MATERIAL HANDLERS
The green standard for material handlers Babcock has seen a steady stream of SENNEBOGEN modular material handling machinery delivered throughout South Africa over the past 12 months, as customers increasingly realise the benefits of these quality German-manufactured machines. With their characteristic green colour reflecting their environmentally friendly efficiency, SENNEBOGEN material handlers are suitable for a diverse range of applications and have garnered firm support in South Africa’s steel mills, scrap metal, ports, pulp mill and sawmill industries, among others. 7 And 8 series The 7 Series units are primarily suited to the pulp and sawmill environments for their pick and carry capabilities and ability to stockpile at heights, while the 8 Series units are ideal for use in other industries due to each modular material handling machine able to be custom-built to the client’s specifications with an efficient design that assists in maintaining productivity. Undercarriage options range from mobile, crawler, rail, gantry and stationary, and can also include optimally raised units with a pylon, while different quick34
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coupling systems and a large range of attachments highlight the machines’ versatility. Claude Delport, Sales Executive for SENNEBOGEN at Babcock, says that SENNEBOGEN’s E-Series of material handling equipment presents customers with a choice of new-generation fuel-saving diesel engines or environmentally friendly electric motors, with the latter capable of running up to 100 000 hours before needing to be replaced. The state-of-the-art Tier 3 emission diesel engines have optimised engine settings for reduced fuel consumption and modern exhaust gas treatment for cleaner air. Electric motors provide operating cost reductions of up to 50% compared with conventional diesel engines, do not produce emissions, and operate at very low noise levels. SENNEBOGEN 8 series Delport says that in the last two
years Babcock has sold several 830R electric units to a large steel mill in Gauteng for their scrap processing and feeding of the melt pots division where they have been performing well. At a sawmill in KwaZulu-Natal, a customer is using an electric unit to pick and carry timber, stack and feed the mill. This customer opted for the 825-electric unit with a railway type undercarriage to suit existing infrastructure at the sawmill. The machine has handled the application extremely well, and the customer is impressed with its performance. SENNEBOGEN 735e Early this year Babcock delivered SENNEBOGEN 735E diesel units to a log yard and pulp mill where the customer required a machine capable of pick and carry and stockpiling at heights of up to 10 metres, as well as being able to tow a trailer. “The 735E meets these
