guidance on fuel use, in addition to Komatsu’s Komtrax telematics data including DPF status, DEF levels and performance information. Komtrax data can be collected and sorted by operator ID. Also standard is a second colour monitor dedicated to giving the operator a view of the rear of the wheel loader. Among other features, the WA200-8 also features a swing-out, hydraulically-driven cooling fan with wider fin spacing and auto-reverse for easier cleaning. Gullwing engine doors provide easy access for daily checks and service items. Fullrear fenders are available as an option. SPECIFICATIONS
Komatsu wa200-8 Engine size: 4.46l Engine power: 126hp Speed in creep mode: 1.6-12.8km/h Drivetrain: Hydrostatic
new lighT opTions for liebherr wheel loaDers Why get it? improved safety and produCtivity in lowlight operations Liebherr has introduced new lighting features for its XPower series of wheel loaders, with options for remote control operations and adaptive working systems. The manufacturer says both options improve lighting and safety, particularly in twilight, at night, or in underground and other low light conditions. Adaptive working lighting is an intelligent light control system which uses modern LED light sensors to react intuitively to the lift arm position and articulation angle of the wheel loader, says Leibherr. This means working areas are always evenly lit. The adaptive working lighting also makes irritating glare or reflection from steel machine parts a thing of the past. Using an intelligent light control system, adaptive working lighting evenly illuminates the entire working area. With the help of sensors, light output automatically adjusts itself to the position of the lift arm and the working equipment and to the articulation angle of the wheel loader, providing the operator with significantly more light when the bucket is lowered. When the working equipment is lifted, the headlights dim. This minimises glare on steel machine parts or shadows on the drop sides of vehicles, according to Leibherr. The key with remote control feature opens the driver door remotely at the push of a button and activates the cab lighting. It also illuminates the entire entry area and ensures the driver can get into the operator’s cab safely. The cab door also opens automatically at the touch of a button. According to Leibherr, this new feature gives machine operators safe and comfortable access to their workplace.
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1/3 Meanwhile… itʻs make-or-break time at the demolition site.
But thatʻs just business as usual for this beast of a machine. No loadʻs too heavy, no space too tight, no terrain too rough.
The dayʻs hardly started, and yet this jobʻs already done and dusted.
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sET a gOal Having a clear picture of what you want to achieve is the first step to achieving it. Name and define a series of objectives to improve your costs. For example, your overall goal might be to reduce maintenance costs as a percentage of revenue by 10% in six months. Then establish sub-goals, such as to reduce overtime by 10% or to improve fuel savings by 5%. Improvement will come with the right focus.
COmParE wiTh COmPETiTOrs Wherever possible, find out how your costs are relative to others in the same field. Sectoral intelligence sharing is not uncommon, and where it is, there are always associations and other bodies that have industry figures. Benchmark your costs to the leading figures to find out where you are. You may be overspending compared to others with similar businesses and fleet sizes.
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gET COmPuTErisEd The key to managing costs is tracking and analysing them. You can’t improve costs until you track them. Implement a computerised maintenance management system with affordable software that has a robust fleet management module. The cost of buying and installing a program that works for you is less than the loss of money not being tightly managed.
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iNCENTivisE PrOaCTivE aCTiviTiEs Providing overtime for breakdowns or recognition and praise for fixing emergencies actually rewards the wrong sort of performance. Consider bonuses or incentives tied to cost reductions, improvements in preventive maintenance percentages, increased uptime, etc. Reward the right behaviour to keep it coming.
OuTsOurCE maiNTENaNCE To concentrate on your core competencies, look to outsource non-core services. In-house tyre maintenance, painting, transmission work, welding, engine overhauls, small vehicle services and other actions that require a degree of specialisation, unique facilities or equipment support will detract from your main money-making work and waste resources.
