{"id":7814,"date":"2023-09-11T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2023-10-11T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:37:08","slug":"sa-coal-miner-prioritises-uptime-with-booyco-hvac-man-on-site-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/sa-coal-miner-prioritises-uptime-with-booyco-hvac-man-on-site-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"SA COAL MINER PRIORITISES UPTIME WITH BOOYCO HVAC MAN-ON-SITE CONTRACT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keeping its mobile equipment operators comfortable in hot, cold or dusty conditions is a priority for a South African coal miner, so it has renewed its man-on-site HVAC maintenance contract with Booyco Engineering for another three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Booyco Engineering Managing Director Brenton Spies, the performance of HVAC systems is operationally and legally critical for companies wanting to optimise their uptime and production levels. Regular maintenance by specialised technicians can make sure that mobile equipment owners can achieve this vital goal, says Spies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe conditions on many South African mines are demanding \u2013 especially the variations in temperature and the high levels of dust,\u201d he says. \u201cFor this reason, the law requires that working conditions do not present any physical hazards to operators \u2013 including extreme temperatures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He highlights that underperforming HVAC equipment can result in a contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act \u2013 as driver cabs have extensive window space for improved visibility. This exposes operators to considerable heat in summer, he explains, and cold in winter \u2013 as the windows provide little insulation from ambient temperatures outside.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cOur man-on-site contract with this surface coal mining operation gives the customer three of our trained and experienced technicians \u2013 with vehicles \u2013 who work on the mine site to ensure ongoing maintenance is conducted,\u201d says Spies. \u201cThis includes maintenance of the equipment\u2019s air conditioners at intervals of 500 hours, 1,000 hours, 2,000 hours and 4,000 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular cleaning of HVAC systems is also important, as mines are dusty environments where these installations can be quickly blocked up by fine particles. Cleaning ensures not only better machine uptime, but also prolongs the lifespan of the HVAC system.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIn addition to the valuable preventative maintenance that the man-on-site arrangement allows, the technicians can also attend to any unexpected HVAC breakdowns on production equipment,\u201d he explains. \u201cTo comply with strict health and safety regulations on mines, these technicians have passed all the mine\u2019s medical requirements and have pit licences to drive their vehicles to where they are required \u2013 without undue delay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technicians on the contract have more than 15 years of collective experience with the company, and are equipped with necessary Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Academy (ACRA) accreditations, as well as being certified for the safe handling of gases. They are also provided with the lifecycle analysis of each component in the HVAC systems on site, to enhance the impact and efficiency of their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy having a specialist on site, a mine has someone who can focus on the HVAC aspects of the mission critical mobile equipment,\u201d concludes Spies. \u201cThis allows the mine to focus on the business of mining.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recognising the importance of mobile equipment uptime, a leading South African coal miner has renewed its man-on-site maintenance contract with Booyco Engineering. This ensures the heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) systems on the surface mining equipment is kept in optimal condition, so operators can always work in comfortable conditions as required by law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-7814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-client-focus","tag-booyco-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coralynne.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}