Mining Equipment
Quality hoists up with KITO PWB WITH A FOCUS ON QUALITY HOISTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE ENTIRELY CUSTOMISABLE TO CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS, KITO PWB HAS AN OFFERING THAT IS UNMATCHED TO OTHERS IN THE MARKET.
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ITO PWB is one of Australia’s largest lifting specialists, known for its tailored lifting solutions that are engineered to meet project specifications and requirements for every mine site. The head office and main warehouse facility are in Bundoora, Victoria, but it also has regional sales offices and warehouses in Richlands, Queensland and Canning Vale, Western Australia. KITO PWB pride itself on supplying strong technical expertise with its staffs having a passion for developing customised, high quality, robust and safe lifting solutions for every application and need, looking to maximise performance and improved efficiency results for end users. At KITO PWB, the company is proud of its ability to design tailored solutions. “Having a customised offering enables us to deliver high quality products that meet the needs of our customers now and into the future,” KITO PWB national sales and marketing manager Mark Sampson said. The safety of all users is at the core of what the company aims to achieve, not just within the organisation, but promoting a safer lifting industry overall. Therefore, it created the highestquality product in the market that is durable, reputable, and proven to be the best. KITO products include effective safety features and can withstand the harsh mining conditions they are subjected to. “KITO has a reputation for supplying
products that are exceptionally durable and of incredibly high quality. It is improving safety with the quality being at a really high level to begin with,” KITO PWB national hoist specialist Glenn Morgan said. “Then there are all the preventative maintenance solutions we have in place that take it to the next level.” As standard, KITO PWB EQ, EQS and ERT electric hoists come with what the company calls a CH meter, which is an operation counter hour meter. This means mine sites can plan their preventative maintenance based around the exact hours of operation and the exact operations the hoist has done. “It is all set out in the manual. It tells you that at this many hours you need to change the oil, and at that many operations you need to check the brake. There are components that need to be replaced at certain hours and at a certain number of operations,” Morgan said. “This provides a pathway for appropriate preventive maintenance to be conducted to ensure the hoist is operational for when you need it.” The standard inverter control for our dual-speed hoist, provides soft start and soft stop to minimise impact and reduce shock loading, but can also customise the speeds to be at what the customer requirements are. “Having the inverter as a standard feature is something that no one else has in the market,” Morgan said. KITO is one of the few hoisting companies that manufactures both its
The company is proud of its ability to design tailored solutions.
own hoists and its own load chains. On top of that, KITO is the only manufacturer worldwide that nickelplates its load chains. This combination provides the hoists with the unique benefit of safety, functionality, and excellent reliability. This reduces the chance of hydrogen embrittlement, while offering a much better wear resistance and corrosion resistance than a standard zinc-plated chain. A subsidiary of the fourth largest hoist company in the world, KITO Corporation Japan, the company is a renowned manufacturer and importer of superior quality products operating for up to 98 years. Its range of lifting products, chains, hoists and fittings, are of exceptional quality, and engineered to conform to Australian and global standards.
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