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TElEmaTiCs TO TraCk fuEl Fuel management technology can take many forms, including electronics that help reduce fuel consumption, such as fuel telematics that include GPS monitoring, fuel usage and burn rates, operator driving behaviour and equipment usage. Controlling your costs through fuel telematics will bring down overall expenses and give you a data record to learn from.
lONgEr usE Of EquiPmENT Keeping your equipment longer can reduce capital expenditure and help with depreciation. If you couple this with increasing utilisation, your return on investment improves significantly. If you implement the earlier steps and properly maintain what you have, you can make your fleet last.
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HEAVY TRUCKS SEP TEMBER 2017
Driving proDuction With heavy-duty trucks occupying an important niche in the construction landscape, manufacturers are constantly investing in neW technology and robust products as they bet on the region
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he heavy-duty truck is vital to the construction landscape and, despite being less conspicuous than its more glamorous cousins on the job site, is perhaps the biggest driver of production on projects. The Middle East market has a preference for the well-known European brands, with big names such as Mercedes, Volvo, Iveco, MAN, etc, all in the fray, jostling for a slice of a pie that they believe has promise to grow. And indeed, this promise of growth has also made relatively smaller and newer entrants to the market, such as Renault Trucks and Ford Trucks, eager to step up their game. At Renault Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, the brand is starting to make inroads in the Middle East market with its latest C and K ranges of heavy duty trucks, and Gregoire Blaise, VP for the Greater Middle East, says: “When it comes to the Middle East, we are the underdog when you talk about market share but we feel we have the right products and the right partners.” The manufacturer has used the transmission platform developed with its Swedish parent to create the Optidriver, a highly optimisable, robust system that shares most of its DNA with Volvo’s well-received iShift. “The company has put a lot of money into development and at the end we have made two ranges – the C and K - at a very high level. From a customer point of view, we have a large range of options and solutions for every application,” Blaise says. Over at Mercedes Benz trucks, the Actros has been such an intrinsic part of the oil & gas, construction and hauling sectors for so long in the region that it is surprising that it has only been here for two decades. Earlier this year, Mercedes Benz Trucks MENA and its Abu Dhabi distributor Emirates Motor Company (EMC) celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Actros in the region with the launch of a special commemorative edition, put together in a consultative collaboration. “The launch of the 20 Years Actros Edition is yet another milestone in the success story of our iconic flagship truck in the MENA region,” says Roland Schneider, president and CEO of Daimler Commercial Vehicles
41 The Middle East’s heavy and construction truck market has lured not only big, established global names but also smaller players like Renault Trucks.
“The company has put a lot of money into development and at the end we have made two ranges - the C and K at a very high level. From a customer point of view, we have a large range of options and solutions for every application”
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Iveco Astra
Robust it’s middle name
Astra, the heavy off-road
2.5 axles, giving it great
construction truck maker
load capacities. Torque
in the Iveco family, is
and power are defined for
associated with heavy and
heavy off-road utilisation
extreme on- and off-
in the Astra, and torque
highway applications and
at low rpm is its forte. It
fully off-highway quarry
has a completely different
and construction work.
chassis and frame in terms
The heavy range
of dimensions, stiffness and
represents Iveco’s core
materials, using very high-
business in several Middle
tensile strength steel with
East markets and the brand
530 megapascals of strength,
operates across the area
along with structural
with 16 dealers through
components designed
more than 29 sales points.
for rough, off-road use.
The HD9 is a popular Astra model in the region,
SPECS:
especially in the 8x6 version.
GVW: Up to 63t
The 2.9m wide truck sports
Version: 8x6, 6x6
reinforced Kesler Mark
Max Power: 560hp
Ford Construction Series
Built Ford Tough Late entrant Ford Trucks
Series is the automated
continues to improve its heavy
transmission option. Off-
haulage and construction
road, rocking and economy
offering in the region, carving
modes assist drivers to keep
a niche in the market. A 6x4
their vehicle sure-footed
model is a strong, though
on virtually any terrain.
relatively new, alternative to the more established
SPECS:
names in the market.
