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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
AXTEC ONBOARD AXLE LOAD INDICATOR
The innovative Axtec OnBoard Axle Load Indicator provides drivers with real-time information on axle and gross vehicle loads via a simple, easy to read, colour-coded bar graph display.
By constantly displaying axle and gross weights, drivers know they are complying with Mass Load limits and are able to distribute their loads safely and legally at all times.
Visual and audible warnings can prompt the driver when overloads are present, whilst load data can be simultaneously written to the built-in logger and transmitted to a tracker system.
The colour touch screen can automatically display images from rear-view or side-mounted cameras and can be set to dim when the vehicle is in motion. All of these functions take place with no input from the driver, so they are not unnecessarily distracted and can focus on daily tasks.
From light vans to 32-tonners, the simple colour-coded display has no manual controls which means no driver training and nothing for them to break. Optional outputs are available to vehicle tracking systems, and data storage.
Having formed a strategic partnership with Transport Waste Solutions Australia, Axtec products are currently being utilised by several state utility companies – helping them meet Chain of Responsibility obligations by providing accurate and reliable vehicle load information in real-time as vehicles perform their day-to-day operations.
The Axtec OnBoard Axle Load Indicator.
Contact - Transport & Waste Solutions
P +61 (2) 9623 1800 E chris.coleman@twsaust.com.au W www.twsaust.com.au
Drive More. Scale Less.TM
THE LOAD SCALE YOU TRUST
Right Weigh offers the most reliable scales in the industry. With the free Right Weigh App, monitor on-the-ground weight without leaving your cab. Superior customer service and 3-year product warranty ensures complete customer satisfaction.
INCREASE PROFITS
Maximise load capacity and save money on commercial fees, out-of-route mileage and overweight fi nes.
SAVE TIME
No more detours to commercial ground scales. The days of waiting in line to rework and weigh your loads are over.
IMPROVE SAFETY
Remove the guess work out of driving and maintaining legal weights.
KEEP IT SIMPLE
Installation of Right Weigh load scales is a simple threestep process and calibration is quick and easy.
SMART TRUCK’S RIGHT WEIGH SYSTEMS
Right Weigh Load Scales, which are all TCA typeapproved, help turn waste trucks into self-weighing vehicles while keeping operators with legal limits reliably and efficiently.
Right Weigh scales are easy to install and monitor the fluctuation in air pressure of the air suspension system to display on-the-ground weight.
As Right Weigh’s most versatile product, interior digital gauges are available with up to four air inputs that can monitor up to four separate axle groups, or a combination of axle groups where some axle groups are monitored by two height control valves.
The scale has a simple two-point calibration and comes with optional PIN code protection and an overweight warning feature.
Right Weigh’s exterior scales are similarly effective and designed truck applications with an air suspension drive axle group and a spring suspension steer axle.
They monitor the drive axle group as well as providing a Measured Steer axle weight using a strain sensor that is attached to the steer axle.
With just one gauge mounted in the cab, operators can monitor multiple axle group combinations on almost any dedicated truck and trailer set by using a quick disconnect air-line between each vehicle. Right Weigh Digital Load Scales can also synchronise via Bluetooth to a mobile device app for ease of use.
Right Weigh is internationally recognised for its product offering, also coming with an indisputable three-year warranty.
Smart Truck’s Right Weigh Digital Load Scales.
Contact – Smart Truck Solutions
P 03 5292 1992 E leigh@rwlsau.com.au W rightweigh.com.au
A NEW APPROACH TO ODOROUS AND HAZARDOUS GAS CAPTURE
Dust Collector Rental (DCR) and sister company DCR Environmental Services draw on years of experience when it comes to portable, rentable dust collectors.
It’s range of equipment, both electric and diesel-powered, varies in size from five to 80 cubic metres per second, meaning no job is too big or small.
Toby Burns, DCR’s design engineer, says many siteoriented jobs are for relatively short periods of time and are associated with sour soil remediation.
He says DCR’s Environmental Control Systems (ECS) equipment is ideal for soil remediation because of ease of installation and flexibility.
The ECS systems are fitted with single, double or treble Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC), designed to capture hazardous gases and odour released during excavation. A pre-filter consisting of polyester spun-bonded polyester pleated cartridges removes dust prior to carbon capture of the hazardous gases and odours.
The de-odourised and de-gassed air is then passed on to the HEPA filtration system, giving a grade of H14 prior to release into the atmosphere, Toby says.
The throughput of air is controllable from the equipment’s VSD drive and can be compliant with or without a stack.
Joe Keane, DCR’s operation and compliance manager says handling contaminated spent carbon has always been a challenge in relation to personal exposure. He says many contaminants are often present and immobilised in the GAC once saturation point is reached. However, the vertical carbon cassettes in the ECS allow maximum sorption of the gases. Consequently, giving longer than usual GAC life.
Dust Collector Rental’s Environmental Capture Systems.
Contact - Dust Collector Rental
P 0247 357 112 E info@dustcollectorrentals.com.au W dustcollectorrentals.com.au
The good soil
A WORKING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SOILCYCLERS AND CJD EQUIPMENT HAS EVOLVED INTO AN ORGANIC RELATIONSHIP THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
Surface specialists SoilCyclers began as Brisbane Screening in 2009, servicing the soil, landfill mining and waste reduction services for the Brisbane area.