6X4
Designed for the most
Model Name: 3543
demanding construction site
Engine: 13 Liter
environments, with best-in-
Power :430HP
class sequence and efficiency,
Gear Box: ZF16S 2230
a new feature in Ford
Manual and ZF 12TX 2210
Trucks’ new Construction
Automated
MENA. “The model’s state-of-the-art safety features and the highly fuel-efficient drivetrain underline the technological leadership of Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The Actros provides the ideal product for customers seeking the highest safety and efficiency standards.” The Actros’ success story in the region is underpinned on decades of offering quality and reliability, which has seen it put more than 44,000 units on Saudi roads alone. Going neck and neck with Mercedes in popularity is another regional favourite, Volvo Trucks. A ubiquitous sight on GCC roads and job sites, the Swedish giant has a special focus on safety this year. The company presented its vision for safer and more economical fleets in the Middle East at a special media briefing in Dubai earlier this year, which saw company president Claes Nilsson and regional head Giovanni Bruno provide updates on its progress in the GCC and reveal major safety and efficiency features for the FM, FMX and FH ranges Saudi still ranks as a major Volvo export markets, Nilsson said, with 1,277 vehicles shipped last year and Volvo enjoys a 37% share of the kingdom’s market. Bruno revealed that Volvo is partnering with its Saudi distributor, Zahid Tractor, to launch what they describe as the “safest truck made in Saudi Arabia” – a version of the FH that features a driver airbag, lane change support, lane keeping support, electronic stability program, driver alert warning system and headway collision warning system with emergency brakes. Volvo is the market leader in both Oman and the UAE, where its FMX range has the distinction, with its partner FAMCO, of playing stellar roles in such demanding projects as the Jebel Jais mountain road. Speaking of FAMCO leads to the mention
The GCC construction truck market has a preference for the major European brands, and Germany’s MAN is among those finding favour in it.
of another European truck giant – Iveco. The Italian powerhouse has its Trakker and Astra offerings in the heavy trucks segment. FAMCO represents Iveco in Saudi Arabia through Omatra, and has now taken the brand to Egypt this year, making 3S (sales, service and spare parts) facilities the cornerstone in its expansion. Iveco’s true heavy truck offering, however, is the Astra, which is favoured at the region’s construction and job sites, especially in Oman, where Iveco’s partner Al Fairuz has put more than 1,000 of the heavy-duty trucks on the roads and job sites in the past five years.
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VolVo FMX
proven and popular heavyWeight
Ahead of its arrival in the
than 5.5 million cubic metres
Middle East, the FMX was
of rocks and aggregates to
extensively tested in the
build the 36km Jebel Jais
region to ensure that it can
road in the UAE, braving
tackle some of the roughest,
extreme terrain and weather
most demanding off-road
conditions without any major
conditions in the world.
breakdowns or accidents.
The innovative gearbox
At MAN Truck and Bus Middle East’s managing director, Franz von Redwitz says: “We are totally focused on the Middle East market and direct investment in new facilities demonstrates our long-term commitment and expansion across the region.” The direct investment he alludes to is MAN’s opening up of its new regional headquarters in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone earlier this year. The last word, however, belongs to the newest entrant in the region’s heavy truck sector – Ford. Emrah Ercan Duman, regional head of Ford Trucks, says: “We developed
our product based on the region’s weather conditions and environment, clocking over 300,000km in tests on Saudi roads.” “Sales-wise we have seen momentum in 2016,” Duamn reveals. “In the UAE we will be achieving something in the region of 5% of the total market despite not yet having a 6x4 tractor, so we have been only playing in 60% of the market. If we don’t include it, then we have more than 10% of the market.” If testimony was needed that the Middle East heavy truck market remains open for business, then this is it.
MERCEdES BEnz ACTRoS 20 YEARS EdITIon
tWo decades of domination The Actros has been an
fuel-efficient yet powerful
control and optional Active
intrinsic part of the oil & gas,
six-cylinder engine (Euro 3). It
Brake Assist, whose three
construction and hauling
has Mercedes’ spacious L-Cab
radar beams constantly
sectors in the region for two
and benefits from a reduced
scan up to 200m ahead,
decades now, a fact that
engine tunnel (170mm) and
alerting drivers both visually
Mercedes Benz celebrated
larger headroom (1460mm).
and audibly when it detects
this year with the launch of
Power transfer to the two
the Actros 20 Years Edition.
driven rear axles is via a twin-
a potential collision.
plate clutch, and the 16-speed
SPECS:
the product of a partnership
Mercedes PowerShift
Engine: V6
between Mercedes-Benz
automated gearbox
Power: 394-435hp
Trucks MENA and Emirates
enhance performance.
Torque: 1,850-2,100Nm
The special edition Actros is
Wheelbase: 3.3m
Motor Company (EMC),
Safety systems include
its Abu Dhabi distributor.
electronic Telligent braking
GVW: 38t
The truck is powered by a
with ABS, acceleration skid
Axle config: 6x4
The Volvo FMX is a perennial
is the first transmission of
favourite in the Middle
its kind which has been
East’s heavy haulage and
specifically designed for
construction truck fleet. In
heavy long-haulage and
2016 it was relaunched with
construction applications.
a crawler gear and several
The truck has high ground
upgrades. The new Tandem
clearance to operate in
Axle Lift function makes it
tough environments and a
possible to disengage and
comfortable cabin for drivers.
raise the second driven axle,
For eight years, a fleet of
giving better road grip and up
33 Volvo FMX trucks worked
to 4% lower fuel consumption
round-the-clock to carry more
when driven without a load.
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Mobile crushers SEP TEMBER 2017
MB Crusher’s crushing buckets can be seen at several work-sites in the Middle East - such as here at Mount Lebanon and on excavators of all makes.
“We demonstrated the crusher bucket to them and let them try it out... It was so effective for their purposes that they soon rented it out and, within a month of using it, they had decided that they wanted to own one and talked to us about a brand new BF90.3”
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Crushing in Lebanon MB Crusher’s pioneering MoBile Crushing BuCket is helping a leBanese BatChing plant Mitigate its sand shortage By using it sandstone stoCkpile to oBtain just the right grade of aggregate
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ake the straight road inland from Beirut and follow it east as the sun rises, and the first thing that strikes you is the change in elevation. A steady climb ensues on the Beirut-Damascus road and the terrain changes, first from rolling coastal plains to hills and then from hills to mountains, as you enter into the heart of the Mount Lebanon area. By the time you’re higher up in the range, near the Dahr El Baidar area, the pines and cedars of the mountains have been left down below at lower altitudes and the terrain has changed to a bare, rocky one just at the snowline. For Platinum Concrete, this is the business end of the region. The Lebanese outfit is a batching plant operating in the Mount Lebanon area and a sister company of a quarry based in the Dahr el Baidar area, the biggest quarry site in Lebanon, both owned by Koukach & Co. Owing to recent decisions by the Lebanese authorities to restrict sand quarrying, Koukach & Co were suffering from a singular problem with the powdery stuff – namely its paucity. The lack of access to sand for their batching operations meant that the concrete side of the company’s operations was suffering as well. And so Koukach & Co were looking for an efficient solution to keep their concrete plant mixing away. Enter MB Crusher. Or their Lebanese partner Amtrac Abdelmassih Trading Co., anyway. As much as the rugged Mount Lebanon quarry sites were the business end for Koukach, they were proving grounds for the Italian mobile crusher bucket specialist. The efficient solution that Koukach was looking for came in the form of a MB Crusher bucket BF90.3. What helped was that the quarry operator had a big stockpile of sand stone, which proved to be the raw material they needed to help them maximise profit while dealing with the regulations on sand. This is where local MB dealer Amtrac Abdelmassih Trading comes into the picture, suggesting the idea of utilising the sandstone stockpile to Platinum Concrete. Anthony Abdelmassih, product manager at Amtrac explains: “They had the base course for the gravel for their concrete mixture but they were not getting the sand for it. We suggested they could optimise the use of their big sandstone stock, which included boulders. Previously, when there was no shortage of sand, they were simply dumping the sandstone aside. We approached them with the idea that they could use our bucket crusher to crush the stocked sandstone and make up for the shortage of sand.” Tailored suggestion Amtrac’s suggestion was a BF90.3, MB Crusher’s legendary offering and the first bucket crusher the Italian company ever made. Mounted on a Volvo EC290B excavator at Platinum’s batching site, the crusher bucket started work, crushing their sandstone into