It’s now one of the market’s prime movers, working within the construction, waste and mining sectors across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Northern Territory.
The company recycles close to half a million cubic metres of soil annually, making it one of the largest soil recyclers in Queensland.
But it wasn’t always that way. It’s taken hard work for the business to take root.
Alison Price, SoilCyclers Managing Director says the financial capabilities of the business initially made growth difficult.
“We were a new business, we didn’t have private funding so we started with what we could afford,” Alison says.
“As the company grew, reliability became an essential aspect of our business. If they’re not working, everything is down, and nothing is making money. One machine breaking down is not just an independent issue, it can affect our whole operation.”
SoilCyclers provides a range of services for customers including topsoil amelioration, which turns soil from an unsuitable material to a specified topsoil ready for re-use on a project.
“For us, reliability is really important, and it’s one of the reasons that we have been so happy with the Volvo machines that we use at our site,” says Alison.
Alison says she and SoilCyclers Plant Manager Michael Bennett underwent a thorough purchasing process to find the right equipment for their operation.
“Michael and I drove around to all of the excavator dealers to look at their products for our operation. It got to the end of the day, and we drove past the CJD dealership,” Alison says. “As soon as I saw Michael look at the Volvo products, I knew they would be the machines we would buy.”
A range of Volvo products, including the L60H wheel loader, the ECR35D and the EC300D excavators, are now used by SoilCyclers for digging in waste stockpile and material movement.
The Volvo ECR35D comes with a quick coupler design, allowing operators to change attachments quickly, thanks to mechanical and hydraulic universal couplers.
Its range of attachments also allows the machine to be productive, with different buckets, hydraulic breakers and more able to be attached.
Michael says Volvo machines offer a balance of ease-of-operation and versatility.
“When we are completing remediation jobs, the wheel loader allows us to move the material closer for the excavator, so that it can be mixed through the screening plant,” Michael says.
The L60H also features the latest ‘Stage V’ engine emission technology, providing reductions in fuel consumption, and increased productivity.
Increased safety features including anti-slip steps, and greater maintenance access points for both the Volvo excavator and wheel loader were added incentives for SoilCyclers.
“One of the buying criteria that we had when we were first looking was a machine that had electric hydraulic controls. Volvo was one of the companies that made early movement towards that feature,” Alison says.
Stacey Brown, Regional Sales Manager of CJD, says that a constant support service is available for customers such as SoilCyclers.
“CJD Equipment has branches in all states and territories delivering parts, service and repairs 24/7 for all Volvo CE, ensuring our customers have reliable, productive machines delivering a lower cost of ownership to their business,” Stacey says.
“Volvo CE is built on the cornerstones of safety for operator and sites, quality of components and care for the environment throughout the manufacturing process, as well as machine recycling at end of life.”
SoilCyclers is aiming at further growth and larger projects which, Alison says, will likely require more machinery.
“We brought in our first Volvo machine in 2013, so our relationship with the company has been quite a long one. For future equipment, I won’t bother shopping anywhere else,” Alison says.
For more information, visit: www.cjd.com.au or soilcyclers.com.au
Contact -
P 08 9478 0000 E enquiries@cjd.com.au W www.cjd.com.au
A global responsibility
KOMATSU IS THIS YEAR CELEBRATING ITS GLOBAL CENTENARY AND THE COMPANY IS DOUBLING DOWN ON A COMMITMENT TO BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY BUSINESS.
Key to that commitment is developing technology solutions to ensure products offer significant sustainability and environmental benefits. It is also ensuring other parts of the business build on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) principles.
Russell Hodson, Komatsu’s Executive General Manager Supply Chain, says new packaging initiatives for customers who collect KOWA (Komatsu Oil Wear Analysis) samples will reduce volumes of material going to landfill and provide employment for workers with disabilities.
“From July, 2021, the yellow outer plastic bottles used for collecting KOWA oil samples from our Australian east coast customers will be made from 100 per cent recycled plastic,” he says.
Russell says sample registration cards and delivery boxes for the bottles will be of 100 per cent entirely recycled paper and cardboard.
“With more than 30 per cent of Komatsu’s plastic packaging waste generated through our KOWA bottles, this program will significantly reduce landfill volumes,” he says.
Komatsu Australia is partnering with the Endeavour Foundation, which supports people with an intellectual disability, to clean the used sample bottles for re-use.
“We hope our partnership will provide further opportunities in future and that this initiative encourages other businesses to also engage with them,” Russell says.
Komatsu is a member of the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation which has a goal of reducing packaging going to landfill.
About 100,000 KOWA sample kits a year are used by Komatsu’s east coast customers – about 60 per cent of all oil samples collected around Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
“Komatsu’s KOWA oil sampling services are critical to our customers and our business,” Russell says.
“Komatsu’s products are designed to be as sustainable as possible, and our technology innovations are contributing to more productive and fuel efficient operations around the world.
Komatsu Australia is continuing to expand its sustainable and environmentally-friendly capabilities. For more information, visit www.komatsu.com.au