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smaller and easily fractured stones to be reused in the concrete mixing operation after being further fractured in a stationary second stage fine crusher. “We demonstrated the crusher bucket to them and let them try it out free of charge for a while as a goodwill gesture because we have a long-standing relationship with the company. It was so effective for their purposes that they soon rented it out and, within a month of using it, they had decided that they wanted to own one and talked to us about a brand new BF90.3. An order looks on the anvil,” explains Abdelmassih. He adds that the versatility of MB crusher buckets and the advantages they confer led to very high production levels directly on site. The sandstone could be picked up, crushed and the aggregate deposited at a designated spot or loaded on a truck, hastening operations. The job was not without its challenges, however, and Abdelmassih elaborates: “Crushing sandstone is a tough job with high wear and tear, because sand is an abrasive material. The challenge was to increase the productivity and the production of the crusher despite this. The finer dust sand was screened and separated from the stone to be crushed. Being abrasive, sand particles can potentially shorten the life of the jaw and teeth of the crusher, and even get logged in-between the crushing blades, reducing productivity.”
bF90 crushing bucket
iMproving a ClassiC MB Crusher says its flagship
available material has prompted
model, the BF90.3, is the first
operators to also use the
crusher bucket ever in the world.
“waste material” that was once
Compact and versatile, it has been periodically updated
simply piled up in a quarry. And now, the Italian
and made more powerful over
company says a good thing
the years, and is suitable for
has gotten even better with
all crushing operations. This
the introduction of the
is possible due to exclusive
BF90.3 S4 - a more powerful
and patented Made-in-Italy
and updated version of its
technology, which enables MB’s
flagship. A restyling of internal
crusher buckets to process all
elements has resulted in a
extracted material and render
rise in performance, strength,
them re-usable directly on-
productivity and reliability.
site. Their precision allows for
As Diego Azzolin, MB’s
materials which were previously
head of production, says:
destined solely for disposal to be
“Revolution and innovation
processed in calibrated batches
are not static factors, but
for sale or re-use on-site.
instead present a continuous
In fact, crushing in quarries
challenge for improvement.”
around the world has become
And with the BF90.3 S4,
a key aspect of operation; the
MB claims to have risen
need to make the most of all
to that challenge.
However, due to MB Crusher’s robust construction, this is not as high a concern as it can be. The jaws and blades of MB Crushers are made of the finest grade Hardox steel – one of the toughest material known to man, he adds. Despite this, should any problem arise, Amtrac is on hand to lend full support. Aggresive with support “At Amtrac, we are very aggressive with our support on parts and service. We will install the crusher and fix the hoses, and our team will set up the right hydraulic configuration on a machine, especially Volvo excavators, which we specialise in. We have more than adequate MB spare part stocks, whether it’s a wear part, a sealing kit for pumps or distribution boxes or even the crusher blades when they require to be replaced after long use. So we are a complete service outfit from A to Z,” Abdelmassih emphasizes. “Also, we can even deliver training on how to use the crusher when our new customers take delivery, telling their operators what the best operation techniques are, and things like how to position the excavator to increase the productivity and cycle times.” With the attributes of MB Crusher, backed up by Amtrac’s support, the crusher bucket is an investment that is paying off for his clients, especially for Platinum Concrete, he concludes.
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